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Opera houses to help government buy Verdi’s home

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Opera houses across Italy are planning Verdi shows to help the government buy the composer’s home, Villa Verdi. The fundraising will preserve the house for the nation.

Founders of Futurism, including poet Marinetti who wrote the Manifesto of Furturism

On this Day in History: Manifesto of Futurism published

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti wrote his Manifesto of Futurism in 1908. It was published in the Gazzetta dell’Emilia newspaper in Bologna on 5 February 1909.

Gloves are off in parliament row over Cospito

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A massive row over Cospito between two senior lawmakers for the Brothers of Italy (FdI) party and the Democratic Party (PD) escalated on Friday.

Terrorist threat in Bologna over Cospito case

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The threat of a major terrorist attack in Bologna linked to the case of jailed anarchist leader Alfredo Cospito was made in an anonymous phone call on Tuesday. The Resto del Carlino, the daily newspaper, today announced it had received the threat.

Image of Charles Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie

On This Day: Bonnie Prince Charlie dies in Rome

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Charles Edward Stuart, the royal exile, died on 31st January 1788 in Rome. The heart of Bonnie Prince Charlie remains in Frascati.

Donzelli question PD's support in parliament

State or terrorists? Donzelli asks of Democratic Party

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A major political row broke out on Tuesday when Giovanni Donzelli, a member of Premier Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) group, questioned in the Lower House if the opposition centre-left Democratic Party was on the side of the State or that of terrorists.