Articles by ITALY
Fri, 05/25/2012 - 04:08
Yesterday, the Italian quartet, Alice Mizzau, Alice Nesti, Diletta Carli and Federica Pellegrini, won the gold medal for the women's 4x200 freestyle r…
Wed, 05/23/2012 - 04:43
words by Gabi LoganGiovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino were two key members of the antimafia pool who, risking their lives, worked tirelessly to inv…
Tue, 05/22/2012 - 04:05
words by Gabi LoganOn Sunday the 20th of May and Monday the 21st of May, votes in municipalities around Italy chose between leading mayoral candidates…
Mon, 05/21/2012 - 06:27
words by Gabi LoganAn explosion outside the Francesca Laura Morvillo Falcone Professional Institute in Brindisi on Saturday morning killed a 16-year-o…
Mon, 05/21/2012 - 05:00
words by Gabi LoganAt 4.02 am on Sunday the 20th of May, a six magnitude earthquake, centred on a point 35km north of Bologna close to Finale Emilia i…
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 08:55
"Penne all'arrabbiata" belongs to the Roman culinary tradition, but it is now an Italian classic. The recipe is really simple, requiring only tomatoes…
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 04:36
words by Gabi LoganThe City of Venice celebrates the Festa della Sensa (Ascension Festival) on the 19th and 20 of May 2012 with a floating parade and…
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 08:34
words by Gabi LoganOn Saturday, the 19th of May 2012, Italian video installation artist Fabrizio Plessi will light up the Valle dei Templi (Valley of…
Thu, 05/17/2012 - 04:00
words by Gabi LoganMiguel Falomir, head of the Italian and French painting department at the National Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, uncovered a previ…
Wed, 05/16/2012 - 04:08
words by Gabi LoganIn the municipal elections on the 6th and 7th of May, comedian-turned-activist Beppe Grillo’s Cinque Stelle (Five Star) party catap…
Tue, 05/15/2012 - 04:11
words by Gabi LoganLast week in an interview with Variety, Guillermo del Toro announced that he will direct a 3D, stop-motion animated version of “Pin…
Thu, 05/10/2012 - 13:34
Italian lawyer Nick Metta comments on Helen Mirren’s disagreement with her neighbor in Puglia.If good fences make good neighbors, then Helen Mirren sh…
Thu, 05/10/2012 - 04:30
words by Gabi LoganThe City of Venice gave their approval on Friday for a feasibility study on a proposed restoration of Venice’s more than 400-hundre…
Thu, 05/10/2012 - 03:52
words by Gabi LoganFor its 2012 Costume Institute Exhibition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City will showcase designs by Miuccia Prada a…
Wed, 05/09/2012 - 02:26
words by Gabi LoganShould university courses take place in English? A roundtable of linguists, government officials, and prominent educators from both…
Tue, 05/08/2012 - 04:17
words by Gabi Logan
Last Friday, the 4th of May 2012, the Accademia del Cinema Italiana (Italian Film Academy) announced the winners of the 2012 Davi…
Tue, 05/08/2012 - 04:03
On Sunday and Monday, the 6th and 7th of May 2012, voters around Italy voted on 942 municipal vacancies, including mayoral posts in 22 provincial capi…
Mon, 05/07/2012 - 04:55
words by Gabi LoganIn what country do they perform the most chin implants? Botox injections? Breast enlargements? A study from the International Socie…
Fri, 05/04/2012 - 04:03
words by Gabi LoganThis Sunday, the 6th of May 2012, Venice’s Grand Canal will be filled with an unusual cargo: a floating rose garden. Entitled “Un g…
Thu, 05/03/2012 - 05:00
words by Gabi LoganIn a ceremony late last week at the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C., the U.S. government returned seven pieces of art—two Ancie…