A half-dozen groundbreaking Ferraris were built for the Prince of Brunei. Only one made it out of the jungle alive
The order came from the Sultan of Brunei's nephew. It was 1994, and Prince Abdul Hakeem, then 20 years old, had inherited two things: access to a $40 billion fortune, and his family's penchant for spending it. In the '80s and '90s, the monarchs of this tiny, oil-rich nation in the South China Sea bankrolled a fleet of special custom vehicl...
Italy 2 – 0 Spain: Dominant Azzurri Eliminate Blunt La Roja
By Conor Clancy Giorgio Chiellini and Graziano Pelle's goals proved enough for Italy as they saw off their old foes Spain by 2-0 at the Stade de France in the last 16 of Euro 2016. Antonio Conte's side completely dominated the first half, and could have been out of sight at the break were it not for the heroics of David De Gea, before...
Pasta: The Soul Food of Italy
Whether you are eating out at a local trattoria in Italy, where the staff consists of a Mamma, Papa, and perhaps a cugino who is your head waiter, or whether you are treating yourself to a five star restaurant where minced porcini mushrooms or truffles are delicately infused into the noodles, no matter what—the pasta must be outstanding. Gli antipa...
Masterpieces from the Ferrarese and Modenese Courts in Piedmont
Venaria Reale di Torino (the Royal Palace of Venaria) invites visitors to admire the extensive Este painting collection arriving from the Galleria Estense di Modena and other Italian and European museums. During The Italian Courts: The House of Este, expect works by the likes of Cosmè Tura, Dosso Dossi, Correggio, Titian, Tintoretto, Guercino, Vel...
Benno Geiger Poetry Translation Prize worth 5,000 euros in prize money
Acting in accordance with Elsa Geiger Ariè's bequest commemorating her father, the Giorgio Cini Foundation has announced the "Premio letterario Benno Geiger per la traduzione poetica" (The Benno Geiger Poetry Translation Prize), to be awarded for an Italian translation of a work of poetry from an ancient, medieval or modern Western language publish...
Sustainability in the Italian ceramic industry
The Italian ceramic industry has a long tradition of excellence, especially in the area of Emilia Romagna, in particular in the town of Sassuolo. In the 1970s, because of the high concentration of industries in this pole, the need arose for a more careful approach towards the environment. As a consequence, the Italian ceramic industry enga...
Poet Maria Mazziotti Gillan honored in her parents' hometown of San Mauro.
Maria Mazziotti Gillan, award-winning poet and Paterson, NJ, native, was honored on June 29 by the Cultural Ministery of San Mauro, Cilento, Italy, province of Salerno, the region her parents came from before they emigrated to America in 1936. Gillan was presented with a book of her poems about the town of San Mauro called, In a Place of Flowers a...
Make in Italy/6 A Genova è nato un bimbo da 9 milioni. Storia di iCub e perché diventerà il robot di tutti
L'Italia è un Paese per vecchi? Certo, secondo le statistiche demografiche che lo mettono fra i primi Paesi al mondo per basso tasso di natalità e alta età media dei suoi cittadini. Ma c'è un altro lato della medaglia, proiettato verso il futuro e non verso la decadenza: l'Istituto italiano di tecnologia (IIT) è il leader internazionale de...
Investment plan for “Made in Italy” exports gets green light aims to boost exports by €50 bn in three years
by Carmine Fotina Italy's Industry Minister Federica Guidi signed the implementation guidelines on Thursday necessary to unlock €260 million of public funding resources available in 2015 to promote "Made in Italy" products. The amount is six times as much as the average annual budget of the past five years. The plan, which now must be...
What Italy Is, il territorio si racconta sui social network
di Diletta Parlangeli Si fa presto a riempirsi la bocca con parole come storytelling e content curation, ma poi bisogna anche saperli fare. What Italy Is è un progetto che invece, di questi due termini, potrebbe fare ampio uso. Basta una rapida occhiata al profilo Instragram (ad oggi, oltre 25mila follower) per rendersene conto: ci sono st...
Three Italians among World’s Most Powerful Women for 2015
The american magazine Forbes has just released its new ranking for the world's most powerful woman. Lots of surprises can be found in the top ten, but what is even more impressive is that three Italian have been included in this prestigious list. We are talking about Federica Mogherini, Miuccia Prada and Fabiola Gianotti. Federica Mogherin...
5 Summer Essentials to wear on your Italian holiday
by Valentina Zannoni So you're heading to Italy for your summer holiday and you've got almost everything prepared. Flights, location, hotel, sights to catch, and beaches to visit, restaurants to try, and even Google mapped the tiny local gelateria where they make the best gelato. You're sorted it seams, but no, there's one last th...