The Crypt of the Holy Sepulcher reopens in Milan
Walking into the crypt of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Milan, knowing the history of this place, can be an overwhelming experience. Think about the white, polished stones under your feet: they once paved the city's 4th-century, Roman forum – which means Saint Ambrose, Saint Augustine and Emperor Theodosius all probably walked over t...
Aziende estere di nuovo a caccia in Italia
La divisione aeronautica di Avio passata al colosso americano General Electric o la modenese Marazzi ceduta a Mohawk Industries, che diventerà così il leader mondiale della ceramica. Ma anche l'azienda di business information Cerved Group acquisita dal fondo inglese Cvc Capital Partners e sei punti vendita di Lombardini ceduti a Carrefour.Dopo undi...
Internazionalizzazione: Rana cresce e si rafforza negli Usa
Nuovo importante passo per Rana, gruppo veronese che detiene il 41% del mercato della pasta fresca ed il 50% della pasta ripiena, oltre che la leadership dei sughi, che ha ottenuto un aiuto da Intesa Sanpaolo ed Unicredit al processo di internazionalizzazione verso gli Stati Uniti, dove l'ottobre scorso l'azienda ha aperto un nuovo stabilimento dan...
Conferenza "Un ponte fra due mondi: Milano - Silicon Valley"
L'Acceleratore d'Impresa del Politecnico di Milano e la Fondazione Politecnico di Milano sono lieti di invitarLa alla conferenza UN PONTE FRA DUE MONDI: MILANO-SILICON VALLEY. Il mind the bridge Gymnasium e le Aziende dell'acceleratore d'impresa. Giovedì 17 settembre - ore 10.15 presso l' Auditorium Casa dello Studente, Via Pasc...
The “American Lectures” of Italo Calvino performed by Giorgio Albertazzi
Giorgio Albertazzi, an acclaimed Italian actor and filmmaker, is performing a show from November 1 until November 17 on the American lectures of Italo Calvino. These lectures are five in total that Italo Calvino wrote and for the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures for poetry at Harvard University. Calvino wrote in his introduction "I would like to devo...
A unique, millenary fair in Aosta’s old center
Another year in Aosta's historic center sees the traditional Fiera di Sant'Orso welcoming thousands of artists and artisans from the Region of Valle d'Aosta showing off the fruits of their creative labor. The fair has taken place since the Middle Ages, when the Collegiata di Sant'Orso put on this historic event. The tale has it that the fair got i...
Ancient Rome in Art, Film and Literature at Vicenza’s Palladio Museum
The Palladio Museum of Vicenza has come up with an original exhibit treating a number of historic depictions of Rome in Antiquity. Mamma Roma: Visioni di Roma Antica da Piranesi a Pasolini is a journey through imaginations plural, of the city that once was, and the city that Andrea Palladio, above all, sought to study in profundity, in his eff...
Select Italy Presents Its Exclusive Antinori Wine Roads Experience
The web-based travel company Select Italy (http://Selectitaly.com) is presenting its recently launched Antinori Wine Roads Experience, a never-seen-before set of wine tours and vacation packages that will brings wine tourism to a whole new level. Select Italy, the leading Italian travel expert in the United States, and Antinori, the renewe...
The Italians are coming to the International Space Station. They’ll bring the espresso.
Espresso, Italy's gift to the universe, will soon be coming to space. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will have authentic Italian espresso to enjoy during their orbits around Earth later this year, thanks to the 119-year-old espresso company Lavazza and the aerospace engineering company Argotec. The companies paired up t...
Disponibili i nuovi bandi di concorso Fulbright per studio e ricerca negli USA (a.a. 2015-16)
Sono disponibili i nuovi bandi di concorso Fulbright per opportunità di studio e ricerca negli Stati Uniti durante l'anno accademico 2015-16. Per i laureati italiani in possesso almeno del titolo triennale il Programma Fulbright offre:3 borse di studio Fulbright Self-Placed fino a 38,000 $ per Master e Ph.D. in tutte le discipline1-2 borse di stud...
Gentiloni named new foreign minister of Italy
Italy's premier has named Paolo Gentiloni as his new foreign minister, tapping a longtime center-left lawmaker and former Cabinet minister in the Romano Prodi government. Gentiloni took his oath of office Friday in the presidential palace. He replaces Federica Mogherini, who is taking over as the European Commission's foreign policy chief. &n...
What to Do in Milan
If it's been a few years since you last visited Milan (our top choice for 52 Places to Go in 2015), you're in for a pleasant shock. Yes, the preparations for the World Expo being held here this year (May through October) turned large swaths of the city into construction zones, many of which are still in progress. But alongside these urban...