Renzo Piano – architect and Italian senator
Award-winning architect Renzo Piano was born on 14th September, 1937 in Genoa. The designer of innovative buildings is now an Italian senator.
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Author: Deborah Cater
Deborah Cater holds a Master’s degree in English Literature and is a skilled editor, copywriter, and journalist. As the founder of Italy News Online, she combines her expertise in content creation with an understanding of Italian culture to deliver accurate and engaging news for an English-speaking audience.
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Italy’s Data Protection Authority question Facebook over smart glasses
Italy’s data protection authority said on Friday it has asked Facebook to provide clarifications over the social media giant’s newly-launched smart glasses to assess whether the product is compliant with privacy laws.
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Venice Film Festival is very much a victory for women
Many of the winners at this year’s Venice Film Festival were women. The top awards went to films directed by women, while best screenplay went to Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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‘Kidnap’ of Eitan Biran: 6-year-old cable car crash survivor
Authorities launch an investigation after the only survivor of the deadly cable car crash in May, was taken to Israel by his grandfather.
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Asylum seeker caught by police for knife attack on Rimini bus
Italian police are investigating a Somali asylum-seeker for attempted murder after he allegedly slashed two ticket controllers aboard a bus in the beach resort town of Rimini. He then wounded three other people, including a boy, as he fled.
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Poor harvests affect price of pasta and fruits
In Italy, climate change has affected food production with yields down 27%. There is also a shortage of durum wheat globally, which will affect the price of pasta.
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Tornado leaves two dead and nine injured on Italian island of Pantelleria
Two people have been killed and nine injured – four seriously – after a tornado tore through the Italian island of Pantelleria. Residents describe the scene as ‘apocalyptic’.
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Italy decriminalises small-scale cannabis cultivation at home
Italy is set to decriminalise the growing of cannabis plants at home for personal use. The measure, adopted by the country’s Lower House’s justice committee, approves the cultivation of up to four cannabis plants.
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COVID update: latest figures and third dose approval
Italy registered 5,522 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24-hour period and 59 coronavirus sufferers died here in that time. These are the latest figures from the health ministry on Thursday 9th September.
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Covid decree passed in parliament as League vote in favour
Earlier this week, Matteo Salvini’s League party broke ranks backing amendments presented by the opposition Brothers of Italy (FdI) group. Today, the League fell back in line and voted in favour of the Covid decree.
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