Paolo Rossi, Italian football great and World Cup winner, dies aged 64
Paolo Rossi, the star of Italy’s 1982 World Cup-winning team, has died at the age of 64. The news was announced in the early hours of Thursday morning by Italian TV channel RAI Sport, for whom Rossi had been working as a pundit. “A very sad news: Paolo Rossi left us,” RAI Sport presenter Enrico Varriale tweeted. “Unforgettable Pablito, who made us...
Italy: Rome high school students take their art history lessons in Baroque churches
A handful of lucky high school students in Rome have been attending their lessons against the magnificent backdrop of the Roman Baroque, thanks to the efforts of teachers at one school in Rome. Italy's high schools are currently closed for senior students, due to the covid-19 crisis, with lessons being held remotely. However the pupils of Rome's Li...
Italy’s Illycaffe Targets Retail Coffee Market in U.S. Expansion
Illycaffe SpA, one of Italy’s largest coffee roasters, is changing its strategy to focus on boosting retail sales as it expands in the U.S. The company, best known for premium coffee sold mainly in hotels, restaurants and cafes, will target consumers at home as the pandemic locked down cities from New York to Los Angeles, according to Chairman Andr...
5 unspoken rules for acting like a local in Italy
Italians have a reputation around the world for not being especially attentive to regulations and laws. And while that might be very true when it comes to driving or queuing, there are several unspoken rules you’ll find Italians adamantly sticking to and that immediately mark anyone who doesn’t follow them as a tourist. And no one will be surprised...
Il Soccer Management Institute e la Lega per valorizzare la Serie A negli Usa
La Lega Serie A è intervenuta al Soccer Management Institute di Roma, istituto di alta formazione sportiva fondato da College Life Italia, per valutare i progetti degli studenti del Master. Che hanno sviluppato idee innovative per la crescita del brand nel territorio americano. Dopo aver ascoltato le presentazioni dei ragazzi, l’amministratore del...
'Rose Island': Meet Elio Germano, Fabrizio Bentivoglio and rest of the cast of Netflix's Italian dramedy
As the year draws to a close, it's time to catch up on some great content during the holidays and with the staggering amount of foreign content Netflix boasts of some promising foreign content and one of them is 'Rose Island'. Titled L’Incredibile Storia Dell’Isola Delle Rose', the Sydney Sibilia-directed comedy feature follows the true story of en...
"A riveder le stelle”: su RAI Italia la prima del Teatro alla Scala
Dieci telecamere. Cinquanta microfoni. Ventitré tra le più grandi voci del nostro tempo. Étoile e primi ballerini del corpo di ballo. E naturalmente l'Orchestra e il Coro, con il loro Direttore musicale, Riccardo Chailly. È la prima del Teatro alla Scala, in una serata intitolata "A riveder le stelle", con la regia di Davide Livermore, che nonosta...
L’arte unisce Aviano a Staten Island con una torre-scultura del veneziano G. Bortoli
Aviano (Davian in friulano, Pleif nella variante locale) è un comune italiano del Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Qui ha sede l’aeroporto di Aviano (in inglese Aviano Air Base o semplicemente Aviano AB) che è un’infrastruttura militare italiana utilizzata dall’USAF, l’aeronautica militare statunitense. Si trova nel comune di Aviano ai piedi delle Prealpi...
Rome illuminates Piazza Navona fountains with light shows for Christmas
Rome's "Befana" Christmas market in Piazza Navona is cancelled this year, due to covid-19, but there will still be some colourful festive magic. The city will illuminate the three historic fountains in the piazza with light shows each night for the duration of the Christmas season. The fountains will be lit up later today, 8 December, on the occasi...
U.S. - Italy Environmental Education Program Begins
The Silvio Laccetti Foundation has begun a new outreach program, partnering with high level environment educational groups to share experiences and strategies. The key individual in this Trans-Atlantic cooperation is Connor Cunningham, a senior at Glen Rock High in NJ. Connor received the Foundation's first Charlie Kontos Environmental Activist awa...
Small Italian Town Unveils World’s Largest Christmas Tree Display
Trumpets will sound on Monday evening in Gubbio on the Eve of the Immaculate Conception, as the world’s largest Christmas tree display once again comes to life. The attraction, which takes up an entire mountainside in the medieval Italian town, is 2,100 feet tall and more than 1,000 feet wide. Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis flipped the switch i...
An Italian Nonna’s Kitchen Tool Tour
During an age where air fryers, pressure cookers, and new-fangled gadgets have taken the home cooking world by storm, simple, handcrafted (and potentially half of a century old) tools still have a very important place in the kitchen. I like a shiny new nonstick frying pan and satisfyingly efficient mandoline as much as the next home cook or chef, b...