Sustainable Travel

by ITALY | Mon, 02/09/2009 - 05:45
Some 41 people died and 85 were wounded in hunting accidents during the five-month season that just ended, the Italian Association for Hunting Victims (AVC)…
by ITALY | Wed, 01/28/2009 - 03:29
Venetians were placed on a 'yellow code' alert on Tuesday by officials concerned that an 'acqua alta' (high water) forecast of up to 110m above sea level will…
by ITALY | Sun, 01/25/2009 - 03:03
Italy on Friday was mourning the death of Pippo, Europe's oldest hippopotamus, who spent 40 years as a children's favourite at a zoo near Verona.His exact age…
by ITALY | Fri, 01/23/2009 - 03:38
An owl adopted by an elderly Italian couple 14 years ago has been confiscated because it is a protected species.The couple found the tawny owl as a fledgling…
by ITALY | Thu, 01/22/2009 - 03:10
Italian environmental group Legambiente on Wednesday expressed concerns over a European Union decision to move ahead with authorisation procedures for two…
by ITALY | Tue, 01/20/2009 - 03:32
Italy's greatest living mountaineer, Reinhold Messner, came under fire on Monday for suggesting that climbers should not rope themselves together.Giving a…
by ITALY | Sat, 01/17/2009 - 03:04
A special airplane will be circling the skies off the northwestern Italian coast in coming days, as the country's first winter census of whales and dolphins…
by ITALY | Thu, 01/08/2009 - 03:33
Italy's highest administrative court on Monday rejected an appeal by three multinationals against a ban on new types of pesticides believed responsible for…
by ITALY | Tue, 01/06/2009 - 03:05
Civil protection authorities have issued a weather alert for northern Italy and the central region of Tuscany due to the arrival of a major storm from…
by ITALY | Tue, 01/06/2009 - 03:02
Italian biologists working on the Galapagos Islands have identified a pink-and-black striped iguana they claim Charles Darwin failed to spot during his visit…