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by Pat Eggleton | Mon, 12/20/2010 - 05:05
A television advertisement for the new Renault Twingo car has been banned in Italy by both Rai, the state broadcaster and Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset channels…
Lifestyle
by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 12/14/2010 - 04:16
Last month, Italian showgirl Elisabetta Canalis, interviewed in the popular talk show “Che tempo che fa” revealed some fun details about her life with…
Lifestyle
by Pat Eggleton | Fri, 12/03/2010 - 06:25
“Eat, Pray, Love” star Julia Roberts was paid $1.5 million to appear in a non-speaking role in an Italian coffee commercial, reports the Daily Mail. Hired by…
Lifestyle
by Pat Eggleton | Fri, 10/22/2010 - 09:12
It was Rosa, my Albanian cleaner and friend, who saw her first: a little old lady sitting in the passenger seat of a parked car, crying. The car window being…
Lifestyle
by Pat Eggleton | Wed, 10/13/2010 - 06:15
Italians are debating the ethics of investigative television programmes after a mother was told of her daughter’s murder during the Rai 3 programme “Chi l’ha…
Lifestyle
by Pat Eggleton | Fri, 10/01/2010 - 11:48
I arrived in Modica just two years before the death of Nino Baglieri and I did not know of him until I read of his passing in 2007. I then decided to find out…
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by Pat Eggleton | Mon, 09/27/2010 - 11:14
In this photo: Memorial to Fausto Coppi in the Pordoi Pass (Trentino Alto-Adige) The Vittoriano Complex [Victor Emanale Monument] in Rome is hosting an…
Lifestyle
by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 09/23/2010 - 06:27
In April we reported on the death, at the age of 87, of the much-loved actor, comedian and television presenter Raimondo Vianello. Since that day, on the few…
Lifestyle
by Pat Eggleton | Mon, 06/21/2010 - 03:53
Cardinal Crescenzo Sepe, Archbishop of Naples, is to be investigated over his alleged part in a corrupt property deal. The Cardinal was, until 2006, head of…
Food & Drink
by Pat Eggleton | Thu, 06/17/2010 - 05:25
Italy’s favourite breakfast spread, Nutella, is at risk of extinction if a new EU law is passed. The regulation will stipulate that only food products…