(ANSA) - Los Angeles, March 2 - Andrea Bocelli on Tuesday got a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Bocelli 51, who has a string of awards and smash albums to his credit, told ANSA: “This is a sign of the American public’s affection for me, an affection it always shows, at concerts and [...]
(ANSA) - Milan, February 25 - Organizers of the Milan fashion week were still seething on Thursday after the editor-in-chief of American Vogue Anna Wintour’s announced she would cut short her stay, effectively curtailing showings to four days.
In the past, the Milan fashion week lasted a full five days but Wintour had made it [...]
(ANSA) - Padua, February 15 - Thousands of pilgrims gathered in this northern Italian city before dawn on Monday, hoping for a rare glimpse of the bones of Padua’s hugely popular patron, Saint Anthony. The remains of Anthony, the unofficial saint of lost causes, have gone on show for [...]
ANSA) - Maranello, January 28 - Ferrari on Thursday unveiled its new Formula One race car with which it hopes to make up for a disappointing season last year, its worst since 1994.
The car was presented here at Ferrari headquarters as well as live on the Web in a ceremony which included the participation of [...]
Sophia Loren is thrilled with playing Federico Fellini’s mother in the new hit film NINE. The film premieres in Italy on Wednesday. The legendary icon said “It was a dream of mine to do an American musical like the ones I used to watch as a child,”
Loren, who has two children from her marriage with [...]
Italy’s average inflation rate for 2009 fell to its lowest in 50 years, +0.8%, after climbing in 2008 to its highest in 12 years, +3.3%, national statistics bureau Istat reported on Monday. Italy in 1959 had a negative inflation rate of -0.4%.
Year-on-year inflation in December was said to be +1%, while there was a +0.2% [...]
(ANSA) - Siena, December 11 - A team of anthropologists has launched a high-tech project aimed at clearing up a 400-year-old mystery surrounding Caravaggio’s death. The investigation, which is trying to identify his bones, will also give historians and fans a clearer idea of what one of the West’s greatest artists looked like. Infrared scanners, [...]
(ANSA) - Naples, December 10 - Naples threw a big street party Thursday to celebrate its pizza getting protection from clones - and feted United States President Barack Obama’s Nobel peace prize too.
Some 1,000 free pizzas were handed out to all-comers in the southern city’s central Trieste e Trento piazza as pizzaiolo (pizza-maker) association leader [...]
Italian police have crashed the pride and joy of their transport fleet – a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 which is said to have been the world’s most expensive vehicle at 165,000 euros [£150,000]. First reports of the accident say that it happened when a Seat driver pulled out of a service station carelessly.
The police vehicle, on [...]
Surrounded by its beautiful lagoon dotted with islands, with the Adriatic and the Dolomites on the horizon, Venice seen from the sky is like a mirage. Architectural
masterpieces merge with the natural environment to form a breathtaking panorama. Treat yourself to an aerial view of this stunning scenery and discover the area in and around Venice from [...]
