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In moments of crisis, sharing a meal with a loved one is oh so important - especially if you are Italian!  CiaoDC has your grab and go and delivery options vetted from the best Italian bites in town.  As Publisher of CiaoDC, I have worked closely with several of these restaurants and chefs and understand first hand the heart and soul of these busin...

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In 2019, total imports of olive oil and pomace exceeded 600 thousand tons (+9.5%) in Italy. The purchases’ value decreased by 1.4 billion euros (-13%), due to the global prices reduction. Exports grew slightly in volume (+1%,339 thousand tons) for a value of 1.37 billion euros (-8.5%). During 2019/20 campaign, Italian production was more generous t...

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The growth rate of total COVID-19 cases in Italy has been slowing since March 8, according to the Italian Civil Protection Department, and, in the past few days, the total new daily cases have finally started to shrink, suggesting Italy is ‘flattening the curve,’ meaning that it is slowing the spread of the virus. Italy was the first country in Eur...

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Aveva scritto alla mamma «Non ti lascio sola» prima di entrare in coma farmacologico. Le aveva scritto «Devo andare, non ti lascerò». Mattia, 18 anni, di Cremona, ha rispettato quella promessa: in queste ore si è svegliato ed è stato estubato. È ancora in terapia intensiva, dove è tenuto sotto osservazione, ma nelle prossime ore sarà trasferito. St...

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Across Italy, music has been connecting people as 60 million have been confined to their homes. At the end of the first week of the national lockdown, an initiative was launched in Rome which touched the whole country. Brass collective Fanfaroma’s Flash Mob Sonoro urged people to “open the windows, step out onto the balcony and play together”. Some...

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Featured on the March 26th, 2020 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore: — Fabian Alfie PhD, a professor at the University of Arizona, tells about Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron. It is a masterpiece of Italian medieval literature that can teach contemporary people about surviving a pandemic with hope intact. — Hear the story of a...

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American giants of fast food and soft drinks support Italy's battle against Covid-19. McDonald's Italy, the Italian branch of the American fast-food chain, has donated €1 million to support the treatment of Coronavirus patients in Milan. The donation, made together with McDonald's franchisees and the Ronald McDonald Children's Foundation, will go t...

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In 1978, when the Italian National Health Service (Servizio Sanitatio Nazionale) was formed, the Italian health care system was ranked one the of the best in the world.  Health care in Italy is based on communal, rather than individual, ideas of success and care. With an aim of universal coverage, human dignity and solidarity all applicable service...

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Their eyes are tired. Their cheekbones are rubbed raw from protective masks. They don’t smile. Tales of grim scenes have emerged from Italian and Spanish hospitals, where the sick have sometimes been left to crowd hallways and doctors and nurses have worked beyond the point of exhaustion to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci has won praise amongst many Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially by those who live in the Italian community of Island Park. The Fauci linguini at the town's iconic 80-year old Peter's Clam Bar has been flying out of the kitchen -- but for pick-up only, in compliance with Fauci's social distancing recommendations. Acc...

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