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A little-known actor won Best Actor at the Cannes film festival
July 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A little-known actor won Best Actor at the Cannes film festival last month for his portrayal of a cocaine-dealing dog groomer who faces down a local heavy in an urban western. Working as a caretaker at a social center for former prisoners when he...
Italy's new Prime Minister said that Inewly formed government "brought radical change"
July 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy’s new Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte said that Italy’s newly formed populist government “brought radical change that we are proud of.” Mr. Conte, formerly a little-known lawyer, provided a long list of problems that the government planned to...
A network suspected of financing al-Qaeda-linked jihadists has been dismantled by Italian police
June 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A network suspected of financing al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in Syria has been dismantled by Italian police. Fourteen people were arrested in Sardinia and in parts of northern Italy. Police say 10 of those detained were suspected of money laundering...
100+ migrants stranded in the Mediterranean for three days arrived in Italy
June 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
More than 100 migrants who were stranded in the central Mediterranean for three days arrived in Italy last month. A diplomatic stand-off between Rome and London after the migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya ended with Rome deciding to...
Isole Tremiti has banned plastic cups, forks, plates, and other picnicware
June 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Isole Tremiti, a chain of islands off Italy’s eastern coast, has banned plastic cups, forks, plates, and other picnicware. The move comes after scientists measured alarming levels of plastic particles in the waters surrounding the archipelago,...
10% of the world's best beaches are in Italy
June 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Ten percent of the world’s best beaches are in Italy. This year, 368 Italian beaches in 175 different municipalities were awarded the Blue Flag, a marker based on 32 different criteria including water quality, environmental impact, access,...
Italy's "Father of Disco" celebrated his 78th birthday
June 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy’s “Father of Disco” celebrated his 78th birthday. Pioneering Italian composer Giorgio Moroder, famed for Oscar-winning soundtracks to “Flashdance,” “Top Gun” and “Midnight Express” and for his collaboration with music royalty like Donna...
Parmigiano Reggiano had its best ever year in 2017
June 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy’s famous Parmigiano Reggiano (fondly known as Parmesan in English) had its best ever year in 2017 producing a record-busting 147,000 tons and generating 2.2 billion euros in sales. While Italians still eat the majority of Parmesan, exports...
Pope Francis celebrated his name day by ordering ice creams for Rome's poorest
June 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Pope Francis celebrated his name day in April by ordering thousands of ice creams for Rome’s poorest. Francis, whose real name is Jorge (George) Mario Bergoglio celebrated Saint George’s Day “with the most needy and the homeless of Rome,” a Vatican...
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