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Sergio Mattarella saved Sabrina DeSousa from jail time
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italian president Sergio Mattarella saved Sabrina DeSousa from jail time. He granted the former American CIA Agent a partial pardon, reducing her sentence from four years to three years without a need to serve a prison term. She had been convicted...
Archeologists discovered the remains of a walkway used by soldiers during the Middle Ages
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Archeologists working in Rome’s Coliseum discovered the remains of a walkway to the amphitheater used by soldiers during the Middle Ages. In the 12th century, the Frangipane family controlled the property which they converted into a fortress....
Pisa plans to encourage more tourism
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Pisa plans to encourage more tourism by adding a 165-foot-tall temporary Ferris wheel near its Leaning Tower. Construction is planned for this summer where a parking lot now stands. The wheel could become a permanent fixture based on its...
Italy has the lowest average of children per woman
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy has the lowest average of children per woman in the world. The much-concerning subject goes along with the equally troubling issue that Italy continues to ‘gray-up.’ About one-fifth of the population is over 65.
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Italy's economy continues to struggle
March 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy’s economy continues to struggle. Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan says the economy stalled in 2016, largely due to the negative impact of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. Confidence has also been lacking because of...
Italy managed to recover 19 billion euros in its fight against tax evasion
March 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Finance Minister Padoan says that Italy managed to recover a record 19 billion euros in its fight against tax evasion stating (according to the news agency Ansa) that “the government does not wink at the evaders, but at the honest companies...
The amphitheater in Verona will get a giant retractable tarpaulin cover
March 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The amphitheater in Verona will get a giant retractable tarpaulin cover to protect theater goers from the weather elements. The cover will cost 13.5 million euros and should be in place within the next three years. Almost 90 groups bid on the...
Pope Francis joked: "I am not on tranquillizers."
March 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Pope Francis joked: “I am not on tranquillizers.” He shrugged off any concern about recent feelings of anxiety inside the Vatican, insisting he is losing no sleep of the infighting among those opposed to his church reforms and...
1.4 million Muslims living In Italy but Islam is not formally recognized
March 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
There are 1.4 million Muslims living In Italy but Islam is not formally recognized in the country. Mosques do not receive public funds, Islamic weddings have no legal value and Muslim workers aren’t entitled to take days off for religious...
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