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The Local Italy
April 5, 2018
The Facebook data of over 200,000 users of the social media platform in Italy may have been shared with Cambridge Analytica for election purposes. Facebook chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer said those whose data was improperly leaked would be informed from April 9th. The company revealedÃâà...
The Local Italy
April 4, 2018
Tens of thousands of Italians have signed a petition calling for the release of a dog which was confiscated by police after neighbours complained it was barking too loudly. The #FreeMiro petition was set up by dog-owner Eva Munter, who claims her Maremma shepherd Miro was confiscated based onÃâà...
Radio Australia
April 3, 2018
Melbourne chef to take on the Italians at the World Pizza Championships. Updated 3 April 2018, 13:30 AEST. By Connie Agius. Pizza makers from around the world will gather in Italy this month for the Pizza World Championships, and three Australians are competing for the title. Michele Circhirillo has his eyes set onÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 26, 2018
It was a simple gesture, but for Italians, a telling one. The newly-elected president of Italy's lower house of parliament endeared himself to the nation on Monday by catching a public bus on his first day on the job. Roberto Fico, a high-profile member of the anti-corruption Five Star Movement who was electedÃâà...
NPR
March 22, 2018
Here's how to endear yourself to Italians. Some Americans on a student exchange program brought pasta home. They put it in the pot, turned on the burner with no water. We thought it was cooked like that, one said. Well, the pasta went up in flames and the fire department was called. A famous chef, FabioÃâà...
thenews.pl
March 14, 2018
Forty-four percent of respondents said they liked Czechs and Italians, while 43 percent each said they liked Americans and Britons. At the other end of the spectrum, 62 percent of those polled said they felt negative about Arabs, while about 59 percent said they disliked Roma and 49 percent listed RussiansÃâà...
The Local Italy
March 13, 2018
And although poverty remained a greater risk for southern Italians, the risk rate almost doubled from 8.3 percent to 15 percent over the same period in the northern regions, which have traditionally been wealthier. The Bank of Italy also warned of growing inequality in terms of wealth distribution.
The Local Italy
March 12, 2018
Thousands of Italians march against racism after Senegalese man killed in Florence. AFP. news@thelocal.it @thelocalitaly. 12 March 2018 08:55 CET+01:00Ãâà...
Eater
March 12, 2018
Carlo Cracco made a mistake. The chef in Milan, Italy, should know locals don't take kindly to innovation when it comes to traditional recipes, but he just couldn't help himself. He's bucked tradition and introduced a “healthy” version of the iconic margherita pizza. The reaction has been quite negative,Ãâà...
Project Syndicate
March 6, 2018
Since 2007, almost 1.5 million Italians have left the country, joining four million other expats. To put the number in perspective, roughly 8% of the Italian population currently resides abroad. But the actual figure could be higher. Italian expats refrain from declaring to national authorities their true residentialÃâà...
NPR
March 4, 2018
Italians are going to the polls today to elect a new Parliament. This follows one of the nastiest and most violent political campaigns in decades. Italy's European partners are anxiously waiting for the result, fearful that a possible success of populist parties would have far-reaching, negative impacts on theÃâà...
New York Times
February 27, 2018
TARANTO, Italy — Like millions of young Italians, Elio Vagali confronts career options that range from minimal to nonexistent. At 29, he has cleaned homes, picked tangerines and lifted rocks — nearly always off the books, without the protections of a full-time contract. In a measure of his desperation, hisÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
February 24, 2018
What the Italians were doing in isolated Tecalitlan — which has a population of 16,000 and sits 100 miles south of Guadalajara, the state capital — and how they dropped from sight has become a matter of public conjecture. Police have deployed trained sniffer dogs in an effort to find them, officials said.
Sputnik International
December 31, 1999
An Italian living in Moscow talks on a personal level about living in Russia. Italians and Russians share a lot of cultural markers, not only on the level of 'high culture' but also on very human levels. Naturally, there are some things that they do not see eye to eye on, but nothing that cannot be overcome byÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
December 31, 1999
Italians queue for promised free money as government stalemate continues. Luigi Di Maio. Five Star's leader ... of the town of Giovinazzo. Up to nine million Italians could be entitled to the minimum wage, which the national statistics agency estimates could cost the country €15 billion (Ãâã13 billion) a year.
ANSA
December 31, 1999
(ANSA) - Rome, March 30 - Some 10 million Italians, just over in in five, will be on the move between Easter and the Liberation Day long weekend holiday on April 25, tourism sources said Friday. Almost half, 49%, will stay away two or three days while the remaining 51% will enjoy three or more nightsÃâà...
ANSA
December 31, 1999
(ANSA) - Rome, March 28 - The economy ministry said Wednesday that some 45% of Italian taxpayers declared earnings of up to 15,000 euros in 2017 for the 2016 tax year. Their payments made up just 4.2% of the total income tax collected, it said. The ministry said that over 10 million Italians paid noÃâà...
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