NEWS FROM : ITALY  

For the second consecutive year, the boot-shaped nation was named best overall destination in the Readers' Travel Awards conducted by Condé Nast Traveller UK.   With an overall rating of 94.49/100, Italy was ranked first among destination countries according to readers of the prestigious magazine, which is known as a key influencer in the lu...

An environmentally neutral alternative to leather, created as a result of an innovative laser technology that turns wood into fabric. Ligneah is produced through a patented process, and will be launched in the market by Marcello Antonelli and his daughter Marta.   The fabric, soft and supple to the touch and sight, seems like fine leather, y...

''Il nero a metà, l'americano della nuova Napoli che sognava di veder passare la 'nuttata', il mascalzone latino, il Lazzaro felice, l'uomo in blues, il musicante on the road, il neomadrigalista, cantautore che negli anni in cui dominava il messaggio non mise mai in secondo piano la musica, pur avendo cose da dire, e che cose''. E' l'autoritratto,...

Study in Italy is happy to announce that the annual Course of Professional Development for Teachers of Italian, now in its 8th year, will be held in Genoa, Italy from June 29 to July 10, 2015.   The course is comprised of 50 hours of instruction: 40 hours of lesson (Monday thru Friday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) and 10 hours in four afternoon ha...

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti got a taste of home Sunday when she tried out a new espresso maker that is part creature comfort and part science experiment. Cristoforetti made her first cup of espresso in space as teams of engineers looked on from Earth.   Video recorded aboard the space station showed Cristoforetti and NASA a...

by Eugenia Paulicelli   Sono appena rientrata da una serie di conferenze in Olanda, all'Aja, alla Università di Groningen e poi a Milano a parlare della figura di Rosa Genoni e del suo ruolo come anticipatrice del discorso del made in Italy o della moda italiana, quando questi erano solo un sogno di pochi, oltre che del suo impegno per il pa...

At least 18% of couples in Italy decide to marry in June, a survey by the Monza chamber of commerce showed Monday. And while the overall number of weddings has declined 16% since 2009, the wedding business is a constantly growing sector worth some seven billion euros. Salerno with its romantic Amalfi coast is the province with the highest inc...

di Daniele Sparisci   Compravano automobili usate in America, le importavano con il container e le modificavano riempiendole di sensori, scanner e telecamere per farle guidare da sole. Dovevano coprire i loghi per evitare cause legali con i costruttori.   Con il budget tutto da inventare e l'entusiasmo alle stelle di una start up a pr...

by Victoria De Maio   Umbria is described as being located in the heart of Italy and with neither a coastline or a border with a foreign country, it is also the only landlocked one. Known for it's verdant hills and valleys, picturesque medieval hill towns and unique cuisine and wines, Umbria will steal your heart!   Your "home ba...

According to Bloomberg Ranking's analysis of global health, Italy is the second healthiest country on the planet. To identify the healthiest countries in the world, Bloomberg Rankings created health scores and health-risk scores for countries with populations of at least one million. They then subtracted the risk score from the health score to dete...

Per i giovani calciatori italiani si aprono le porte del soccer e dei College universitari Usa. Il 28 e 29 dicembre arriveranno per la prima volta nel nostro Paese allenatori di calcio di diverse Università americane per visionare giovani talenti nostrani e offrire loro la possibilità di trasferirsi negli Stati Uniti per studiare e contemporaneamen...

by Silvia Perfetto   How many Italians, once they moved to the US, spend lot of their time to find the best mozzarella, prosciutto, or pasta? Probably, the concern belongs to all people who are eager to keep a legacy with the Bel Paese through food.   That's one of the thoughts that pushed Raffaele Asquer to start an innovative platfo...