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Italy heats up with election fever
Voters go to the polls February 24
Italy's
political system has been marked by instability since late 2012, when the
country's centre-right majority led by the People of Freedom party (PdL;
www.pdl.it) stripped the technocrat government of its support. Since then,
Italian politics has heated up in view of the upcoming general …
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Players abandon pitch
Racist chants halt football match, raise concerns
Racism in
football has once again reared its ugly head in Italy. A recent friendly match
at Busto Arsizio between fourth-tier Pro Patria FC and AC Milan was brought to
a premature end when the Rossoneri's Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the
pitch after being subjected …
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Renewed calls to improve prisons
Italy ordered to pay for human rights abuse
Harsh
criticism in a recent ruling from the European Court of Human Rights on how
Italy has been dealing with the ongoing emergency in Italy's jails is light at
the end of a dark tunnel in Italian history.
For years,
Italian politicians have been unable to …
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Antiquity under Rome
Excavation completed under piazza Venezia
Archaeologists
have considered it one of the most important discoveries since the Roman Forum:
a recently completed excavation of a 900-seat auditorium under Rome's piazza
Venezia, believed to have been funded by Emperor Hadrian around 123 CE.
Situated 5.5
metres below ground, with three halls, 13 …
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The Life of St. Francis
New multimedia exhibit opens in Assisi
With
the Basilica of San Francesco's newly opened permanent interactive exhibition
space, Frame Mediateca, visitors to Assisi can experience the treasures of the
historic church and the life of its namesake saint in new ways.
Watching
a 3D film on the life of St. Francis in …
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Electrifying the streets
Ancient Rome becomes racetrack
Eco-friendly
and sustainable cars can also be fast, as the Formula E will soon show in its
first championship series in 2014.
The
Formula E is an eco-friendly version of the Formula 1 championship that will soon
bring a host of eco-friendly racecars to Rome, chosen …
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Italo on regional railways
Privately owned NTV continues to invest
The
first private railway company in Europe and Italy, Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori
(NTV), has announced improved services for its Italo trains, including a new
44-minute high-speed link between Turin's Porta Susa and Milan, opened on
December 9.
Moreover,
the number of trains travelling from Milan to Venice …
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The road to Rome
National elections likely in March 2013
As Italy's
electorate prepares to vote in the centre-left primary elections on November 25
and the People of Freedom party (PdL) primary on four separate dates (December
10 to February 3), politicians in Rome are negotiating the date for the next
general elections, scheduled in …
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Economy goes digital
Web-based business to count for 5 percent of GDP
Studies continue to
suggest that Italy's exit strategy from the economic crisis could lie in
boosting its digital economy. The most recent study, conducted by the Boston
Consulting Group and Google, estimates that, in three years' time, Italy's
Internet economy will record an annual growth …
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Supporting women
Eliminating violence against women
Since
1999, when the United Nations General Assembly designated November 25 as the
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, it has invited
governments, international organizations and nongovernmental organizations to
organize activities that aime to raise public awareness of the global problem.
United Nations …
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Magnificent Michelangelo
Sistine chapel celebrates 500 years
Welcoming
20,000 people a day-5 million per year-the Sistine chapel is the most visited
room in the world. The Vatican recently celebrated the 500th year of its most
precious treasure, Michelangelo's masterwork on the chapel's ceiling, with a
special Vespers held by Pope Benedict XVI.
Michelangelo's
magnificent …
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Political fever
The run for the primaries, left to right
With
Italy's mainstream parties suffering from a succession of corruption scandals,
those politicians from the left to the right on the political spectrum who have
been spared from damage are doing all they can to invigorate demoralised
voters.
Declining
public confidence in the Italian political system was …
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Milan's new museum
200 twentieth-century works on show-free
The historic building that once housed the Banca Commerciale Italiana in
Milan's prestigious piazza della Scala is now Cantiere del 900, a free museum
displaying 189 Italian twentieth-century works from the art collection of
Italy's third largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo.
Part
of the Gallerie d'Italia museum …
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Venice says no to big ships
Protest mounts against mega-cruisers
The
voices of intellectuals and artists from around the world have added volume to
the heated protest against the entry and docking of mega-cruisers in Venice's
lagoon.
Along
with blocking the view of many of the city's architectural jewels, the big
ships also pollute the air and …
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New logo for Rome
Merchandising campaign to boost city's image
Many
of the world's most famous cities have their own logos, and now Italy's capital
has one, too. Recently approved by Rome's City Council, the new logo depicts
the city's symbolic animal, the wolf, atop an ancient Roman monument. According
to Roman legend, a she-wolf …
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