NewsfromItaly
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News, views, info, chat, photos and food from Italy by long time Milan resident, Alex Roe. PS I used to be on the birdsite under the same handle.
It's the All Saints day after Halloween public holiday here in Italy today. Some Italians are taking the next two days off, as is yours truly who's off to Lumana in the Le Marche region for a few days. Good food and wines await! I hope the weather will be kind but it is November.
November 1, 2023 at 10:43 AM
It's the All Saints day after Halloween public holiday here in Italy today. Some Italians are taking the next two days off, as is yours truly who's off to Lumana in the Le Marche region for a few days. Good food and wines await! I hope the weather will be kind but it is November.
Rome is a buzz...but not for the right reasons: ‘Excruciating’ hornet sting leaves Rome dinner party guest on crutches as plague spreads | The Guardian (Didn't notice any of the things when I was in Rome in early June, this year, thankfully)
‘Excruciating’ hornet sting leaves Rome dinner party guest on crutches as plague spreads
Increasing infestation in the Italian capital blamed on city’s refuse problem and high temperatures
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2023 at 8:54 AM
Rome is a buzz...but not for the right reasons: ‘Excruciating’ hornet sting leaves Rome dinner party guest on crutches as plague spreads | The Guardian (Didn't notice any of the things when I was in Rome in early June, this year, thankfully)
Italy - Industry association Confindustria slashes 2024 growth forecast from 1.2% to 0.5% - ANSA.it
Confindustria slashes 2024 growth forecast to 0.5% - English
Confindustria's research centre said Saturday that it has slashed its forecast for Italian growth in 2024 to 0.5%, down from the 1.2% it estimated in March. It said it sees Italy's GDP rising 0.7% thi...
www.ansa.it
October 28, 2023 at 4:39 PM
Italy - Industry association Confindustria slashes 2024 growth forecast from 1.2% to 0.5% - ANSA.it
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“Basta morti in strada, la città è ostaggio delle auto”, cittadini protestano a Milano per chiedere più sicurezza: bloccato il traffico
"Basta morti in strada, la città è ostaggio delle auto", cittadini protestano a Milano per chiedere più sicurezza: bloccato il traffico - Il Fatto Quotidiano
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it
October 27, 2023 at 8:44 AM
“Basta morti in strada, la città è ostaggio delle auto”, cittadini protestano a Milano per chiedere più sicurezza: bloccato il traffico
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The difficulty of learning the right lessons from the US
The difficulty of learning the right lessons from the US
The EU often compares itself to the US, with European industry players using the EU's apparent economic underperformance as an argument for business-friendly regulations, but such comparisons can also lead to misguided conclusions.
www.euractiv.com
October 27, 2023 at 8:45 AM
The difficulty of learning the right lessons from the US
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How is the US economy managing to power ahead of Europe? www.ft.com/content/e017...
Quite the chart here, on the US's tech dominance
Quite the chart here, on the US's tech dominance
October 27, 2023 at 8:45 AM
How is the US economy managing to power ahead of Europe? www.ft.com/content/e017...
Quite the chart here, on the US's tech dominance
Quite the chart here, on the US's tech dominance
Well I'm still here but haven't been posting much, have I? This is mainly down to BlueSky not having an inbuilt share to feature on Android. This feature is in the pipeline, I've been told. I'm more active on Mastodon - same user name. Sharing to Mastodon is easy. So now you know 🙂
October 27, 2023 at 8:50 AM
Well I'm still here but haven't been posting much, have I? This is mainly down to BlueSky not having an inbuilt share to feature on Android. This feature is in the pipeline, I've been told. I'm more active on Mastodon - same user name. Sharing to Mastodon is easy. So now you know 🙂
Italy - Petition for Minimum Wage gets half a million signatures www.ansa.it/english/news...
Half a million signatures on minimum wage petition - Left - English
PD, M5S, Azione, More Europe, Green-Left petition still open © ANSA
www.ansa.it
October 19, 2023 at 8:43 AM
Italy - Petition for Minimum Wage gets half a million signatures www.ansa.it/english/news...
Italy - With nearly 7,000 crimes reported per 100,000 inhabitants, Milan is Italy's most crime ridden city (despite having 3 police forces and the army on the streets) - article in Italian
Milano è la città con più reati d'Italia
Il capoluogo lombardo si conferma al primo posto nella classifica dell'indice di criminalità, con denunce in aumento: ora sono quasi 7mila ogni 100mila abitanti
www.milanotoday.it
October 9, 2023 at 6:22 PM
Italy - With nearly 7,000 crimes reported per 100,000 inhabitants, Milan is Italy's most crime ridden city (despite having 3 police forces and the army on the streets) - article in Italian
Italy - 63% of Milan's differentiated domestic trash is recycled. The remaining 37% is converted into energy. Little or no waste now ends up in landfills (article in Italian)
www.milanotoday.it/attualita/ri...
www.milanotoday.it/attualita/ri...
Così Milano ha praticamente smesso di mandare i rifiuti in discarica
Il 63% dei rifiuti viene differenziato, il restante 37% viene bruciato nei termovalorizzatori diventando energia
www.milanotoday.it
October 7, 2023 at 8:03 AM
Italy - 63% of Milan's differentiated domestic trash is recycled. The remaining 37% is converted into energy. Little or no waste now ends up in landfills (article in Italian)
www.milanotoday.it/attualita/ri...
www.milanotoday.it/attualita/ri...
Italy - Battery technology in the crashed Venice bus made it less prone to catastrophic fires, experts say
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October 6, 2023 at 6:50 PM
Italy - Battery technology in the crashed Venice bus made it less prone to catastrophic fires, experts say
www.sfgate.com/news/world/a...
www.sfgate.com/news/world/a...
Italy's first hydrogen powered train shown off in Milan and will enter service towards the end of 2024. Others likely to follow. (article in Italian)
A Milano il primo treno a idrogeno d'Italia (Video)
Il convoglio è stato presentato martedì. Dove sarà usato
www.milanotoday.it
October 4, 2023 at 8:40 PM
Italy's first hydrogen powered train shown off in Milan and will enter service towards the end of 2024. Others likely to follow. (article in Italian)
Italian authorities to conduct review into Venice crash after 21 people die when coach veers off overpass – latest Europe updates
Italian authorities to conduct review into Venice crash after 21 people die when coach veers off ove...
Venice’s chief prosecutor Bruno Cherchi says it is not yet possible to reconstruct what happened after tourist bus crashed off overpass in northern Italy
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2023 at 12:24 PM
Italian authorities to conduct review into Venice crash after 21 people die when coach veers off overpass – latest Europe updates
Look back at Giorgio Napolitano: learn the limits of dogma and how good leaders can change lives.
Look back at Giorgio Napolitano: learn the limits of dogma and the potential of good leaders to chan...
The former Italian president was a communist who learned that the common good involves compromise, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2023 at 4:45 PM
Look back at Giorgio Napolitano: learn the limits of dogma and how good leaders can change lives.
Sydney Sibilia is in my opinion #Italy's best contemporary film director. He makes eminently watchable movies which provide insight into how Italy functions, or rather, doesn't! Sibilia's most recent films is Mixed by Erry - enjoyable and based on a true story. Rose Island was another gem.
Sydney Sibilia - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 25, 2023 at 11:50 AM
Sydney Sibilia is in my opinion #Italy's best contemporary film director. He makes eminently watchable movies which provide insight into how Italy functions, or rather, doesn't! Sibilia's most recent films is Mixed by Erry - enjoyable and based on a true story. Rose Island was another gem.
Nice 75km (47 mile) cycle ride to the north west of Milan, Italy I did today. Mainly flat and mainly off road thanks to Komoot route planning.
New item by Alexander Roe
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September 24, 2023 at 2:28 PM
Nice 75km (47 mile) cycle ride to the north west of Milan, Italy I did today. Mainly flat and mainly off road thanks to Komoot route planning.
Italy - Former president Giorgio Napolitano dies, he was 98 and was first president to have been elected twice (article in Italian) - Ansa.it
Addio a Giorgio Napolitano, dal Pci al Colle. Il primo presidente eletto due volte - Notizie - Ansa....
'Re Giorgio' segnò la storia politica della Repubblica. Il presidente emerito si è spento alla clinica Salvator mundi a Roma (ANSA)
www.ansa.it
September 22, 2023 at 6:49 PM
Italy - Former president Giorgio Napolitano dies, he was 98 and was first president to have been elected twice (article in Italian) - Ansa.it
Italy PM Meloni is worried she might meet the same end as Silvio Berlusconi who was basically kicked out after pressure from abroad over fears he was going to crash Europe's economy - article in Italian on Dagospia
L’ossessione di giorgia meloni: 'fare la fine di berlusconi' - il governo vede moltiplicarsi...
Estratto dell’articolo di Emanuele Lauria per “la Repubblica” berlusconi meloni I segnali, negli ambienti di Palazzo Chigi, stanno diventando troppi. Rialzo dei tassi, attacchi de...
www.dagospia.com
September 21, 2023 at 8:54 PM
Italy PM Meloni is worried she might meet the same end as Silvio Berlusconi who was basically kicked out after pressure from abroad over fears he was going to crash Europe's economy - article in Italian on Dagospia
PM Giorgia Meloni: I won’t allow Italy to become Europe’s refugee camp | The Guardian
Giorgia Meloni: I won’t allow Italy to become Europe’s refugee camp
Prime minister says Italy ‘under incredible pressure’ from large number of arrivals from north Africa
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2023 at 1:09 PM
PM Giorgia Meloni: I won’t allow Italy to become Europe’s refugee camp | The Guardian
Italy - Doing or playing sport is about to become a constitutional right (article in Italian)
Lo sport entra in Costituzione, ok definitivo della Camera - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
L'Aula della Camera approva in via definitiva la proposta di legge costituzionale che inserisce la tutela dello sport in Costituzione all'unanimità, con 312 sì. (ANSA)
www.ansa.it
September 20, 2023 at 12:38 PM
Italy - Doing or playing sport is about to become a constitutional right (article in Italian)