NEWS FROM : ITALY  

Two doctors on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean have set up their own international exchange program. Dr. Frank Nisenfeld and his wife, Sue, have hosted Dr. Anna Rebesco, of Asti, Italy, for a month, so she could see how medicine is practiced in the states. Nisenfeld, an orthopedic surgeon with the Mid-Maryland Musculoskeletal Institute in...

La Regione Lazio ha presentato nei giorni scorsi alla Farnesina "Lazio international", un piano per favorire l'internazionalizzazione delle imprese e rendere più competitivo il territorio.   L'obiettivo è quello di restituire alle imprese del Lazio un ruolo di primo piano nella formazione del Pil del Paese. 65 milioni di euro il totale...

By Mauro Battocchi   Currently, the US and EU trade levels are a well over half a trillion dollars per year. Our combined GDP represents more than half of global GDP, and our bilateral trade and investment flows account for more than 30% of global trade.   Each day, $2.7 billion in goods and services are traded bilaterally, which sust...

Not many people are aware that Rimini, one of the most famous touristic destinations in the very North of the Adriatic coast, was founded in 286 B.C. under the name of Ariminum.   As reminded by the Australian magazine Italianicious, today, the Rimini Riviera is "famous for its well-equipped beaches, fine sands and wide shoreline that stretc...

Ostia Antica batte Pompei. Ed è il sito archeologico più visitato in Italia nel mese di luglio. A rivelarlo è il ministero dei Beni culturali, che traccia un bilancio dei biglietti staccati nei musei nazionali a trenta giorni di distanza dall'applicazione della rivoluzione del piano tariffario e degli orari di apertura dei musei introdotta dal mini...

by Serena Perfetto   "Life is short. Live your dream": the quote Franco Denari shared with us is more than a way to approach life. It is what led him to success and has also helped become both the Founder and the CEO of Eataly Net.    Born in Casale Monferrato in Piedmont, he was working in Italy as a digital expert when, in 2012...

It's with no small amount of urgency that I'm posting today because it was only yesterday that I learned that Italy now requires that U.S. passports be valid for at least six months beyond your planned date of departure from the Schengen area.   This came to my attention because a person who was supposed to join our current Design and Wine I...

Una delegazione dell'ANPS (Associazione Nazionale Polizia di Stato) sezione di New York – New Jersey, che ha sede nel Palazzo dell'ONU e che conta più di 250 iscritti, è stata ospite a Padula dell'Associazione Internazionale Joe Petrosino, presieduta da Vincenzo Lamanna.   La delegazione ha visitato il centro storico di Padula e la Casa Muse...

Americans have mastered comfort food, there's no doubt about that. From meatloaf with mashed potatoes to mac and cheese baked under a layer of breadcrumbs, we have a lot of good dishes in our culinary repertoire. But we're not the only masters of comfort food. Italians make some of the comfiest dishes in existence.   No one else does comfort...

Three great opportunities are now in the works for 2014 to study and enjoy Italian lifestyle, speak with locals, eat great food and drink fabulous wines. Cooking classes, private tours, even a Puccini concert! I am putting together small groups of students who want to live like Italian locals.• Going to Lucca June 1-12• Going to Tenuta Lupina...

The local magazine Varese Export, in an article discussing how to educate a good and competitive "export manager", reported the opinion of a professor which is worth quoting one more time. His name is Alberto Onetti, and he is a professor of Insubria University.   According to him, "nowadays a graduate that is looking for a job is like an en...

Castel Sant'Angelo is one of Rome's favorite and most-recognized monuments. Yet many do not know that this impressive castle was also the Mausoleum of Hadrian, thus making it one of the city's largest funerary monuments. Connected to Campo Marzio (military neighborhood used for important funerals of State) by way of a bridge, the Mausoleum hosted...