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Reopen Cinque Terre “Lover’s Lane”
November 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy will finally reopen Cinque Terre “Lover’s Lane.” The Via dell’Amore (Path of Love or Lover’s Lane), the cliffside walk that links the villages of Riomaggiore and Manarola on northwest Italy’s most famous stretch of coastline, has been at...
Italy’s parliament cut the number of representatives in both houses
November 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy’s parliament voted to reduce the size of parliament to “save 1 billion euros in a decade.” The plan is to cut the number of representatives in both houses by more than a third. The Five Star Movement, the main party in Italy’s governing...
Washington announced 25% TAXS on Pecorino Romano, Parmigiano Reggiano and provolone cheeses
November 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Washington announced that over 150 products from across Europe will face a 25 percent tariff starting in mid-October. Pecorino Romano, Parmigiano Reggiano and provolone cheeses were on the long list of tariffs applied to products by President Trump...
Trash-for-tickets in Rome. A Metro Tickets with 30 empty plastic bottles
November 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
You can now trade trash for Metro tickets in Rome. With garbage bins overflowing in the streets all over the Eternal City, the local government is using an eco-friendly and innovative way to battle the problem. Machines offer Italians a five cent...
Ancient scrolls charred by the Vesuvius's eruption could be read with a new x-ray technique
November 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Ancient scrolls charred by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD79 could be read once again with the use of a new x-ray technique say American scientists. The eruption of the volcano destroyed the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, their inhabitants...
James Bond in Matera
October 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A new James Bond movie is being filmed in Matera. “No Time to Die,” the 25th installment of the 007 franchise, began filming in August with nothing less than a breakneck car chase around the southern city. Daniel Craig will play Bond for the ...
A man used his eights years old kid in drug trafficking in the southwest of Italy
October 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
In September, police in Italy arrested a 48-year-old man suspected of using his young son to take part in drug trafficking in the southwest part of the country. Agostino Cambareri, suspected of leading a drug gang across the region of...
On August holiday the Italy’s government collapse
October 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Following the collapse of Italy’s government while Parliament was on holiday in August, a history-making new coalition was sworn in in early September. The anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) and the centre-left Democratic Party...
Volcanoes Stromboli, erupted in late August
October 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
In late August, Stromboli, one of the most active volcanoes on earth, erupted again in what experts classified as a “major” eruption. The volcano has been erupting almost continuously since 1932. In July, a hiker was killed near the summit by a...
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