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In 2025, there are 19 Legambiente Green Flags waving across the Alpine arc. These flags have been awarded to initiatives that successfully invest in sustainable tourism, agriculture, and socio-cultural projects, using environmental sustainability as a driving force. The recognition has been granted to stories centered around three key areas—sustain...

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By 2040, the biomanufacturing market for the chemical and food industries could reach $200 billion. The potential is there, but the challenge remains in production capacity. Currently, using microorganisms like yeast, bacteria, algae, and fungi to create bio-based alternatives to petrochemical and animal-derived products is limited to the pharmaceu...

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Spilimbergo is a small town sitting along the banks of the Tagliamento River, in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Known as Italy’s City of Mosaics, it has recently earned the distinction of being one of the country’s Borghi più Belli d’Italia, an accolade bestowed on villages and hamlets around Italy that manage to preserve and valorize their history and tra...

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With more than six hundred archaeological museums in Italy, to which we can add several dozen outdoor areas such as Pompeii, the choice is truly immense. From north to south, in large cities as in smaller towns, travellers who love ancient history will never lack the opportunity to dive into the most remote and fascinating past. From the world of t...

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Pretty much nobody has ever heard of Udine. And fewer still have actually visited. Even most Italians know little to nothing about the city. The region it lies in, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, is the great unknown. This is the last undiscovered frontier in the north of Italy. That's why we decided to spend a couple of years living in Friuli-Venezia Giuli...

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La Dolce Vita by train, a wonder all Made in Italy The evolution of Northeastern Italy: embracing digitalization and innovation The meeting industry in Italy is worth 11 billion eurosRecycling and sustainability in Italy: stories of excellence and innovation Beauty that heals: art and medical care in Italian hospitals The growth of Airbnb rentals...

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Easter 2025 is just around the corner, and Italy and its Easter traditions are waiting to be discovered. Whether you decide to take a trip to Italy this Easter to enjoy the celebrations and festivities, or whether you decide to stay at home, there's no excuse not to enjoy the finest Italian Easter traditions, many of which involve food. Italian Eas...

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Cycling tourism continues to grow in our country. It is not just a choice for enthusiasts but increasingly a transversal tourist experience capable of attracting a wider audience. In 2024, cycling tourism recorded a small boom both in terms of attendance, estimated at 89 million (+54% compared to 2023), and its economic impact, which reached nearly...

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After the halt to hiring for Italian civilian employees at the U.S. military bases in Vicenza and Aviano (Pordenone), the Department of Government Efficiency of the United States (Doge) has also implemented cuts to the U.S. civilian staff. Recently, workers at the two bases in northeastern Italy, mostly clerks and service workers, received...

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The twin cities of Gorizia in Italy and Nova Gorica in Slovenia have been jointly designated as the European Capital of Culture for 2025, in an unprecedented move that created the first cross-border capitale della cultura since the initiative’s establishment in 1985. This historic collaboration, operating under the theme GO! Borderless, is a signif...

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