Netflix film recalls Italy’s child evacuees and their unsung heroines

For Vincenzo Maione, the grim reality of growing up on the streets of Naples in 1947 remains vivid in his memory. “The poverty was brutal — if there was anything to eat, it was powdered peas or chestnuts.” His luck changed when he was put on a train to …

‘I’m always working’: Italy’s centenarian barista on her longevity

Anna Possi answers the phone in the cafe but immediately asks to call her back. “I have a customer,” she says. It’s mid-afternoon and Possi, who owns Bar Centrale in Nebbiuno, a small town overlooking Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, has been serving …

'Hug your family a bit tighter': Young Irish woman still fighting after being hit by a car in Italy

The father of a young Irish woman who is still recovering after being struck by a car in Italy has reminded people to hug their loved ones “a bit tighter” this Christmas.Hannah Leonard, aged 22, was completing her final long-distance training run for the …

Italy stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.09%

Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower. At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 0.09%. The best performers of the …

Climbers stranded on Italy's Apennine mountain descend to safety

Armenia exports wine to Russia, imports from Spain, Italy 

ArmInfo. In the first half of 2024, the annual growth rate of Armenian wine exports slowed down  from 17.6% to 3.6%, with a volume of 2.1 million liters. At the same time, the customs value increased by 10.1% - to $ 8.3 million. This is evidenced by the …

SBI detains former Odesa military commissar, his real estate in Italy transferred to ARMA

The State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) has reported the detention of a former head of the Odesa regional military recruitment center in Kyiv. The former military commissar was detained in the capital after a UAH 39.4 million bail was posted to release …

Italy's Juve Stabia deny fans who used fascist salute after Mussolini goal

Reuters 25 December, 2024, 01:15 pm Last modified: 25 December, 2024, 04:32 pm Juve Stabia have rejected media reports their fans used a fascist-style salute in celebration of a goal scored by the great-grandson of Italy's wartime fascist dictator …

17,000-year-old remains of a baby in Italy reveal it died of heart disease

Milan/ Italy: The ice Age baby, who lived 17,000 years ago and discovered in the Grotta delle Mura cave in Monopoli in 1998, died from congenital heart disease, scientists say. The DNA analysis of the remains shows that it was a male with likely blue …

Artisan Setaro is the only producer left in Italy’s first capital of pasta

Vincenzo Setaro is a third generation pastaio, or pasta maker, and his small shop produces a fraction of the bigger factories. That's no matter to Setaro, who shows off how his high-quality goods keep him in business.