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☆ Opinion | The Birth Dearth and the Smartphone Age
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

My newsroom colleagues Jason Horowitz and Gaia Pianigiani have a lovely report this week about family-friendly policies in the Italian province of Alto Adige-South Tyrol, which has the highest birthrate of any region in an aging, depopulating Italy. Their story is a portrait not just of a particular policy matrix but also the culture that policy can help foster. Some of what Carney describes is a set of habits that’s beyond the reach of policy. (I don’t think there’s much the government can do to persuade parents to “Have Lower Ambitions for Your Kids,” to select one of his more striking chapter titles.) But some of the sense of overwhelmingness that comes with modern parenting seems like it could be mitigated, not just through a once-a-year benefit or tax credit, but also through small consistent signals of support: the family discount on groceries, the convenient in-home child care option, the open play space, the flexible work space.

Persons: Jason Horowitz, Gaia Pianigiani, —, “, Tim Carney, conspires, Carney Organizations: Italy’s, ”, The Washington Examiner Locations: Italian, Alto Adige, South Tyrol, Italy

☆ What Happened When This Italian Province Invested in Babies
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Jason Horowitz | Gaia Pianigiani | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a municipal building in the heart of the alpine city of Bolzano, Stefano Baldo clocked out of work early for his breastfeeding break. “It’s clear I don’t breastfeed,” Mr. Baldo, a 38-year-old transportation administrator, said in his office decorated with pictures of his wife and six children. But with his wife home with a newborn, one of the parents was entitled by law to take the time, and he needed to pick up the kids. But the Alto Adige-South Tyrol area and its capital, Bolzano, more than any other part of the country, bucked the trend and emerged as a parallel procreation universe for Italy, with its birthrate holding steady over decades. The reason, experts say, is that the provincial government has over time developed a thick network of family-friendly benefits, going far beyond the one-off bonuses for babies that the national government offers.

Persons: Stefano Baldo, Mr, Baldo, “, Giorgia Meloni, Pope Francis Locations: Bolzano, Italy, Europe, South Tyrol

☆ The world’s best dumplings
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

The best way to sample these dumplings is from a street vendor carting a steamer on his bicycle. KartoffelknoedelCarbtastic kartoffelknoedel ExQuisine/Adobe StockFound across Germany, kartoffelknoedel, or potato dumplings, usually accompany meat dishes. Artit_Wongpradu/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesSome dumpling purists say that the Australian dim sim is merely a bastardized version of Chinese dumplings. Joshua Resnick/500px Plus/Getty ImagesFound on Chinese takeout menus in the United States, crab rangoon are deep-fried dumplings served as a side dish. Shish barakShish barak are lamb dumplings served with yoghurt.

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☆ Latest on the intense heat waves and scorching temperatures in Europe and the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Adrienne Vogt | Mike Hayes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Firefighters rush to extinguish a wildfire burning near the village of Vlyhada, Greece, on Wednesday. Stelios Misinas/ReutersSouthern Europe is experiencing very high temperatures while wildfires continue in many areas. The fire danger is expected to increase in Greece and Switzerland, according to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). A series of heavy thunderstorms hit a large part of the northern Italian region of Trentino Alto Adige on Tuesday afternoon. Two firefighting aircraft of the Italian firefighters' service have been deployed to the northwest of Athens, the force said on Twitter.

Persons: Stelios Misinas, SkyTG24, Gabrielius Landsbergis Organizations: Reuters, Milan, Twitter, Lithuanian Locations: Vlyhada, Greece, Reuters Southern Europe, Switzerland, Italy, Turin, Sardinia, Italian, Trentino Alto Adige, Bitsch, Valais, EU, Athens, Lithuania

CNN —A female bear that was sentenced to death for the fatal mauling of jogger in Italy has been given a stay of execution until May 11, officials in Trento have said. Andrea Papi, 26, was attacked and killed last week while jogging in a public nature reserve in the Trentino–Alto Adige region of northern Italy. In the last 15 years, several bear attacks have been reported, including the nearly fatal attack of a mushroom farmer in 2014 and the 2020 attack of a father and his son while they were hiking. This time, after the fatal attack on Papi the World Wildlife Fund, which had previously petitioned to keep JJ4 alive told CNN they agree that the bear should be put down. There are now four bears, including JJ4, with judicial orders to be culled.

☆ Trei regiuni din Italia reintră în carantină pentru a limita răspândirea coronavirusului
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Regiunile italiene Lombardia şi Alto Adige din nord şi Sicilia din sud urmează să reintre în carantină pentru a limita răspândirea coronavirusului, transmite AFP. În funcţie de gravitatea situaţiei epidemiologice, Italia este împărţită în zone galbene, cu risc moderat, portocalii - risc mediu, sau roşu - risc ridicat. În zonele portocalii sunt deschise toate magazinele, dar este valabilă aceeaşi restricţie pentru restaurante ca şi în cele roşii. În zonele galbene, barurile şi restaurantele sunt deschise până la orele 18, dar nu pot fi serviţi mai mult de patru clienţi la aceeaşi masă. După 15 februarie, se vor putea redeschide muzeele, numai în zonele galbene şi numai de luni până vineri, cu un număr limitat de vizitatori.

Persons: Roberto Speranza, Speranza Organizations: sănătăţii Locations: Lombardia, Alto Adige, Sicilia, Italia, Situaţia, Roma, măştii

☆ Italia lansează o campanie de testare în masă timp de trei zile în Tirolul de Sud
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-20 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Tirolul de Sud, regiune autonomă din nordul extrem al Italiei la frontiera cu Austria, a început vineri o campanie masivă de depistare a cazurilor de contaminare cu noul tip de coronavirus ce va dura până duminică. La orele 09:00 GMT, peste 24.000 de locuitori ai regiunii au fost deja testaţi, dintre care 596 s-au dovedit a fi pozitivi. Tirolul de Sud este clasat în prezent drept „zonă roşie”, cu cel mai înalt risc potrivit sistemului de clasificare în trei culori stabilit în Italia (galben, portocaliu, roşu). Această campanie de testare intervine înainte de redeschiderea grădiniţelor şi şcolilor primare, prevăzută pentru marţi. Italia, prima ţară europeană care a pariat pe testele rapide antigen, a fost apoi urmată de Marea Britane, SUA, Slovacia şi alte ţări.

Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Tirolul de Sud, Italiei, Austria, Tirolul, Sud, Italia, SUA, Slovacia

☆ Italia, la un pas de a institui din nou carantină totală la nivel naţional
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-14 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Italia este la un pas de a institui din nou carantină totală la nivel naţional. O decizie în acest sens va fi luată duminică. Între timp, două regiuni Toscana şi Campania au intrat de vineri în scenariul roşu. De duminică, napolitanii şi toţi locuitorii din aceste regiuni vor putea ieşi din casă doar cu declaraţia pe propria răspundere, la serviciu, cumpărături sau urgenţe medicale. Chiar şi aşa, protestatarii susţin că o carantină totală poate falimenta economia locală.

Persons: Anunţul, Alto Adige Locations: Italia, Toscana, Campania, Lombardia, Piemonte, Valle d’Aosta, Calabria, Alto

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