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MAXII Museum welcomes brand new immersive VR experience

David Bayne-Jardine

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ROME - Wednesday saw the debut of a brand new concept exhibition at Rome's beloved MAXII - the city's leading museum for contemporary art. 'Cultural connections' ('Connesioni Culturali') is an immersive and interactive VR experience, where, by slipping on VR goggles, participants suddenly find themselves transported into select rooms of the Vittoriale degli Italiani - the estate and home of Gabriele D'Annunzio in Lombardia, now a popular museum celebrating the poet's life.

Culture, Rome, Italy

4 Oct 2024

Ryanair engine catches fire and sparks enquiry into airline's safety

INSIDER NEWSDESK

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BRINDISI - What was expected to be an ordinary Thursday morning at Brindisi's sleepy Salento Airport soon became one of tumult as the right engine on a Ryanair flight to Turin caught fire.

Although the flight was only taxiing before takeoff, all 184 passengers had to be evacuated through the emergency exit slides. With flames visible from the inside of the aircraft, witnesses described the moments of panic and fear as they realised the danger they were in.

Italy

4 Oct 2024

Laudato Sie – the Museum of Rome’s new exhibition of St Franciscan manuscripts

Tarquin Parry-Wingfield

ROME - The Museum of Rome has put on an exhibition of 93 volumes of St Franciscan literature from the Sacred Convent of Assisi. The exhibition, which seeks to tell the Franciscan way of thinking and life, is running from Oct.2 to Jan.6.

Culture, Rome, Italy

4 Oct 2024

Letter to editor: FAO lover hires comparable to Italian comedy

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U.N., Embassy Row

4 Oct 2024

'Fish and Chips King of Italy' arrested for corruption

Tarquin Parry-Wingfield

ROME - Franco Alfieri, the Mayor of Capaccio Paestum (a town in the Campania region) and the President of the Province of Salerno, has been arrested for allegedly awarding public contracts to benefit his own family. Alfieri is a long-time collaborator with Vincenzo De Luca, the President of the Campania Region, who immortalised Alfieri with the nickname “The Fish and Chips King.”

Business, Italy

3 Oct 2024