Italy's thread 2020

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FREE ENRICO FORTI - WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED FOR 20 YEARS

 

 

https://www.change.org/p/ron-desantis-free-enrico-forti-wrongfully-imprisoned-for-20-years

 

This man is from my hometown...Not really a friend but someone I know nonetheless....

 

 

 

 

 

The case against Chico Forti

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-case-against-enrico-forti-12-7-19/

 

 

 

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Chico Forti

 

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Chico_Forti

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Giulio Regeni: hopes rest on Italian inquiry on fourth anniversary of death

 

Italy demands concrete actions from Egypt, especially on judicial cooperation

 

Ruth Michaelson in Cairo and Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Mon 3 Feb 2020 05.00 GMT

 

 

A demonstrator holds a banner demanding ‘Truth for Giulio’ in front of St Peter’s Basilica

Photograph: Angelo Carconi/EPA

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/03/giulio-regeni-hopes-rest-on-italian-inquiry-on-fourth-anniversary-of-death

 

 

Murder of Giulio Regeni

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Giulio_Regeni

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Italian-American Emerges as New Star of Italy's Left-Wing

An Italian-American citizen who cut her political organizing teeth on two Barack Obama campaigns is taking Italy's political world by storm

 

By Associated Press, Wire Service Content Feb. 2, 2020, at 8:23 a.m.

 

 

 

In this photo taken on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, Elly Schlein walks on a street after an interview with the Associated Press in downtown Bologna, Italy. A dual U.S.-Italian citizen who cut her political organizing teeth on two Barack Obama campaigns is emerging as the latest rising star in Italian politics

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-02-02/italian-american-emerges-as-new-star-of-italys-left-wing

 

I heard her talk in TV interviews....She's good, articulate and a very intelligent individual

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Italy returns refugees to 'unimaginable suffering' in Libya

 

31 January 2020

 

 

http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/8931

 

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How expensive is life in Italy really?

Slightly cheaper than the UK but more expensive than Germany: here's what you need to know about the cost of living in Italy

 

The Local

4 February 2020

11:40 CET+01:00

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20200204/how-expensive-is-life-in-italy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine surprising facts about Rome in honour of the capital's birthday

As Rome marks 150 years as the capital of Italy, we've rounded up a few lesser-known facts about the Eternal City

 

The Local

4 February 2020

10:07 CET+01:00

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20200204/nine-surprising-facts-about-rome-in-honour-of-the-capitals-birthday

 

 

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Going to Italy this year? Here's what you need to know, like which tours to book early

Rick Steves Special to USA TODAY

Published 7:30 AM EST Feb 5, 2020

 

 

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2020/02/05/going-italy-2020-heres-what-you-need-know-before-you-travel/4653836002/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The words and phrases you need to know to decipher Italian restaurant menus

 

Italian might be known as the language of love but - far more importantly - it's also the language of food

 

Catherine Edwards

23 January 2020

09:17 CET+01:00

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20200123/the-italian-words-vocabulary-phrases-need-know-italy-restaurant-food-menus

 

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Cavalese cable-car disaster: It's 20 (22  this year) years since a US aircraft killed 20 people in the Dolomites and still no one accepts responsibility

 

In 1998, a US pilot performs a 'daredevil' move and crashes into a cable car full of holiday-makers, killing them all. Godfrey Holmes asks why has no one been held to account for the tragedy?

• Godfrey Holmes
• Saturday 3 February 2018 12:30

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/cavalese-cable-car-disaster-us-aircraft-deaths-trentino-20-1998-italy-dolomites-lake-garda-a8184771.html

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalese_cable_car_disaster_(1998)

 

Happened  a few miles away from my hometown...A tragedy and a shame

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High-speed passenger train crashes in northern Italy

 

Two killed and dozens injured after train derails and collides with freight wagon near Lodi ( close to Milan)

 

Agence France-Presse in Lodi

Thu 6 Feb 2020 11.25 GMT

 

 

Police and firefighters at the scene of the crash near Lodi

Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/06/high-speed-passenger-train-crashes-in-northern-italy

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Sardines movement

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardines_movement

 

They helped a great deal in stopping Lucia Borgonzoni ( of far right party "League") from becoming the Emilia-Romagna Region Governor ( they rule practically all northern regions so far  including mine...) no matter how hard League leader Matteo Salvini toured the area for almost 3 months holding speeches as if there was no tomorrow...But since ER is a well-governed Region Salvini's effort showed being to no avail ( praise the Lord)....

 

I heard they ( sardines) might become a political party...We'll see

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Italy's Uffizi Gallery wins US court battle against 'bloodsucking' ticket touts

 

The world-famous Uffizi Gallery in Florence is celebrating after a US court barred online ticket touts from using the Italian museum's name

 

AFP

7 February 2020

10:12 CET+01:00

 

 

Florence's Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi) is one of Italy's most important, and most-visited, museums. Photo: AFP

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20200207/italys-uffizi-gallery-wins-us-court-battle-with-bloodsucking-ticket-touts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five ways to have the perfect romantic weekend in Rome

 

Rome is known as the Eternal City because of the belief that no matter what happened to or in the city, Rome would continue to thrive. What better metaphor for love?

 

The Local

7 February 2020

09:18 CET+01:00

 

 

A couple embrace outside the illuminated St Peter's Basilica at night. Photo: Paolo Cocco/AFP

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20200207/five-romantic-things-to-do-in-rome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump tariffs boost Italian wine industry

 

6 February 2020

 

 

http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/8949

 

 

 

 

 

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Lessons from Italy on populism and productivity gaps

 

A study on populist voting provides crucial pointers on how regional inequalities can be addressed

 

Sun 9 Feb 2020 06.45 GMT

Torsten Bell

 

 

 

Luigi Di Maio ( Italy's foreign minister), of the populist Five-Star party, in Naples

Photograph: Ciro Fusco/EPA

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/09/lessons-from-italy-on-populism-and-productivity-gaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Father of murdered Perugia student dies after ‘hit and run’

 

7 February 2020

 

 

http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/8954

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy alarmed after Egyptian studying in Bologna arrested in Cairo

 

Case of Patrick Zaky doing master’s on gender and human rights echoes that of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni

 

Ruth Michaelson in Cairo and Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Sun 9 Feb 2020 15.35 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/09/italy-alarmed-after-egyptian-studying-in-bologna-arrested-in-cairo

 

 

 

 

Italy elections curtail sweep of right-wing Matteo Salvini to power

 

By Frank Miles | Fox News

Published January 27

 

 

https://www.foxnews.com/world/italy-elections-curtail-sweep-of-right-wing-matteo-salvini

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My week of speaking – and living – Italian in Italy’s undiscovered heartland

 

Claire Armitstead

16 hrs ago

 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/travel/tripideas/my-week-of-speaking-–-and-living-–-italian-in-italys-undiscovered-heartland/ar-BBZKjD8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Italy told to stop using Malaysia as plastics dumping ground

 

Greenpeace finds hundreds of tonnes end up in landfill or burned at illegal factories

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Mon 10 Feb 2020 07.00 GMT

 

Scrap from an illegal plastic recycling factory in Kuala Langat

Photograph: Lai Seng Sin/Reuters

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/10/italy-told-to-stop-using-malaysia-as-plastics-dumping-ground-greenpeace-landfill

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Yugoslav-Italian tragedy

Italians mark war massacre

 

Killing of 15,000 men, women and children commemorated after 60 years

 

Sophie Arie in Rome

Fri 11 Feb 2005 00.04 GMT First published on Fri 11 Feb 2005 00.04 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/feb/11/italy.secondworldwar

 

 

 

Pits of death give up their grisly secret

Andrew Gumbel in Trieste explains why the story of a massacre went untold for 50 years

• Andrew Gumbel
• Sunday 1 September 1996 00:02

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/pits-of-death-give-up-their-grisly-secret-1361227.html

 

 

 

 

Foibe (sinkholes) massacres

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foibe_massacres

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Florence cultural forum an opportunity for all

10 February 2020

 

 

http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/8958

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not just Venice: Eight of the most spectacular Italian carnivals to visit

 

In Italy, carnival time injects colour, fun and festive spirit into the dreary month of February - and it's not only in Venice

 

Catherine Edwards

22 February 2017

11:55 CET+01:00

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20170222/ten-italian-carnivals-to-explore-apart-from-venice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is it with Italians and bottled water?

 

Have you ever had trouble ordering tap water in Italy or been dismayed by the plastic bottles everywhere? Here's a look at what that's all about

 

Clare Speak

9 October 2019

11:04 CEST+02:00

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20191009/what-is-with-italians-and-bottled-water

 

 

I too buy bottled water in supermarkets as my city's water, while good in taste, contains limestone which after years and years could contribute to forming kidney stones which I'd rather avoid since I've been told they cause the worst ever pains

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Italian senate to decide whether Matteo Salvini will face criminal trial

 

Far-right leader risks jail if found guilty of kidnapping 131 migrants

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Tue 11 Feb 2020 11.02 GMT

 

 

The League leader has seemed determined to try and turn the trials into a PR coup

Photograph: Cecilia Fabiano/AP

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/italian-senate-to-decide-whether-matteo-salvini-will-face-criminal-trial

 

I hope he'll be tried

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Far-right leader Matteo Salvini warned over plans to speak in UK

 

Italian politician told he is not welcome after tickets go on sale in London and Liverpool

 

Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

Tue 11 Feb 2020 18.37 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/far-right-leader-matteo-salvini-warned-over-plans-to-speak-in-uk

 

 

 

 

 

11 of the most romantic places in Italy to escape the crowds

 

If you want stunning scenery but you're not keen to share it, check out our Valentine's Day list of the most romantic places in Italy where you and your beloved can get some privacy

 

The Local

14 February 2018

14:55 CET+01:00

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180214/romantic-places-in-italy

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New York's "real" Little Italy ( in the Bronx)

 

For more than 100 years, Mario’s on Arthur Avenue has maintained the culinary traditions of New York’s early Italian settlers

 

• By Danille Oteri

12 February 2020

 

 

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200211-where-to-go-for-real-italian-food-in-new-york

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy faces existential threat over low birthrate, says president

By Crispian Balmer

February 12, 2020 — 6.42am

 

 

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/italy-faces-existential-threat-over-low-birthrate-says-president-20200212-p53zxn.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life in Italy: 'Now I've got the hang of it, doing the washing has become almost a pleasure'

Freed from concerns about the unpredictable Scottish weather, Damian Killeen writes about his newfound enjoyment of hanging out laundry since moving to Taranto, southern Italy - along with a new companion

 

The Local

10 February 2020

17:09 CET+01:00

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20200210/life-in-italy-now-ive-got-the-hang-of-it-doing-the-washing-has-become-almost-a-pleasure

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Matteo Salvini trial for kidnapping authorised by Italian senate

 

When he was interior minister, Salvini prevented 131 migrants from disembarking in Italy

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Wed 12 Feb 2020 15.58 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/12/matteo-salvini-trial-for-kidnapping-authorised-by-italian-senate

 

Good....This way he'll have the chance to defend himself and state his reasons and motives

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Man arrested for preparing for jihad near Parma

Tunisian, 25, trained himself, contacted ISIS on Web

Redazione ANSA Bologna

12 February 202014:27 News

 

 

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2020/02/12/man-arrested-for-jihad-near-parma_c3d48286-8b3a-486b-90c2-1f93d45cb565.html

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Nun on the run: Italian woman evades justice by living in convents

 

Woman, convicted of fraud in Sicily in absentia, posed as nun in northern Italy for two years

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Thu 13 Feb 2020 13.44 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/nun-on-the-run-italian-woman-evades-justice-by-living-in-convents

 

 

 

 

Healing hands: the Italian surgeon treating Libya torture camp survivors

 

Prof Massimo Del Bene aids African migrants whose captors inflicted horrific injuries to extort ransom payments

 

Giorgio Ghiglione in Monza

Thu 13 Feb 2020 09.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/13/healing-hands-the-italian-surgeon-treating-libya-torture-camp-survivors

 

 

 

Meet the Italian left’s rising star

 

Elly Schlein, a former MEP, is hoping to reinvigorate the left

 

By Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli

2/13/20, 4:04 AM CET

Updated 2/13/20, 3:44 PM CET

 

https://www.politico.eu/article/meet-the-italian-left-rising-star-elly-schlein-pd/

 

American-Italian Schlein becomes deputy Governor of important Italian Region

 

 

 

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Five Star's Luigi Di Maio calls on Italians to protest against his government

 

Italian foreign minister’s move is sign of turmoil between coalition partners M5S and PD

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Fri 14 Feb 2020 05.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/14/five-stars-luigi-di-maio-calls-on-italians-to-protest-against-his-government

 

After this Gov't mandate natural ending ( 2023) or because of a Gov't crisis ( always likely in this country) before the scheduled mandate ending and with new elections, the Five star Movement will simply fade into oblivion...Too many folks who believed in them are now deeply disenchanted

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Burmese anger grows over pornographic video shot at Buddhist site

 

Italian couple’s footage against backdrop of Myanmar’s ‘holy land’ provokes outrage

 

AFP in Yangon

Thu 13 Feb 2020 16.33 GMT Last modified on Thu 13 Feb 2020 16.44 GMT

 

 

The Unesco heritage site Bagan features thousands of Buddhist pagodas

Photograph: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/burmese-anger-grows-over-pornographic-video-shot-at-buddhist-site

 

Just what we Italians needed:  2 more contributors to our reputation in the world....Damn....Some People, Man......

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Italian Wine Escapes US Tariff Hike

 

The latest move in the global trade war has taken aim at some pretty random targets

 

By W. Blake Gray | Posted Friday, 04-Oct-2019

 

 

 

https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2019/10/italian-wine-escapes-us-tariff-hike

 

Much of this tariff stuff had started as a retaliation by the US Administration towards countries involved in the making of the Airbus aircraft....It's being made and assembled in Germany and France...Italy had never anything to do with it....So it was hard to grasp the reason behind the punishing  tariffs on Italian products.....

 

I understand that also other goods are getting exempted besides wine....Cheeses, olive oil etc...All products of excellence

Edited February 15, 2020 by umbertino

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PD calls for RAI head to quit after 1.5-mn-euro fine

State broadcaster found guilty of failing to be impartial

Redazione ANSA Rome

14 February 202019:25 News

 

 

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2020/02/14/pd-calls-for-rai-head-to-quit-after-1.5-mn-euro-fine_7caeeb89-96ef-42e9-94c8-cf68517eb204.html

 

Good.....