https://www.travelling-italy.com News www.travelling-italy.com https://www.piazze.de/resources/userdata/images/maxtdlogo.gif https://www.travelling-italy.com en-en https://www.travelling-italy.com/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:38:27 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0420/italy-moz-king-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0420/italy-moz-king-en.html Italian police have arrested the head of one of the largest mozzarella producers on suspicion of having links with the mafia. Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:01:20 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0419/philosophic-city-italy-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0419/philosophic-city-italy-en.html To be or not to be? Which came first: the chicken or the egg? Why do we need this all? In the small town of Corigliano d'Otranto in the southern Italian province of Lecce tourists can find the answers to these and many other questions related to the problems of human existence. Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:58:00 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0416/italy-village-sale-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0416/italy-village-sale-en.html Financial crisis in Italy is the catalyst of unusual initiatives of small settlements that need funds. One of these places is Pratariccia village in Tuscany. It was put up for auction on the eBay site for 2.5 million Euros. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:05:10 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0415/sales-italy-2012-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0415/sales-italy-2012-en.html Summer sale season have just started on July 7, 2012 in Rome. It will last in the Italian capital until August 31. A lot of malls, boutiques and outlets will as usually participate in the sales campaign. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:01:40 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0414/mafia-billions-ecology-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0414/mafia-billions-ecology-en.html Mafia earns billions of dollars damaging the environment in Italy. Arsons of protected forests, illegal buildings on the coast, illegal traffic of rare animals listed in the Red Book - this is a short list of the activities, which the Italian criminal groups involved in to pursue their own interests. According to the telegraph.co.uk publication, mafiosos can earn up to 20 billion dollars a year on ecological threats. Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:24:50 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0410/italy-eu-380-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0410/italy-eu-380-en.html Italy has to pay 380 million Euros to the EU after the investigation on mafia involvement in the project for reconstruction of the highway in the south of the country. Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:49:50 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0408/milano-picasso-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0408/milano-picasso-en.html The exposure in the Palazzo Reale will include in total 250 Picasso’s works, including sculptures, drawings and photographs. It will be the first large Picasso exhibition in Milan over the past 59 years. Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:36:20 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0406/sardinia-sedilo-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0406/sardinia-sedilo-en.html Here from 5 to 7 July is held a beautiful and exciting celebration La S'ardia de Cedillo, which is often called by locals the feast of St. Constantine. And although the Roman Emperor Constantine was not formally canonized, for Sardinians he will always be the Holy and the Great. Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:30:40 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0405/fest-italy-lucca-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0405/fest-italy-lucca-en.html Since 1998 rock and pop festival (Lucca Summer Festival) has been organized every summer in the ancient Tuscan city of Lucca. This year it will begin on June 29 and will continue throughout July. Lucca Summer Festival will be opened by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. The concert and its main events will be held at the beautiful Napoleon Square (Piazza Napoleone), but some bands will perform in other places of the city. Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:21:10 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0402/dg-milano-lawsuite-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0402/dg-milano-lawsuite-en.html One of the leading fashion houses of Milan has attracted mass-media attention. However, not because of its new collection. Italian tax police became highly interested in one of the leading fashion houses of the country - Dolce & Gabbana. According to Reuters, the famous fashion designers are suspected of tax evasion. The total amount of hidden taxes, according to the Italian tax authorities, is about one billion Euros. Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:15:10 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0400/madonna-rome-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0400/madonna-rome-en.html One of the most famous representatives of modern show business - Madonna - will perform on the main arena of Rome on June 12, 2012. Madonna's concert at the Olympic Stadium of the Italian capital will begin at 8 pm on local time. This concert in Rome will be presented as part of the tour in support of her new album MDNA. In 2012 Madonna will offer its fans a great show with visual and lighting effects. Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:31:40 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0397/italy-earthquake-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0397/italy-earthquake-en.html New earthquake occurred in Italy. Short time after the devastating disaster that occurred just over a week ago, the country is experiencing a new shock. Another earthquake in Italy was recorded on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 in the province of Emilia Romagna. Sun, 03 Jun 2012 22:15:10 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0395/naples-girolamini-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0395/naples-girolamini-en.html On Thursday May 24, 2012 Naples police arrested several people suspected in a number of big thefts from the Girolamini library, which keeps one of the oldest book collections in the country. Mon, 28 May 2012 20:36:20 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0393/earthquake-italy-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0393/earthquake-italy-en.html Devastating earthquake in Italy, which occurred on May 20, 2012 in northern part of the country in the Emilia-Romagna region, killed at least seven people. Dozens of people are now in hospitals. Sat, 26 May 2012 19:41:40 +0100 https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0391/italy-caddafi-hotel-en.html https://www.travelling-italy.com/174/2012-0391/italy-caddafi-hotel-en.html Gaddafi's family owned property everywhere around the world. Today this property quickly changes owners. One of the last examples is confiscation of the hotel in Italy on the island of Pantelleria, purchased earlier by the Gaddafi clan. Wed, 23 May 2012 23:10:50 +0100