January 30, 2010
Ogni limite ha una pazienza
Minister Luca Zaia presents the new "McItaly" burger
“Ogni limite ha una pazienza” is a quote by Antonio de Curtis “Totò”, a past Neapolitan comedian. It is a play on words of the Italian proverb “Ogni pazienza ha un limite” (Patience has its limit)
The new McItaly burger is the result of a partnership between the Italian government and McDonald’s. I can’t tolerate it, and this is why
January 29, 2010
Il tempo e la distanza
Riflessioni notturne senza capo e senza coda, di un corpo che da viaggio si trasforma in quotidianità.
Italy: Would you like fries with your art history?Ex-McDonald's executive aims to bring corporate savvy to Italy's financially
CSMONITOR. They are among the world's most prized treasures, repositories of art and archaeology dating to before the Romans. But a bold initiative to put Italy's museums and monuments under the stewardship of a former McDonald's director has heritage guardians spluttering, fearing a "McDonaldization" of culture. (Read the article)
Italians gloomy but hopeful for tomorrow. Vast majority see link between immigration and crime
ANSA. The global economic downturn has made Italians more pessimistic on the economic situation in Italy today but at the same time there is growing optimism for the future, according to this year's report on the country from the Eurispes socio-economic think tank. (Read the article)
Italian patients in for clown therapy. Minister unveils plan to bring smiles into hospital
ANSA. Italian kids in hospital are in for a dose of "clown therapy" according to Equal Opportunity Minister Mara Carafagna who on Friday unveiled fresh funding for a scheme to treat young patients with a bit of fun. (Read the article)
Classical New York 1.0
A month of opera reviewed: the new Carmen at the Met, Domingo and Verdi, and Zeffirelli's Turandot. Plus a look at the upcoming month at Lincoln Center and beyond
Holocaust Remembrance day in Europe and Italy
January 27 marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the date when victims of the Shoah are remembered in celebrations and memorial services throughout Europe, from Poland to Italy.
50 Italians. Should it be Screened in Schools?
Should a documentary that recounts the "gestures" of 50 Italian fascist soldiers who saved a few thousands Jews to escape Fascist persecution be screened in Italian schools? Here is the opinion of the director of the Primo Levi Center Natalia Indrimi
Italy moves towards emulating France on burqa ban
REUTERS. taly may soon seek a ban on full- face Muslim veils, drawing on debate in France where President Nicolas Sarkozy has described the burqa as unwelcome and legislators are considering a vote to outlaw or restrict it. (Read the article)
Italy launches new anti-mafia plan. Code to gather laws, confiscation agency in Reggio
ANSA. Italy on Thursday unveiled a new anti-mafia plan putting together all current laws against organised crime and setting up a national agency to oversee seizures of assets from the Mob. (Read the article)
Memory Buried: In Search of Mussolini’s Camps
Interview with Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, professor at the Università della Calabria and president of Fondazione Ferramonti, which is dedicated to preserving the memory of the largest Jewish internment camp in Southern Italy. Focusing on little-known, complex, and often overlooked realities of Fascist internment in its different varieties, Capogreco dispels many myths about Mussolini’s dictatorship
January 29, 2010
Rome Is Set For More Drama
Michele Misuraca, Kass Thomas Corbelli, Francesco Gesualdi
Italian version is below. Italy's new TV trade show in on its way to establish itself globally.
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