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  Culture drives Italy’s post-pandemic tourism boom A box from home: how southern Italian families keep their students fed - and loved - from afar Italian Anti-Mafia Commission and TikTok sign groundbreaking agreement to promote digital legality A high-tech Italian solution targets Europe’s illegal waste trade University enrollment on the rise in I...

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At a recent event in Milan in Lombardy, the initiative “Autonomous Driving: Italy in the Front Row” was luanched. More than 60 mayors from across the country — including those from major cities like Milan, Turin, and Genoa — have committed to turning their municipalities into real-world testing grounds for self-driving vehicles. The move comes as I...

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The illegal waste trade has become one of the most profitable ventures for organized crime across Europe. But now, an innovative Italian-made system is changing the game in the fight against environmental crime. It's called Perivallon, and it’s not just a concept—it’s a cutting-edge tool already proving its worth on the ground. Developed by researc...

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  Happy 60th birthday to the Mont Blanc Tunnel between Italy and France Italians weigh in on overtourism, short-term rentals, and the future of travel Italy becomes a top destination for millionaire migration in 2025 How an Italian scientist is bringing fusion energy closer to reality Sardinia’s “Domus de Janas” earn UNESCO World Heritage Status, c...

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Puglia is set to reshape the digital future of the Mediterranean with the launch of the Puglia Data Center Valley, an ambitious initiative that will combine three hyperscale AI-focused data center projects with a total capacity exceeding 2 gigawatts. The plan includes transforming a former industrial zone in Bari into a 200 MW data hub, building a...

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Naples is known worldwide for a myriad of reasons: its cuisine, its music, the sea, its folklore. In short, when thinking of the Neapolitan city, a long list of cultural elements immediately comes to mind, elements we now define with the expression “soft power”. Among these, however, it’s rare to imagine the tech industry. Yet, over the past ten ye...

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In 1951, American physicist Lyman Spitzer introduced a bold idea: a magnetic device capable of trapping superhot plasma to replicate the power of the Sun here on Earth. He called it the “stellarator,” aiming to harness nuclear fusion as a clean, safe, and virtually limitless energy source. But the concept was far ahead of its time—too complex to bu...

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  Social egg freezing in Puglia: a new path to reproductive freedom Cutting through the red tape: Italy’s push to simplify bureaucracy The summer lotus bloom of Mantua in Lombardy Digital habits and media literacy in Italy Italy relaunches mining with new national exploration program Turin named European Capital of Smart Tourism 2025 Made in Carcer...

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The spark that helped ignite the modern world came not from Detroit or Berlin, but from Lucca—a charming Tuscan city better known for its medieval walls than for its revolutionary inventions. In 1853, two Italian visionaries, Eugenio Barsanti and Felice Matteucci, patented what is now recognized as the first internal combustion engine. Though their...

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Italy is at the forefront of a groundbreaking approach to earthquake detection—using fiber optic cables as seismic sensors. Open Fiber, a major telecom infrastructure provider, launched the innovative project “MEGLIO” (Measuring Earthquake signals Gathered with Laser Interferometry on Optical fibers) back in 2019. In partnership with Italy’s nation...

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