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Italy allows charity rescue ships to dock

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Two charity rescue ships that had been waiting for days to disembark were given permission to dock after one of them issued an ultimatum. There were over 430 on board the two vessels.

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Italian strikes lead to flight cancellations

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Travellers face more chaos as thousands of Italian airline workers prepared to strike today. Faced with a cabin crew walk-out, multiple budget airlines cancelled Wednesday flights to and from Italy.

Rubbish piuled up by bins in front of the Circus Maximus in Rome

Romans write to UNESCO over ‘mortifying’ scenes of rubbish

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Rome, a city of history and beauty that sadly most of the time looks like a teenager’s bedroom filled with rubbish. Artists, professors and environmentalists have appealed to UNESCO to remind the city’s council of its duty to keep it clean.

Image: courtesy of AFP. ´Ndrangheta tentacles reach across Australia

Calabrian mafia operating in their thousands in Australia

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say Calabrian mafia ‘Ndrangheta have been in Australia for decades, laundering money and ‘pulling the strings’ of other gangs.

Italian Inventor is today’s Google Doodle

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Today (6th June), Google’s Doodle celebrates the 171st birthday of Italian inventor Angelo Moriondo. He is credited with patenting the earliest known espresso machine.

Best Pesto in the World and Lombardy Wines

June 5, 2022June 5, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A Genovese student won an international pesto competition. Meanwhile, Lombardy wine heads to the Vino Forum in Rome next week.

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Food and Agriculture in Sardinia

June 5, 2022June 5, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Agriculture: Sardinia produced a record-breaking almost 50 metre ricotta – the largest in the world. Meanwhile, the international cork promotion campaign highlighted Sardinia’s contribution to the Italian cork production.

107% tariff on Italian pasta could see end of exports to US. Food inflation was 7.1% in May 2022

Food inflation rises by 7.1% in Italy

June 4, 2022June 4, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Food inflation is affecting the entire food chain, agricultural entity Coldiretti states. Food prices rose by an average 7.1% in May, Istat figures show.

Garden dedicated to Diabolik sisters

June 4, 2022June 4, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Milan is dedicating a garden to sisters Angela and Luciana Giussani, creators of the iconic Diabolik character.

Caravaggio work turns ‘tactile’ for the blind

June 2, 2022June 2, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A tactile 3-D reproduction of Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes means the visually challenged can now trace the lines of the masterpiece in Rome.