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Italian National Tourist Board campaign with Botticelli's Venus

Mixed feelings about Italy National Tourist Board’s latest poster girl

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Mixed feelings about Italy National Tourist Board’s latest poster girl

Sandro Botticelli’s iconic Venus has been turned into an influencer for the Italian National Tourist Board (ENIT). Unveiled last week, the use of the image has received mixed reactions.

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Satellite image of Lake Garda April 2023

Lake Garda at lowest level in 70 years

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Lake Garda at lowest level in 70 years

New satellite data shows Lake Garda in northern Italy is at its lowest level since 1953.

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Evacuation from Sudan

Italians evacuated from Sudan

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Italians evacuated from Sudan

All Italians who wanted to leave Sudan have been evacuated and will arrive in Italy late Monday afternoon, Foreign Minister and Deputy Premier Antonio Tajani said today.

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World Book Day - top 10 Italian works

World Book Day – Top 10 Italian Books

April 23, 2023April 23, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on World Book Day – Top 10 Italian Books

23rd April is World Book and Copyright Day, coinciding with St. George’s Day, in many places a rose and a book are given as gifts. We look at the top 10 works by Italian authors.

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help for earners of low-medium income

Italian Government pledges help for low-medium income earners

April 20, 2023April 20, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Italian Government pledges help for low-medium income earners

Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti pledged help was on the way “in the next few days” for low to medium income earners in Italy.

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Lollobrigida accused of using supremacist language by opposition leader Elly Schlein

Schlein accuses Agriculture Minister of using supremacist tropes

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Schlein accuses Agriculture Minister of using supremacist tropes

Centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) leader Elly Schlein accused the Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Minister of using supremacist language today. Francesco Lollabrigida had said Italy was enduring “ethnic replacement”.

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Auschwitz - described by Mattarella as a huge cemetery without graves.

Mattarella visits Auschwitz  – a ‘huge cemetery without graves’

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Mattarella visits Auschwitz  – a ‘huge cemetery without graves’

Today, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Italian President Sergio Mattarella visited Auschwitz in Poland. The Nazi death camp was a crime for which there can be no forgetting or forgiving, he said.

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Sea Watch 3 charity vessel rescues migrant arrivals at sea 24 December. The ECHr has determined Italy was not responsible for Libyan coastguard action during 2017 migrant resuce, when SeaWatch rescued some, adn the Libyan coastguard others

Migrant situation fracturing Italy

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Migrant situation fracturing Italy

The increasing number of asylum seekers is putting the country under pressure and the cracks are starting to show. The centre-left accuse the government of improvisation over the migrant situation, whilst President Mattarella again asks the EU for a bloc approach to the issue.

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Hercules statue found on Appian Way to go on display

Hercules from Appian Way to go on Display

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Hercules from Appian Way to go on Display

An imposing life-size Ancient Roman statue of Hercules found on the Appian Way will soon be on display in the Parco Appia Antica.

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Meloni revokes migrant special protection

Government to eliminate migrant special protection – Meloni

April 16, 2023June 26, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Government to eliminate migrant special protection – Meloni

During a trip to Ethiopia, PM Giorgia Meloni said the Italian government is aiming to eliminate migrant special protection for asylum seekers. She said it is seen as a pull factor for migrants coming to Italy.

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Group of children in a kindergarten classroom attending an interactive learning session with teachers. Image credit: Pavel Danilyuk https://www.pexels.com/license/

Meloni defends foreign pupils cap proposal

September 26, 2026September 26, 2026Deborah Cater
Car tax to be abolished in 2027 for small and medium-sized cars and motorcycles. Image credit: Franck Michel's photo, licensed as CC BY 2.0 via Flickr

Government to scrap road tax for 14.5 million vehicles from 2027

September 18, 2026September 18, 2026Deborah Cater
Blood donors urgently needed. Image credit: Adobe Stock

Italy issues urgent appeal for blood donors

September 6, 2026September 6, 2026Deborah Cater
Pedestrians using phone whilst crossing the road Copyright: © by Westend61 / Maskot,

Italy set to fine pedestrians who use phones while crossing the road

August 31, 2026August 31, 2026Deborah Cater
24-hour transport strike back on after TAR ruling General strike

Italy travel warning: September strikes

August 23, 2026August 23, 2026Deborah Cater
Basilica di Santo Spirito in Florence, where a Michelangelo crucifix hangs. Lucarelli, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The Michelangelo crucifix most visitors never see

July 19, 2026July 19, 2026Deborah Cater
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Umbrian plateau becomes a living rainbow

July 19, 2026July 19, 2026Deborah Cater
Aerial view of Pietrabbondante https://molise.guideslow.it/

Pietrabbondante: A Samnite mountaintop sanctuary

July 15, 2026July 15, 2026Deborah Cater

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