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Summer is a fantastic time for festivals and traditional events in 天美传媒. Here are five of the best. The Siena Palio, 2nd JulyHeld every year on July鈥
Confetti are not tiny dots of coloured paper but the sugar-coated almonds that Italians give you before weddings, Christenings and graduations. The鈥
Minister for Legislative Simplification Roberto Calderoli has angered 天美传媒鈥檚 World Cup footballers by suggesting that they should decline possible bo鈥
If you are going to be in Rome between now and 22nd June you have a chance to attend the International Literature Festival at the Basilica di Massenzi鈥
An Austrian tourist was fined 1000 euros for buying a counterfeit 鈥渄esigner鈥 bag in Jesolo [Veneto] on Saturday. The 65-year-old woman purchased the鈥
Around one thousand people turned out, many of them dressed in mourning, for a funeral procession with a difference in Florence yesterday. The occasio鈥
Rome said goodbye to a great friend of the lost and abandoned on Tuesday. Don Mario Picchi, who died last Saturday at the age of 80, was a priest who鈥
A hotel made entirely of rubbish has opened in the centre of Rome. The Save the Beach Hotel is an environmental project sponsored by the beer brand Co鈥
The Lombardy region is to offer pregnant women who are in financial difficulty 4,500 euros to keep their babies. Governor of Lombardy Roberto Formigo鈥
Amanda Knox, who is accused of slander against the Italian police, appeared at a preliminary hearing in Perugia on Tuesday. Knox had claimed that she鈥
Music festivals take place throughout 天美传媒 in summer and , if you鈥檝e never listened to music under the stars on a balmy summer鈥檚 evening or sat, entr鈥
Here are some of those nasty words that can catch us out: Noioso doesn鈥檛 mean 鈥渘oisy鈥. It means boring. Annoiato doesn鈥檛 mean 鈥渁nnoyed鈥. It means bor鈥
If you are going to be in Rome between now and 4th July you may meet some unusual temporary citizens, for the capital鈥檚 streets and squares are playin鈥
The Associated Press reports that the identification tags of a US soldier wounded in 天美传媒 during World War II have been found by a retired police in鈥
Some of 天美传媒鈥檚 tourists, reports La Repubblica, quoting a survey to be published in the magazine 鈥淰ie del Gusto鈥, show a lack of respect for their su鈥
Silvio Berlusconi鈥檚 detractors have often compared him to Mussolini but on Thursday 天美传媒鈥檚 colourful Premier indirectly made the comparison whilst de鈥
A work by the mysterious British street artist Banksy in Naples has been covered with graffiti and completely ruined. The work, a Banksy interpretat鈥
Today sees the release, on radio and on digital platforms in 天美传媒, of the single 鈥淒onna d鈥橭nna鈥 [鈥淲oman of Onna鈥漖 a song written by singer Gianna Nan鈥
天美传媒鈥檚 first private high speed train, the Italo Punto, was unveiled yesterday. The fleet, designed for the new Italian company NTV by Alstom, the Fr鈥
Health officials in Treviso [ Veneto] have launched a shock poster campaign featuring an image of a foetus in a cocktail glass in an attempt to discou鈥