Sustainable Travel

by ITALY | Tue, 10/23/2012 - 06:29
words by Carol KingAn Italian court found six Italian scientists and an ex-government official guilty of manslaughter over the earthquake in L’Aquila, Abruzzo…
by ITALY | Tue, 10/23/2012 - 06:15
words by Carol KingThe public prosecutor’s office in Caltagirone, Sicily has issued an order blocking the construction of the Mobile User Objective System (…
Culture
by Carol King | Fri, 10/12/2012 - 03:58
Italian are being encouraged to abandon their cars and get out some flat shoes on 14 October to participate in the ‘1a Giornata Nazionale del Camminare’ (First…
by ITALY | Thu, 10/11/2012 - 04:58
words by Carol KingEurope is home to more animals that are not native to the region than previously thought according to a study released by researchers in…
Lifestyle
by Carol King | Tue, 09/18/2012 - 04:58
Sightings of a large exotic turtle at Rome’s Villa Doria Pamphili have caused unease among both visitors and experts.The 17th-century villa is surrounded by…
Lifestyle
by Carol King | Tue, 09/04/2012 - 03:41
Tourists have been shocked to see coloured pigeons in St Mark’s Square, Venice while animal lovers were aghast. It was enough perhaps to make even Mary Poppins…
by ITALY | Mon, 09/03/2012 - 10:46
The sixth edition of the World Urban Forum (WUF), the world's preeminent conference on cities and urban issues, officially opens today in Naples at the Mostra…
by Gabi Logan | Thu, 08/30/2012 - 10:13
Istat, the Italian National Institute for Statistics, released a report on Italy's worsening air quality that shows how drastically Italy's cities exceed the…
by ITALY | Thu, 08/23/2012 - 05:09
Earlier this month, we reported on the terrible wildfires raging across Italy destroying forests, nature preserves, fields and causing the death of three…
Lifestyle
by Gabi Logan | Thu, 07/05/2012 - 08:17
The U.S. Department of Defence is installing a ground station for the ultra-high frequency satellite communication network at the U.S. Naval Radio Transmitter…