Rainbow Family rally in Bologna
Italy’s Association of Rainbow Families rallied in Bologna on Sunday to defend the rights of same-sex couples to have their children recognised by the state.
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Study confirms Renaissance Masters used egg yolk in oil paints
Research published by Nature Communications, and led by Italian scientists, confirms the great Renaissance Masters added egg yolk to their oil paints.
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Agriculture Minister proposes ban on synthetic food
Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida presented a bill seeking to ban the production and sale of synthetic food in Italy to the cabinet today. It would ban the sale, production for exportation, and importation of food for human consumption or animal feed stemming from the cultivation of cells or tissue.
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Coldiretti attacks FT over Italian food article
Italian farmers’ association Coldiretti slammed an article published by the Financial Times which it claims mounts a “surreal attack” on traditional Italian food.
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Rescue ship Louise Michel detained on Lampedusa
The M.V. Louise Michel, a rescue ship bought with the proceeds of a Banksy art sale, is being detained by Italian authorities on Lampedusa. The ship broke new rules in assisting in another rescue instead of heading straight to its assigned port.
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Yet more migrant deaths, and over 2000 arrivals on Lampedusa
More than 2,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in Italy in the last 24 hours. Furthermore, at least 7 are dead in Maltese waters, and official Cutro death toll reaches 90.
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Florence offers American teacher award
An American teacher was forced to resign after showing pupils images of Michelangelo’s David. Florence’s mayor intends to invite the teacher to his city.
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Bid for Italian cuisine to join UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list
The Italian government is putting Italian cuisine forward as this year’s candidate to join the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage.
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Expats find it hard to settle in Italy
InterNation’s Expat Essentials Index ranks Italy in the bottom five out of 52 countries for ease of settling. Its bureaucracy is singled out for particular criticism.
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Debate over same-sex parents is incendiary
The rights of same-sex-parent families and surrogacy grew heated up on Monday. Federico Mollicone of the FdI party said surrogacy “is a serious crime, more serious than paedophilia”.
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