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For travelers to Bologna, it’s understandable to confuse mortadella with its counterpart in the United States: bologna. It’s not clear how the mortadella that was eaten by Italian-American immigrants turned into American bologna. Obviously, there’s the connection that mortadella was from the city of Bologna. What’s not clear is what bologna became...

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When you think of Italy, famous cities like Rome, Venice and Florence definitely come to mind. And while these are home to wonderful landmarks such as the Trevi Fountain, St. Mark’s Basilica and the Statue of David, they are also some of the biggest tourist traps in the country. Of course visiting them should be on your travel bucket list, but if y...

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The American magazine Travel + Leisure has just released the top ten of the best international cities for food. As expected, Italy is very well represented in the ranking, with Florence in the 4th position, Bologna in the 5th, and Rome in the 6th. With the top three representing three different styles of cuisines (Beirut, Lebanon, got the first pos...

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Bologna beat competition from three UK cities, Luxembourg, Finland’s Espoo and Iceland’s Akureyri to host the data center of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), an intergovernmental organisation supported by 34 states which provides medium-term weather and climate forecasts, as well as strategic information for both civi...

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ENIT e FICO (Fabbrica Italiana Contadina), il più grande parco agroalimentare al mondo che aprirà a Bologna a ottobre 2017, insieme per attrarre milioni di visitatori attraverso la valorizzazione della cultura enogastronomica del nostro Paese. Questo l’obiettivo dell’accordo di collaborazione sottoscritto ieri a Roma dall’Agenzia Nazionale del Turi...

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  WTI Magazine #63    2015 June, 27Author : Edoardo Peretti      Translation by:   In these days takes place one of the most important and internationally known Italian film festivals, at least among the movie enthusiasts: the Bologna "Cinema Ritrovato" (from 29 June to 4 July). It is not the dear old Venice Film Festival, or the Festival of Cin...

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Two years after it was founded the innovative start-up Solair has a more than positive balance sheet: since 2011 the company has grown from having just 4 employees to a total of 32 (50% of which are women), opened new offices in Japan (Tokyo) and in India (Bangalore), inaugurated its new headquarters in June in Casalecchio di Reno, Italy, and on Ju...

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Amarena Fabbri, the maker of a trademark wild cherry product that is one of the best known brands in Italian cuisine, is having its 100th birthday. In 1905, a young Gennaro Fabbri bought a grocery store with adjoining fermentation cellar and transformed it into the "Premiata Distilleria G. Fabbri." The first Fabbri-branded products consisted of a...

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Bologna isn't a common feature on most tourists' Italian itineraries and for that reason, it is a city that has long been one of the best-kept secrets of northern Italy. When I was planning a little Italian getaway last month because I won a trip to Florence, I was keen to extend my stay an extra couple of days and see another nearby city because,...

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By Maurita Cardone Il lusso si può insegnare o almeno si può insegnare a farne un business. Questo è l'obiettivo con cui nasce il Master in Business Administration Fashion & Luxury Goods dell'Alma Graduate School dell'Università di Bologna.   Un vero e proprio MBA all'americana che mira a formare professionisti del business nel settore...

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