Italy: Restaurant Fires Server for Printing Antigay Slur on Chec
A group of four gay men in Italy got more than a bill when the check for their meals arrived — reports say the waiter actually printed a warning that the table contained 'faggots' on the receipt.
taly's Gallipoli resort labelled 'the capital of trashy tourism'
Italians – yes, Italians – are shocked by events at the idyllic fishing port - the latest example of bad behaviour by tourists visiting the country this summer
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Italy: ‘We do not want a sea of death’
Italy is overwhelmed by the sheer number of asylum seekers undertaking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean and Rome is losing its patience with Europe
Andrew Cuomo: Tribulations and Perhaps Trials
Andy, the least lovable Cuomo is in deeper stuff than usual. The New Times reported recently that he “hobbled” investigations by the Commission he established when it got too close to home. There are two different ways to think about his current troubles. The first is that he is especially corrupt. The second is that Andy is a “normal” politician, making decisions based on how they will affect his more and (now) less rosy future.
Bringing Futurism to the Stage with Finazzer Flory
A Great Futurist Evening, a monologue directed and performed by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, opened the new season of events and the Italian Cultural Institute. The show, based on material by Marinetti and Papini, depicts the life, the movement, the power, the speed and the energy that the Futurists demanded from Italy.
August 27, 2014
Andrew Cuomo: Tribulations and Perhaps Trials
Jerry Krase
I came across this "Sham Construction" company truck across from my house in Park Slope, Brooklyn and wondered whether it was the start of a "truth in advertising" movement that might be adopted by political campaign strategists. Aye, there's the rub.
Andy, the least lovable Cuomo is in deeper stuff than usual. The New Times reported recently that he “hobbled” investigations by the Commission he established when it got too close to home. There are two different ways to think about his current troubles. The first is that he is especially corrupt. The second is that Andy is a “normal” politician, making decisions based on how they will affect his more and (now) less rosy future.
August 26, 2014
Intanto, a Napoli...
Sara Gironi Carnevale
"Who leaves here some garbage, is leaving a part of himself: the "better" part."
Social adv "self-made", Naples.
Mario Balotelli to Liverpool: Italian press say 'ciao' as agent posts Balotelli '45' shirt on Instagram
With Mario Balotelli on the verge of a £16m move to Liverpool, the Italian press have been saying their goodbyes.
Italy honours the final resting places of the world's best painters, sculptors, musicians, writers and poets
For centuries, their works are the truest memorials, whether concertos of Antonio Vivaldi, still regularly performed in the Venice church where he served as violin master, or Michelangelo's masterpieces that pack crowds daily into the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.
Rome's Phantom Luggage Carts Show How Italy Fails (and Could Win)
When Ivan Marinelli landed at Rome’s Fiumicino airport a few weeks ago, he desperately needed a luggage cart. Saddled with oversized bags from his vacation in Finland, he searched both the international and domestic baggage claim areas, yet couldn’t find a single set of wheels. Racks sat empty as Italy’s high-season tourist lifeblood streamed through the terminal. “Nobody had a cart to transport their things,” Marinelli, 40, recalls. “They just weren’t there.”
Italy Risks Priceless Riace Bronzes for Cash
Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini is weighing whether to ship the world-renowned Riace Bronzes from their home in Calabria, over 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) north to Milan, the Corriere della Sera reports.
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