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A proposal to classify Italy’s planned Strait of Messina Bridge under NATO defense spending commitments has drawn objections from the US. The long-discussed bridge, which would connect the mainland to the island of Sicily, which was recently granted final approval by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing coalition government, is already a cont...

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When the ancient Greeks descended from their tall trireme decks and onto the shores of Southern Italy, they saw the unrivaled viticulture of Calabria and dubbed its sun-soaked shores the perennial "land of wine." Over the millennia, Dionysus's slice of the Coast of the Gods has been superseded in the world of wine by Northwest Italy's famous, elega...

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Behind Spain, Italy is the second-largest global olive oil producer. For centuries, olive trees have thrived in the climate of the Mediterranean. Italy and the areas of former Ancient Rome have been growing olive trees since antiquity, dating as far back as 4,000 B.C. It's no wonder that Italian olive oil is a prized commodity all around the world....

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West Virginian Italian American author Rosalyn Queen recently shared a few secrets and memories with WBOY. Queen sat down with 304 Today host Lauren Winans ahead of the 46th West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival in Clarksburg. Queen wrote and published “Arrivederci: Recipes and Customs Every Italian Girl Takes from Home” 20 years ago as a way to...

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In a big step for Southern Italy’s tourism and transport, Italian Rail Network (RFI) has handed out a €1.6 billion civil works contract for the Paola – Cosenza part of the high-speed rail line from Salerno to Reggio Calabria. The contract, given to a Webuild-led group, will build a 22.2-kilometre stretch of track that will benefit tourists and dail...

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  Una nuova casa per la statua di Colombo a Columbus in Ohio? A New Haven in Connecticut si tenta il pizza party più grande del mondo La città di Kenosha in Wisconsin celebra con un murale il gemellaggio con Cosenza Apple TV+ annuncia la première della docuserie “Mr. Scorsese” Due statue simbolo a Philadelphia in Pennsylvania: Rocky all’aeroporto,...

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The biography of Hamilton, Ontario-born Joe Benvenuti, from his early beginnings through his rise to becoming Sacramento, California's own and one of America's most successful Italian immigrants, will launch this summer. The long-overdue story, written by first-time author and one of Benvenuti's grandsons, Deron R. Benvenuti, tells the stirring acc...

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Does your day start like this? You mobile-order an iced caramel macchiato, scroll your social feeds and maybe type an AI prompt to help you research a project for work. Italians living on the Calabria peninsula, the "toe" of the country's "boot," greet the day a bit differently. They tend a flock of sheep, make cheese, inspect the olive and bergamo...

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  A night of wishes under the stars in Italy’s most beautiful villages Calabria-Sicily bridge project moves forward amid legal, technical, and financial hurdles Italian passport ranks third in the world for travel freedom Google partners up with Italian startup Energy Dome for long-duration clean energy storage Italian researchers develop low-cost...

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Kenosha Sister Cities has embarked on an exciting new collaboration.  We are working with Professor Carey Waters and her students at UW-Parkside to create a mural celebrating our relationship with our Sister City in Cosenza, Italy.  Her class will be working with an Italian Mural artist named Carlo Giardina to create two designs, one to be placed i...

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