Cherry on the top for Italian farmers
Despite losing a lot of fruit to bad weather, Italy has beaten the record for the heaviest cherry twice this year.
Continue ReadingDespite losing a lot of fruit to bad weather, Italy has beaten the record for the heaviest cherry twice this year.
Continue ReadingCroatia has once again applied to the European Commission for special recognition of its wine prošek. Italy blocked a first attempt in 2013, arguing the name prošek was too similar to prosecco.
Continue ReadingFrench medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Monday an MSF vessel has been detained in Italy, reports Reuters. The charity suggests the seizure was politically motivated.
Continue ReadingThe head of Florence’s Uffizi Gallery suggests taxing take-away food. He believes the oil from the food stains Florence’s streets and monuments.
Continue ReadingThe investigation into the cable car crash in Mottarone which killed fourteen people widens. The prosecutor of Verbania, Olimpia Bossi, signed a request for an evidentiary incident that now includes fourteen suspects.
Continue ReadingThe midday bulletin confirms the pope reacted well to the operation. Pope Francis should stay at the University Hospital in Rome, at least a week.
Continue ReadingA Belgian collector had illegal finds, dating back to the sixth century BC, from illicit excavations in Puglia. Italian police recovered the finds, worth €11million, and returned them to Italy following unsuccessful legal appeals by the collector.
Continue ReadingThe University of Padua elects a female rector for the first time in its 800-year-old history. Daniela Mapelli will start her six-year tenure on 1st October 2021.
Continue ReadingAt least seven migrants, one of them pregnant, drown after their boat capsizes five miles off the island of Lampedusa early on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingRome’s annual Shakespearean festival returns for its 18th edition from 30 June until 10 October. The city’s Globe Theatre, in the heart of Villa Borghese, has been renamed after Gigi Proietti, who died last November on his 80th birthday.
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