NEWS FROM : ITALY  

At the Glasshouse Chelsea in New York, ITA Airways, the new Italian national carrier presented to representatives of the American and International press as well as business partners in the US market the new connections with the American hubs launched with the 2022 summer season. The Company aims at offering six daily flights between the United Sta...

Umbria is one of the smallest regions in Italy but at the same time one of the greenest. It sprinkles with a large number of small villages with characteristic charm. You probably have already heard of villages such as Assisi, Gubbio, Spello, Spoleto...places not to be missed during a visit to Umbria, but now widely known. Assisi alone attracts tho...

Ol’ Blue Eyes. In many ways, Frank Sinatra was the musical voice of the first half of the 20th century in America. He was in movies, owned Vegas stages, and was your dad’s favorite (and likely your grandfather’s, too). But while we heard a lot from Sinatra in song—like the all-time classics, “My Way,” “Fly Me To The Moon” and “That’s Life”—what did...

If you have been reading my blog for some time, you will know that while there are some ubiquitous dishes in Italian cuisine, food in Italy is actually very regional and in fact not only each region, but each city and even each village have their own special dishes – or their own specific (and usually secret) recipe to prepare a famous dish. The sa...

Caorle is a small seaside resort in Veneto: the fine sand, clear waters and tourist attractions make this small seaside town a real Italian jewel. So, let’s see together how to spend your holidays in the best way possible! Caorle is a small city of Roman origins just an hour from Venice: a very popular tourist destination, today it retains the char...

Between today’s economic and political turmoil, tension between employees and employers and COVID-19 panic only just beginning to wane, it’s no surprise that the conversation about what makes a healthy work-life balance is rife with new ideas and controversial lifestyle ‘takes’. What seems to be missing, however, is anything that really addresses t...

Rome's Leonardo da Vinci international airport, known as Fiumicino, is set to open a major new boarding area to travellers on 19 May. Airport management company Aeroporti di Roma (AdR) has invested €400 million in building Boarding Area A, a three-storey structure covering 37,000 sqm and linked to Terminal 1. Construction of the new boarding area,...

We most commonly call it pizzica, tarantella but it’s also known as taranta.  It is the hypnotic, mesmerizing music of Salento, in Puglia, with varieties of its dramatic rhythm – and of the dance style that goes with it – popular also in other areas of our South, especially in Campania. While Italophiles and Italians all over the world are familiar...

Life has peaks and valleys, happiness and sadness, good and evil. In the course of a storied career, Italian cycling legend Gino Bartali pedaled through countless highs and lows, both physical and emotional, battling more than his fair share of evil along the way.  Gino was born to Torello and Giulia Sizzi Bartali in 1914 in Ponte a Ema, a small Tu...

Italy is to retain the obligation to wear masks on public transport and in some indoor public settings until 15 June, the government said on Thursday. The news was announced by health minister Roberto Speranza days before Italy's indoor mask-wearing rules expire on 30 April. The obligation to wear masks will remain until 15 June on all forms of pub...

Children in Rome's city-run schools, from kindergarten up to junior high school, will be served a special Ukrainian menu from 2 May. Each of the city's municipi, or boroughs, will serve Ukrainian specialities one day next week, beginning with schools in the centre on Monday. The initiative aims to facilitate integration between children and open th...

U.S. tankers and infantry soldiers helped liberate this picturesque northern Italian city 77 years ago, braving German sniper fire on the city's Corso San Felice Fortunato, or street of lucky fortune. Then they liberated a teenager's birthday cake. Those events were commemorated Thursday in a leafy park adjacent to that same street, with military d...