ROME -- Couples can now exchange vows amidst the beauty of San Vero Milis’ shell beach in a clothing-optional ceremony. The decision comes following Mayor Luigi Tedeschi’s recent endeavours to make the naturist beach of Is Benas the setting for official civil ceremonies.
Lyndsay Weatherall
29 Apr 2024
INSIDER NEWSDESK
ROME — British Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and spoken word poet Scarlett Sabet headlined a bash at Villa Wolkonsky, residence of the British Ambassador to Italy, celebrating 200 years since Lord Byron's death.
26 Apr 2024
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- Some 800 demonstrators have taken to the streets of Venice on Thursday to protest the city’s new entry ticket. On Italy’s Liberation Day, the citizens of Venice fought for their freedom once again against measures introducing a daily access ticket which would control the flow of people entering the city. Gathering at Ponte della Libertà, demonstrators were equipped with placards, leaflets, and satirical tickets, the word freedom, fittingly, adorned many of their signs.
26 Apr 2024
INSIDER NEWSDESK
25 Apr 2024
Gianfranco Nitti
PRATO — Ten years have passed since the inauguration of the Museum of the Pretorio Palace in Prato, Tuscany. Home to the Civic Msueum since 1912, it opened on 12 April 2014, after many projects, guided by a single objective: to interpret the contemporaneity of all times and become increasingly inclusive.
24 Apr 2024
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- A row has erupted in the centre-left Democratic Party, PD, over the inclusion of candidate Elly Schlein’s name on the logo. Schlein, the head of the party, will be standing as a candidate in June’s European elections.
The idea to include Schlein’s name was originally proposed by the president of the Democratic party, Stefano Bonaccini, leading to rifts among the democratic leaders. During an Instagram Live, she confirmed that her name would not be appearing on the party’s logo.
24 Apr 2024
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- During the early hours of Wednesday, anarchists took to the streets of Tuscolano to protest the imprisonment of Alfredo Cospito and his wife Anna Beniamo.
Three rubbish bins were set ablaze in the centre of the street, accompanied by vandalism targeting bank windows and ATMs. A parked car nearby also sustained damage. The phrase "Anna and Alfredo free" was found at the scene.
24 Apr 2024
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME – The family of an English soldier who was saved during the Second World War has returned to Ascoli 80 years later. Between the autumn of 1943 and the summer of 1944, three families bravely came together to hide Dennis Hutton Fox who had escaped from a prison camp in Macerata. Serving the Coldstream Guards, Hutton Fox had been taken prisoner by German-Italian troops in Libya.
23 Apr 2024
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- In order to save San Daniele prosciutto ham, orders have been imposed to limit the number of wild boar, potential carriers of swine fever, the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia regional government said. It has been predicted that there is a necessary cull of 4,000 boar by the end of the year, with plans involving military assistance if necessary.
Wild boars carrying African swine fever have been detected in half of Italy's regions, although no cases have been detected so far in Friuli-Venezia-Giulia.
23 Apr 2024