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Even with a pandemic raging in Italy earlier this year, Amy Baldonieri wasn’t looking to leave her job at the American University of Rome and return to her native Western Pennsylvania. She was working remotely from her apartment near Vatican City as director of development for the school when she got word about an opening at Rivers of Steel, a Home...

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The Covid-19 pandemic may have irreversibly changed the world as we know it, but it seems there are some things that can still be counted on. And struggling towns in Italy selling off abandoned homes at bargain prices in a bid to reverse a trend of depopulation is undoubtedly one of them. The picturesque town of Salemi in Sicily is the latest to of...

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In 2019, $233.5 billion was spent overseas from 99,744,820 international visits by U.S. citizens; however, due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions, many countries are now suffering from a serious decline in U.S. travelers this year. Travel insurance comparison site InsureMyTrip analyzed data from the U.S National Travel & Tourism Office to find out...

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A senior environmental geoscience major has has no regrets while studying abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jordan Kemp arrived in Florence, Italy, on Jan. 29, though she had been traveling around Europe for several weeks prior to landing. Before the shutdowns began in Italy, Kemp was volunteering at a local elementary school and middle school t...

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Dear friends, while I'm writing this editorial the coronavirus situation in Italy is dramatically worsening, and probably in a few days we will be in a full lockdown again. We are scared and angry, because we knew that a second wave would come and the Italian institutions were unprepared. The weeks to come will be difficult and hard, and we all hop...

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È uscito il volume del Centro Altreitalie, Il mondo si allontana? Il COVID-19 e le nuove migrazioni italiane, Maddalena Tirabassi e Alvise Del Pra’, Prefazione di Piero Bassetti, Torino, Accademia University Press. I primi mesi della pandemia vengono esaminati attraverso il racconto dei protagonisti delle nuove migrazioni con 30 interviste e un que...

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Before the coronavirus emergency, many Italians had no clue what ‘smart-working’ meant and could not remotely predict that it was going to become one of the most trending words of 2020. ‘Smart-working’ is an English phrase used in Italian to mean working from home. Now, everyone who has a television has heard at least once Prime Minister Giuseppe C...

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One of Italy's most popular Christmas attractions is cancelled this year, as the Alpine region of Trentino-Alto Adige calls off its famed festive markets. Local authorities in both Alto Adige (South Tyrol) and Trentino, the two autonomous provinces that make up the region on the Austrian border, confirmed this week that Christmas markets would not...

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Often in the past, and this year is no exception, indeed, some of those who comment on the campaign for the American elections have described it as "a circus", using this term as derogatory. In reality, a circus is a difficult and exciting undertaking, a wonderful adventure and a school of life, an inspiring show full of talent and love, family and...

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Fall season travel in post-lockdown Europe has both benefits and disadvantages. One benefit is fewer crowds. A downside is the ubiquitous need to wear masks indoors and on public transport, especially during still warm weather. On September 7th, Italy’s Ministry of Health issued a month-long prolongation of earlier travel restrictions related to Co...

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