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di Raoul de Forcade   Con vendite di beni in crescita sui mercati esteri, Friuli Venezia Giulia (+31,8%), Veneto (+5,9%), Piemonte (+5,5%) ed Emilia-Romagna (+3,7%) sono le regioni che hanno contribuito di più a sostenere l'export in Italia nel primo trimestre 2015.   A queste si aggiunge la performance particolarmente dinamica – da c...

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By Gian Antonio Stella Le macerie del corpo di ingresso del castello medievale di Frinco, nell'Astigiano, tre mesi dopo il «Grande Crollo» del 5 febbraio (così chiamato per non confonderlo con altre frane meno gravi che avevano annunciato il disastro) sono ancora lì.   L'unico impegno preso dall'amministrazione comunale è sulla rimozione di...

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by Chiara Assi   Did you know that Italy counts a whooping 50 UNESCO World Heritage Sites? That makes it the country with the most sites on the World Heritage List. And while some are very well known around the globe – think glitzy Amalfi Coast, the stunning archeological area of Pompeii, and the historical centers of cities such as Florence...

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In 1902, Luigi Colussi moved his family from the tiny mountain village of Poffabro, in the Friuli region of Italy, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They came via Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, part of a massive wave of Italian immigrants seeking better lives in America. Luigi's daughter Lucy was eight when they made the voyage.   It so happen...

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by Luisa Taliento   Alberghi diffusi are true gems created in communities where you can breathe in the history. A model of responsible tourism, they include dozens of structures all over the country, many brought together in the Alberghi Diffusi Association (alberghidiffusi.it), creating an accommodation that is halfway between a home and a...

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by Laura Clark   A team of researchers investigating the land surrounding the Bay of Muggia, near Italy's border with Slovenia, has found evidence of a large Roman fort believed to be the oldest ever discovered.   Strategically positioned on a hilltop overlooking a natural harbor on the Adriatic coast, the fortification was part of a...

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Space travel increasingly speaks Italian. Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, the first privately owned corporation in the world committed to making space tourism possible, has announced it has taken on an Italian pilot to fly its space shuttle.   The man in question is Nicola Pecile, former military pilot in the Italian Air Force on a Tornad...

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  WTI Magazine #62    2015 June, 12Author : Giovanni Verde      Translation by:   The "Gigante buono" (gentle giant) Primo Carnera has been an Italian symbol in the world, between the '20s and the '30s of last century. Boxer, wrestler and actor, through his achievements he represented the character with an almost inhuman stature, yet mild-temper...

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C'è un cuore friulano che pulsa nella Silicon Valley. Si chiama Fogolâr Furlan del Nord California e ha sede a Sunnyvale. La rete americana dei cervelli friulani si sta compattando grazie al ruolo strategico dell'Ente Friuli nel Mondo che con i friulani all'estero ambisce a realizzare una piattaforma di relazioni orientata al futuro, dove far conve...

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Mary Sue Lyons, member of the Vermont Italian Club, will present Italy's Friuli Venezia Giulia Region: Beautiful, Fascinating and Affordable! on September 14, 6:30 p.m. at Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Lyons will lead a slide show tour of her travels of the most northeast region of Italy that is bordered by Slovenia, Austria and the Adriatic Sea.  ...

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