Foreign investors crazy for Italian real estate
by Claudia Astarita This has been a crazy semester for Italian real estate, with foreign investors arguing that "Italy's territory is one of the most important natural resources of the country that can support economic growth in the future". The most recent news is related to Qatar Holding and property group Hines taking a stake i...
USA: Intel lancia scheda per community Arduino
Il nuovo ceo di Intel, Brian Krzanich in occasione del Maker Faire a Roma ha presentato la scheda Intel Galileo, il primo prodotto di una nuova famiglia di schede di sviluppo compatibili con Arduino. Arduino e' la principale piattaforma hardware open source nella community di maker e nella didattica. Krzanich ha annunciato una donazione di 50.000 s...
Italian fight for safeguarding intellectual property
by Claudia Astarita Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino recently defined intellectual property as "a vital asset for Italian growth, and an issue for which uniform worldwide protection is more than ever necessary". She stressed her point of view during a conference on "Intellectual Property: a strategic economic development factor in a gl...
Buyer USA a Montepulciano per l'olio DOP Terre di Siena
Riscoprire la qualità, la salubrità e la sicurezza di una produzione d'eccellenza. È questo uno degli obiettivi principali del primo banco d'assaggio dell'Olio Dop Terre di Siena, in programma a Montepulciano venerdì (28 marzo) ed organizzato dal Consorzio Volontario Fitosanitario della provincia di Siena con la collaborazione del Consorzio Olio Do...
Fori Imperiali, Marino inaugura la colonna Traiana 'srotolata' „Fori Imperiali, Marino inaugura la colonna Traiana 'srotolata'“
„La colonna traiana è stata 'srotolata' nel suo sviluppo lineare. A presentare l'installazione il sindaco di Roma, Ignazio Marino, che si è anche improvvisato guida con un gruppo di turisti inglesi, e il sovrintendente capitolino Claudio Parisi Presicce. Questo, ha detto Marino, "è un progetto importante che riguarda la valorizzazione una...
Corporate Medicis to the Rescue
by Gaia Pianigiani Since early July, workers have been carefully unscrewing the steel scaffolding that for months has obscured much of the ancient facade of the Colosseum. Slowly, this monolithic symbol of Rome is coming into view again after a 25 million euro ($34 million) refurbishment that underscores how Italy is coming to rely on priv...
Sophia Loren Marks 80th Birthday with Revealing Book of Memoirs
Loved the world over, Sophia Loren, Italy's national cinema icon and eternal diva, turns 80 on September 20th and is marking the milestone with a book of memoirs revealing details of her rags-to-riches life. The 300-page book "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – My Life," Loren went into many juicy details and what she called her "trunk of mem...
Saving Italy's cultural heritage by modern means
The walk to Dario Franceschini's office is in itself testament to Italy's vast heritage. Past countless paintings lining the corridors of the culture ministry, he sits dwarfed by high walls adorned with books. In any other capital, such a scene might seem as if it were put on for guests, but in Rome it feels more as if Italy has simply run out...
3 Great Reasons To Visit Rome In Spring 2015
While most visitors inexplicably wait until summer to descend on the shiny cobblestone streets of Italy's Eternal City—when the country's capital literally bakes in the debilitating midday sun, necessitating at least three gelati daily and just as many cold showers—the spring is truly prime time to visit. Milder temperatures, a host of special even...
Italy rescues more than 4,000 migrants
Italy's coast guard said it coordinated the rescue of more than 4,200 migrants off Libya's coast while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea since Friday. In some of the most intense Mediterranean migrant traffic of the year, a total of 4,243 people were saved from fishing boats and motorized rubber dighies. The 22 operations took pla...
The Genzano Infiorata, a living carpet of flowers
This year, like almost every years since the 17th century, the main street in Genzano di Roma will be covered in petals for the traditional Infiorata. On the feast of Corpus Christi, next June 12-15, the uphill street from Piazza IV Novembre to the Church of Santa Maria della Cima will turn into a colorful carpet of flowers. The magni...
5 Italian Fashion Icons before Fashion Icons Existed
by Jonathan Bazzi Princesses, noblewomen, wives of great industrialists: in each case, they shifted attention away from the men around them onto themselves; through their spirit, clothes, and style, they became muses—icons. From the Renaissance up to the first half of the 20th century, we have tracked down five such Italian f...