Montresor family/Facebook Blue-eyed Alessandro Montresor looks to the side of the camera with a tube in his nose. An appeal by Italian parents desperate to find a bone marrow donor for their 18-month-old son has inspired action. Alessandro Montresor, also known as Alex, has a rare immune disorder that affects "only 0.002% of children" and can only...
READ MOREDuring the Shoah (Holocaust), Jews were rounded up and loaded into cattle cars. They were then trucked off to concentration camps like Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and Bergen Belsen or other deportation points at Fossoli and Bolzano. Now, the platform has been preserved by the Shoah Memorial Foundation as a Holocaust memorial. There, an exhibit presents...
READ MOREMilano è la città più smart d’Italia per il quinto anno consecutivo, con un distacco di quasi venti punti dalla seconda classificata e ottimi risultati soprattutto negli ambiti di solidità economica, ricerca e innovazione, lavoro, attrattività turistico-culturale, anche se ancora in ritardo nelle dimensioni ambientali, come il consumo di suolo e te...
READ MOREParco Sempione, a famous Milanese park, located in the historic centre and frequented every day by both the Milanese themselves and by tourists from every corner of the world, is home to an extraordinary but disturbing legend, that of the Veiled Lady. The Veiled Lady, along with other ghostly figures that are meant to populate the corridors of the...
READ MORESi è svolta il 9 ottobre nell’auditorium della Morgan Library & Museum di New York – luogo emblematico poiché conserva un prezioso disegno del Genio – la Première del corto “Being Leonardo da Vinci” diretto e interpretato da Massimiliano Finazzer Flory. L’anteprima ha riscontrato il tutto esaurito alla Morgan Library di New York. Lunghi applausi ha...
READ MOREItalian biologist Alessandro Fantin, together with colleagues at University College London (UCL), has co-authored a study published in the journal Nature on the discovery of new stem cells that can help rebuild blood vessels. Fantin, who spent 11 years at UCL, recently returned to Italy to continue his research at the University of Milan. The study...
READ MOREGiornate ricche di impegni a New York per la senatrice Francesca Alderisi (FI), eletta nella Circoscrizione Estero, ripartizione Nord e Centro America. Dopo aver partecipato all’importante funzione religiosa presso la Cattedrale di San Patrizio, nella giornata di lunedì la parlamentare ha preso parte alla 74a Parata del Columbus Day, il più grande...
READ MOREAutumn in Italy means good food, great wine, and gorgeous colours. But where are the best spots to visit during the cooler months? Here are eight great destinations for an autumn getaway. Langhe, Piedmont. About an hour from Turin, this corner of Italy is great for wine, cheese, and truffles, the staples of an Italian autumn menu. Look out for the...
READ MOREAs part of an economic development mission to Italy, Indiana has opened a business development office in Milan. During the three-day trip, members of the delegation also met with businesses in Italy's "Motor Valley" to promote collaboration with the state's automotive manufacturing and motorsports industries.During the trip, delegation members join...
READ MOREMilan Fashion Week kicked off on Tuesday September 18th with cutting-edge couturiers taking over the city to present their women's ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2019 collections, while doffing a collective cap to the environment. Following on the high heels of New York and London fashion weeks, and ahead of the biggest of them all in Paris, Milan's c...
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