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Redevelopment of parks, gardens and historic villas in Rome
July 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
In June, Rome began a 12-million-euro makeover of 20 parks and gardens. The funds are being used to “restyle” the areas by fixing fences, benches and fountains and for an overall clean-up. Additionally, more trees will be planted and new sports...
Students heroes of the school bus hijacking in March are still waiting on gaining their Italian citizenship
July 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Students hailed heroes in a school bus hijacking in March are still waiting on gaining their Italian citizenship as promised by Italy’s interior minister, Matteo Salvini. The students were born in Italy to foreign parents and under a law that...
A Cruise Ship Crashed into a Docked Tourist Boat in Venice
July 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A cruise ship crashed into a docked tourist boat in Venice last month reigniting calls to ban large vessels from the city’s Giudecca Canal. Four people were injured in the crash. Reports say that the captain of the cruise ship “ordered all...
Leonardo da Vinci’s earliest paintings
June 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
One of Leonardo da Vinci’s earliest paintings, the “Benois Madonna” also known as the “Madonna and Child with Flowers,” will make a rare return to Italy in honor of the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death. On loan from the Hermitage Museum...
Facebook shut down more than 20 Italian pages
June 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Last month, Facebook shut down more than 20 Italian pages spreading misinformation, hate speech and political propaganda leading up to the European elections. "We have removed a series of false and duplicate accounts that violated our authenticity...
Minister Matteo Salvini declared Italian waters closed to NGO
June 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
At press time, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and the Italian government planned to issue a decree that would fine NGO rescue boats up to 5,500 euros for each migrant they disembark on to Italian soil. Aid groups say that the decree is a...
Jannik Sinner claim the first ATP Masters 1000 victory
June 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italian teenager Jannik Sinner saved match point as he came from behind to claim the first ATP Masters 1000 victory of his tennis career last month against American Steve Johnson at the Internazionali d’Italia. Sinner, then ranked 262nd in the...
Amanda Knox returning to Italy
June 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Amanda Knox, the American accused and later acquitted of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Perugia in 2007, is returning to Italy for the first time since 2011, when she was released from Italian prison. Although vowing never to return,...
83 percent of Italians back Italy’s bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics
May 2019 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Polls conducted by the International Olympic Committee show that 83 percent of Italians back Italy’s bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. This figure is much higher than the 53 percent figure of Sweden, where...
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