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Pope Francis signed for a more sustainable behavior
November 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Pope Francis and dozens of religious leaders have signed a joint appeal to governments to commit to ambitious targets at the upcoming UN climate conference (COP26) in Glasgow. The religious leaders also promised to do their own part to lead their...
A different way to see Tuscany
November 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Antonio Martini, an entrepreneur and head of the AM Turistic company, is offering visitors to Tuscany a different way to see the country. Martini and his staff are organizing trips that allow tourists to appreciate the territory from an aerial...
Plane crashed in Milan
November 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A private plane crashed into an empty office block in the northern Italian city of Milan, killing all eight people on board. The plane, which was bound for the island of Sardinia, came down after taking off from Milan's Linate airport. The pilot...
Italy’s Green Pass
October 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy’s Green Pass, a digital certificate showing that people have been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from covid-19, and is required for dining indoors in restaurants, long-distance travel and a host of cultural and leisure activities in...
In future Venice can be visited only in turnstiles
October 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Booking to enter the city via an app, a tourist tax and turnstiles are all closer to becoming a reality in Venice, as its mayor announced last month further details about how authorities plan to make tourism in the city more sustainable. Venice has...
Pope Francis sent 15,000 Ice Creams
October 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Pope Francis sent 15,000 ice creams to prisoners to help them cool down during what has been one of the hottest summers on record in Italy. The ice creams were delivered to Rome’s two prisons, Regina Coeli in the center of the city and Rebibbia on...
Afghan Italian's embassy move to Doha
October 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy plans to move its Afghan embassy to Doha, in Qatar, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said last month, the latest indication of Western diplomats setting up permanently outside Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover. The...
The only man living on the island of Budelli was evicted
September 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The sole inhabitant of a tiny Mediterranean island called Budelli was forced to leave his home of more than 30 years after a political scuffle over ownership of the island. Mauro Morandi, now 82-years-old, was evicted from the island he called home...
It's too hot... Beach is burning in Pescara
September 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
As one of the worst heatwaves in decades swept across southeast Europe, more than 800 wildfires have devastated Italy, Spain, Greece, and Turkey. In early August, tourists were evacuated after fires burned a pine forest near a beach in Pescara,...