Rome's Università La Sapienza is the top university in Italy according to the 2022-23 ranking by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), a leading consulting organisation and publisher of the largest academic ranking of global universities. The rankings, released on Friday, show that La Sapienza is in 37th place at a European level and 113...
Antonio Molinari, the entrepreneur and president of Molinari Italia who with his family made the star anise liqueur famous all over the world, died at the age of 81. “A brilliant and far-sighted entrepreneur - the words of his wife Daniela and their children Angelo, Inge and Mario. He dedicated his life to the company and to the family, since he wa...
Soldiers from U.S. Army Garrison Italy helped people from a small Italian community recognize World War II pilots during an April 24 remembrance ceremony. Members of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, wearing dress uniforms, joined Italian paratroopers – currently serving and veterans – plus other community members to unveil a plaque commemorat...
On 25 April Italy celebrates the 77th Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of world war two. A public holiday across Italy, all state schools and offices are closed on Monday 25 April, as well as many shops. The day is marked in Rome with a ceremony at 09.00 at the Altare de...
The genius of Ennio Morricone is already carved into the cinematic landscape as indelibly as any dusty desert canyon. No other composer of movie scores has ever combined classical overture and musique concrete experimentalism into such an evocative and instantly recognisable voice, nor had such a monumental impact on wider pop culture. His scores f...
After Italy’s win last year, Eurovision 2022 is set to take place in Turin in May. If you were lucky enough to secure tickets, or simply want to head to the city to soak up the atmosphere, here are some suggestions for things to do in and around Turin. Surrounded by Alps, it has a slight French feeling to the city, and was historically home to the...
Italian actress Giovanna Ralli will get the David di Donatello award for career achievement at the 67th edition of the Italian Oscars on May 3, the president of the Italian cinema academy - David prizes, Piera Detassis, announced Wednesday. The prize-giving will be broadcast live from Cinecittà by Rai state broadcaster. Detassis said Ralli, 87, "in...
The Conero Rivera e Colli dell'Infinito is the ideal place if you are looking for an immersive experience among villages, sea and nature. The various resorts wind between the long coastline and the hinterland, revealing unique places to explore and experience in the round. The beaches, nature trails, and villages show the beauty of this vast territ...
What a twist. The Musical genre was not born on Broadway in the nineteenth century but in Naples in the sixteenth century. A beautiful book has just been published in Italy by the publisher Argo and entitled "Il chiaro e lo scuro". The volume is edited by the well-known ethnomusicologist Gianfranco Salvatore, a great expert of Afro-European musical...
Tourists travelling to Venice will have to reserve their visits to the city's historic centre from this summer, the mayor Luigi Brugnaro announced on Monday. "Tourism starts again", tweeted the mayor, as crowds of tourists thronged the canal city over the Easter weekend, peaking at 160,000 visitors on Saturday. Brugnaro described the move as "the r...
Soave has won the “Borgo dei Borghi 2022” award. It is linked to wine in its name and raison d’être. Soave is the most beautiful village in Italy, and number one in the now historic contest the popular television program, “Kilimanjaro” (Rai 3) hosted by Camilla Raznovich, launched. It is a small town in the Veneto Region and its icon is the crenela...
Pasta may seem all the same. But there are a few things to check to help you to find the best quality. A box of pasta, from $2 to $5. Why? So many things are uncertain; we all experienced that in our life. A dish of pasta is not among them. Different surveys showed that pasta, and particularly spaghetti, is considered one of the favorite internatio...