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☆ Why this Olympian is making everyone crave Italian cheese
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Olympics are a spectacle of athleticism, hard work, peak performance – and perhaps, for some, eating parmesan cheese. The 21 year old from Lombardy in northern Italy was sponsored by the Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano (Consortium of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese) in 2021. In one photo, she is hugging a cheese wheel close to her chest. Parmigiano-Reggiano, or parmesan cheese, is most famously made in the hills around Parma, about 65 miles northwest of Bologna. Less visited Parma is the spiritual home of parmesan cheese, however.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, Giorgia Villa, Italy’s, –, Villa, Gabriele Seghizzi, al, there’s, Buon Organizations: CNN, intel, Sipa, Reggio, Mantova, Museo Locations: Lombardy, Italy, Emilia, Romagna, Parma, Bologna, Reggio Emilia, Modena, San Petronio, There’s, Soragna

☆ I grew up in Australia and worked in tourism for years. First-time visitors always make these 5 mistakes.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Ash Jurberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewI'm a born-and-bred Aussie who's been fortunate enough to work in travel and tourism, promoting Australia to international visitors. Unfortunately, though, while working in the industry, I've seen visitors believe the same misconceptions about Australia and make similar mistakes over and over again. AdvertisementNot experiencing the local cuisineI always recommend visitors sample local foods like Vegemite on toast. Being overly paranoid about deadly animalsWhen I worked in tourism, a lot of prospective travelers asked me how I survived all the deadly animals in Australia. Although it's true that Australia is known for having deadly snakes, sharks, and spiders, I've never seen one outside a zoo.

Persons: —, it's, africanpix, you'll, she's, I've Organizations: Service, Tourism, Business, Australia Australia, Sydney, Getty Locations: Australia, Sydney, Melbourne, parma

☆ Red Lobster closings: These are the locations it wants to shut down
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Red Lobster wants to close several dozen more restaurants following its bankruptcy, and it has identified which ones are in danger of shutting down if the court approves its plan. The chain, which brought affordable shrimp and lobster to middle-class America and grew to become the largest seafood restaurant chain in the world, filed for bankruptcy last month. Red Lobster said that it had more than $1 billion in debt and less than $30 million in cash on hand. Part of its plan is to close some locations of its nearly 600 restaurants in the meantime. A few weeks prior to its bankruptcy, it abruptly closed around 50 locations across the United States.

Persons: Fort Smith, Callaghan Lane, Fort, Elizabeth, Merritt, Port Richey, Dale Mabry, Ames, Charles Rock, Noland, Pike, Miller, Monroe, King of Prussia, Knox Abbott, Sam Rittenburg, Anderson Lane, Michael, Van Dorn, Murdock Organizations: New, New York CNN, Beulah, Bell, Oracle, Yuma Palms, Hospitality, College, Run, Fort Myers, Fort Walton, Biscayne, , Michigan City, Charles, Bartow, Pittsburgh, Lamar, Fairfax Locations: New York, America, United States, . Alabama, E, Tuscaloosa Arizona, Flagstaff, Peoria, Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma Arkansas, Shiloh, Fayetteville, Springs, Little Rock California, Citrus Heights, Calaveras, Milpitas, Ave, Monrovia, Pittsburg, Salinas, Hospitality Lane, San Bernardino, San Jose, Lane, Stockton, Vallejo Colorado, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Greeley, Pueblo Connecticut, North Haven Delaware, Talleyville Florida, Altamonte Springs, Clermont, North, Clearwater, Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Cleveland, Fort, Fort Walton Beach, Hwy, Kissimmee, Worth, Lake Worth, Lakeland, Leesburg, Haven Ave, Melbourne, Merritt, St, Miami, North Miami, Orange, Alafaya, Orlando, Pensacola, Port, Petersburg, Tampa, The, West Palm Beach Georgia, Columbus, Jonesboro, Rome, Smyrna Illinois, Bourbonnais, Champaign Indiana, Kokomo, , Michigan, Richmond Iowa, Ames Kansas, Topeka Kentucky, Louisville, Paducah Maryland, Salisbury, Salisbury Michigan, Bay City, Waterford Minnesota, West, Bloomington, Golden Valley Mississippi, Tupelo Missouri, Charles Rock Rd, Bridgeton, Independence, Joplin New Jersey, Delran, Paramus New York, Bartow Ave ., Bronx, Copiague, Lakewood, Manhattan, Glen Street, Queensbury, Stony Brook North Carolina, Cary, Jacksonville Ohio, Dayton, Findlay, Maumee, S.E, , New Philadelphia, Parma, Strongsville, Monroe St, Toledo Pennsylvania, Chambersburg, DeKalb Pike, Pittsburgh South Carolina, Cayce, Charleston Tennessee, Chattanooga Texas, Austin, Padre, Corpus Christi, Duncanville, Frisco, Houston, Lubbock, Bedford, Richland Hills, San Antonio, San Marcos, Shenandoah, Texarkana, Wichita Falls Virginia, Alexandria, Blvd, Chesapeake, Fairfax, Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg, Richmond, Broad, Virginia Beach, Pkwy, Virginia Beach Washington, Lynwood, Randall Way, Silverdale West Virginia, Parkersburg

☆ 6 LGBTQ+ royals you probably didn't know about
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Princess Isabella of Parma exchanged hundreds of letters with her sister-in-law that implied the pair's relationship was more than friendly. A portrait of Princess Isabella of Parma. The pair exchanged letters "constantly" back and forth over the years, according to Making Queer History, and many of them are believed to be queer-coded or romantically affectionate in nature. "I cannot tolerate this uncertainty, I can think of nothing but that I am madly in love," Princess Isabella reportedly wrote in one letter. After two miscarriages, Princess Isabella was pregnant for a fourth time when she died from smallpox at the age of 21 in 1763.

Persons: Princess Isabella of Parma, Isabella of Parma, Archduke Joseph of Austria, Archduchess Maria Christina, Princess Isabella, Maria's, Prince Albert

☆ I was a renter. Then I bought my house from my landlord.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

About four years ago, when my landlord bought the property, I was his very first tenant. Before the pandemic, I had been in the market for quite a long time looking to buy a house. When I signed that first rental lease with my landlord in May 2020, I completely pulled myself out of the market. After being bummed about that, a few days later my landlord texted me saying, "Hey, I'm putting this house on the market. He shared with me that he bought his own place and that he was no longer going to be living in that house.

Persons: Dom Guerra, —, There's, Guerra, Selena Tovanche, — I'm, you've, It's Organizations: Service, Ohio Housing Finance Agency Locations: Cleveland, Parma , Ohio

☆ The Mad Perfumer of Parma
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Molly Young | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Parmesan” is, by the way, the correct (Anglicized) way to refer to a person from the city of Parma, which is in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, just below the knee of the boot. Parmesan is also, of course, the name of the province’s most famous edible contribution to humanity. Other contributions include Parma ham, the film director Bernardo Bertolucci, the conductor Arturo Toscanini and Pietro Barilla of Barilla pasta (the dark blue box at your local supermarket, not to be confused with the medium-blue box of De Cecco, which is from Abruzzo). Parma is a city of inventive door knockers and narrow streets that become belligerently slippery after one instant of rain, and racks upon racks of men’s underwear in innovatively bizarre cuts and fabrics. In the city center, it is easier to buy a bottle of scent, high-end or low, than it is to buy a carton of milk.

Persons: “, Bernardo Bertolucci, Arturo Toscanini, Pietro Barilla Locations: Parma, Emilia, Romagna, Italy, Abruzzo, Grasse

☆ At TEFAF Art Fair, Museums Make Up for Shrinking Private Sales
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Scott Reyburn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“This would be a bold acquisition to make,” said Frederick Ilchman, the chair of European paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This extraordinary, long-lost portrait by Lavinia Fontana was an outstanding example of the many works by women artists on show Thursday at the bustling preview of the TEFAF Maastricht fair in the Netherlands. The Fontana portrait was priced at 4.5 million euros, about $5 million, on the booth of the Geneva-based dealership Rob Smeets. Ilchman has regularly traveled from Boston to TEFAF since 2007; in that time, the focus of his acquisitions has evolved. It seems like a useful task to amend this discrepancy,” he added, acknowledging that museums with large holdings of pre-20th art can seem disconnected from the 21st century’s cultural concerns.

Persons: ”, Frederick Ilchman, Antonietta Gonzales, Don Pietro, Duke of Parma, Lavinia Fontana, Rob Smeets, Gentileschi’s, Magdalene, Ilchman, ” Ilchman, “ Organizations: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Islands Locations: Maastricht, Netherlands, Geneva, ”, Boston, TEFAF

☆ A shopaholic found her dream home in Miami — an apartment with a hidden door leading into a mall that's always unlocked
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA few days after moving into her Miami, Florida, apartment, Rachel Koggan decided to explore. AdvertisementThis Black Friday, Rachel Koggan headed to the mall early in the morning. Rachel KogganSince moving into the apartment, Koggan has explored the mall at all hours of the dayHeading down to the mall during daylight hours is a normal occurrence, Koggan said. The stores are open during typical business hours, while a movie theater and put-put golf course stay open later. Sure enough, the door was unlocked and Koggan entered a deserted mall.

Persons: —, Rachel Koggan, Koggan, she's, Abercrombie, She's, perk, Henry, Acqua Di Parma, Jo Malone London Organizations: Service, Business, Chanel Locations: Miami, Florida, Sephora, New York City

☆ Judge tells woman who threw burrito bowl at Chipotle employee to work fast-food job if she wants less jail time
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The woman was charged with one count of assault after throwing a burrito bowl at a Chipotle worker. The judge said he gave this unique sentence to teach the woman a "sense of empathy," WJW reported. AdvertisementAn Ohio woman who threw her Chipotle burrito bowl at an employee could soon learn what it takes to work in food service. A video of the incident, posted to Reddit, shows Hayne throwing her Chipotle burrito bowl at employee Emily Russell. Gilligan also told Hayne that her behavior toward the Chipotle employee was unacceptable.

Persons: —, Rosemary Hayne, Hayne, Emily Russell, Timothy Gilligan, Russell, Parma, Judge Gilligan, Gilligan, Chipotle Organizations: WJW, Service, Fox, Parma Municipal, Housewives Locations: An Ohio, Parma , Ohio, Parma, Cleveland

☆ Crespo set to take charge at UAE club Al Ain
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 13 (Reuters) - Al Ain-bound Argentine coach Hernan Crespo will arrive on Monday to formally sign his contract, the UAE club said. Crespo will succeed Dutch coach Alfred Schreuder who parted ways with Al Ain last week after just six months in charge following media reports he would be moving to Saudi Arabia. Al Ain made the announcement on social media platform X with a video clip reviewing Crespo's career as a player and coach. Al Ain signed 51-year-old Schroeder last May after the departure of coach Sergei Rebrov, but media have linked the Dutch coach with Saudi champions Al-Ittihad, who have sacked Portuguese coach Nuno Espirito Santo. Al Ain are third in the UAE Pro League with 15 points after seven games.

Persons: Al, Hernan Crespo, Crespo, Alfred Schreuder, Al Ain, Duhail, Paris St Germain, Christophe Galtier, Schroeder, Sergei Rebrov, Nuno Espirito, Al Wasl, Saudi Arabia's, Ashraf Hamed Atta, Ken ferris Organizations: Argetina, Parma, Lazio, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Qatari, Al, Paris St, Saudi, Nuno Espirito Santo, UAE Pro League, Asian Champions League, Thomson Locations: Al Ain, Argentine, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ittihad, Portuguese, Al

They note that the job cuts have occurred mainly at factories that make parts for assembly plants that were closed by strikes. In one case, layoffs have been imposed at a factory that uses supplies from a parts factory on strike. The factories that have been affected by layoffs are in six states: Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Indiana and New York. UAW President Shawn Fain countered in a statement that the automakers were using layoffs to pressure the union into settling the strike. Once metal stamping factories that supply multiple assembly plants have produced enough parts for non-striking facilities, the companies would likely shut them down.

Persons: —, Sam Fiorani, Fiorani, ”, “, Bryce Currie, Shawn Fain, Fain, ” Fain, Ford, Stellantis, you've, Patrick Anderson Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, UAW, AutoForecast Solutions, Ford, General Motors, GM, Chevrolet Malibu, Sterling, ”, Anderson Economic, Suppliers Locations: Michigan , Ohio , Illinois , Kansas , Indiana, New York, Americas, Kansas City , Kansas, Wentzville , Missouri, Lockport , New York, Toledo , Ohio, Marion , Indiana, Parma , Ohio, Lansing , Michigan, Wayne , Michigan, Chicago, Sterling Heights, Livonia , Michigan, Cleveland, Lima , Ohio, Trenton , Michigan, Kokomo , Indiana, Toledo

☆ Public spats, layoffs, and new offers: The UAW strike is heating up in week 3
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

GM, Ford, and some suppliers are resorting to layoffs. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe ripple effects of the UAW's unprecedented strike at Ford, GM, and Stellantis are getting wider as the work stoppages stretch through a third week. The UAW responded on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying that the CEO had not attended bargaining that week. The impact of lost production is also affecting suppliers now, with the vehicle-suppliers association MEMA reporting about a third of suppliers have issued layoffs due to the UAW strike. Fain is scheduled to address UAW members in a livestream Friday afternoon, a platform he's previously used to expand the strike when he's unhappy with the pace of negotiations.

Persons: Shawn Fain, —, Jim Farley, Mary Barra, Fain, Barra, Farley, Ford, axel, Stellantis, he's Organizations: Detroit, UAW, GM, Ford, Service Locations: Chicago, Lansing , Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Parma , Ohio

New York CNN —General Motors and Ford are laying off 500 additional workers between them, blaming the expansion of the strike announced by the United Auto Workers union at those companies on Friday. General Motors said it was laying off 164 workers at stamping plants in Parma, Ohio, and Marion, Indiana. Ford said it laid off 330 workers at its Chicago Stamping Plant and Lima Engine Plant following the union’s decision Friday to strike its Chicago Assembly plant, which made the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator SUVs. It had previously laid off 600 hourly workers at the Michigan Assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan who were not on strike. Those benefits for both strikers and laid-off UAW members will cost the union about $14.3 million a week, but it went into the strike with $825 million in its strike fund.

Persons: General Motors, Marion, ”, Ford, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN —, Motors, Ford, United Auto Workers, General, Lansing Delta, GMC, Traverse, Buick, Chicago Assembly, Ford Explorer, Lincoln Aviator, Michigan Assembly, Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, UAW, Anderson Economics Group, CNN Locations: New York, Parma , Ohio, Marion , Indiana, Wentzville , Ohio, Lansing, Lansing , Michigan, Colorado, Parma, Fairfax, Kansas City , Kansas, Toledo, Lockport, Chicago, Michigan, Wayne , Michigan, Kokomo , Indiana

☆ GM, Ford furlough another 500 workers due to UAW strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 2 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N) and Ford Motor (F.N) on Monday said they are laying off another 500 workers at four Midwestern plants because of the impact on some of the facilities of the United Auto Workers strike in its 18th day. Ford said last month it temporarily laid off about 600 workers at a Michigan auto plant because of the strike. UAW President Shawn Fain on Friday expanded the first-ever simultaneous strike against the Detroit Three to a GM Lansing, Michigan plant and a Ford Chicago assembly plant, but Stellantis was spared after last-minute concessions. The GM and Ford CEOs on Friday blasted the UAW, hours after the union escalated the strike.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Ford, GM's, Stellantis, Shawn Fain, Mack Trucks, David Shepardson, Bernadette Baum, David Gregorio, Bill Berkrot Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, Michigan U.S, REUTERS, General Motors, Ford, GM, Chrysler, Ohio Metal Center, Marion , Indiana Metal Center, Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, Detroit, Volvo, JPMorgan, Anderson Economic Group, Thomson Locations: Delta Township, Michigan, Chicago, Lima , Ohio, Parma, Marion ,, GM's Lansing Delta, GM's Missouri, Fairfax , Kansas, Ohio, Indiana, Lansing , Michigan, Ford Chicago

☆ GM furloughs another 160 workers due to UAW strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 2 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N) said Monday it was indefinitely laying off about 160 workers at plants in Indiana and Ohio because of the impact of the United Auto Workers strike on some facilities. The UAW on Friday said it would strike at GM's Lansing Delta Township assembly plant that makes the Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse SUVs after previously striking at GM's Missouri assembly plant and 18 parts distribution centers. The new GM furloughs include 130 at its Parma, Ohio Metal Center and 34 at its Marion, Indiana Metal Center. The UAW strike on Monday was entering its 18th day after the chief executives of GM and Ford blasted the UAW on Friday, hours after the union escalated the strike.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Shawn Fain, Mary Barra, Jim Farley, David Shepardson, Ed Osmond, Bernadette Baum Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, Michigan U.S, REUTERS, General Motors, Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, Detroit automaker, GM, Ohio Metal Center, Marion , Indiana Metal Center, Detroit, Ford, Chrysler, JPMorgan, Thomson Locations: Delta Township, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, GM's Lansing Delta, GM's Missouri, Fairfax , Kansas, Parma, Marion ,, Lansing, Chicago

☆ Factbox: U.S. Open women's singles champion Coco Gauff
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

CAREER TO DATE* A former world number one junior, Gauff started her professional career on the ITF circuit in 2018. * Reached the fourth round of the Australian Open in 2020 and cracked the top 50 in the world for the first time. Gauff also reached the U.S. Open women's doubles final with McNally. * Lost to Iga Swiatek in the French Open final in 2022. * Gauff claimed the biggest title to date of her career at the Cincinnati Open in 2023.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka, Mike Segar, Laura Siegemund, Mirra, Elise Mertens, Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Ostapenko, Karolina Muchova, Serena, Venus Williams, Gauff, Simona Halep, Caty McNally, Barbora Krejcikova, McNally, Jessica Pegula, Sloane Stephens, Aadi Nair, Toby Davis Organizations: Belarus, Aryna Sabalenka REUTERS, Belarusian Aryna, U.S, United States WTA, ITF, WTA, Wimbledon, Parma, Cincinnati, Washington D.C, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, Belarusian, Germany, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, Latvia, Czech Republic, Linz, Washington, Bengaluru

☆ Italian keeper Buffon hangs up gloves after 28 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 2 (Reuters) - Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has retired from football, the 45-year-old announced on Wednesday, after 28 years in which he reached exceptional milestones for club and country. Buffon, who in 2006 lifted the World Cup, won 10 Serie A titles with Juventus and a Ligue 1 title with Paris St Germain. Buffon played a record 657 times in the Italian top flight and was UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in 2003. He is the most capped goalkeeper of all time, having played 176 times for Italy. He retired from international football in 2018 after Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Persons: Gianluigi Buffon, Buffon, Paris St Germain, Parma, Tommy Lund, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Ken Ferris Organizations: Juventus, Ligue, Paris St, Juve, Parma, PSG, Serie, AC Milan, UEFA Club, Thomson Locations: Parma, Turin, Italy, Russia, Gdansk, Bengaluru

☆ Italian keeper Buffon hangs up his gloves after 28 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Aug 2 (Reuters) - Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has retired from football, the 45-year-old announced on Wednesday, after 28 years in which he reached exceptional milestones for club and country. Buffon, who in 2006 lifted the World Cup, won 10 Serie A titles with Juventus and a Ligue 1 title with Paris St Germain. Kylian Mbappe, who played with Buffon in Paris, paid tribute to the keeper. Buffon, 1.92 metres tall, played a record 657 times in the Italian top flight and was UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in 2003. "Time has been called on what is simply an exceptional career, an exceptional man and one of the world's most celebrated players," Serie A said in a post.

Persons: Gianluigi Buffon, Buffon, Paris St Germain, Parma, Kylian Mbappe, Mbappe, you've, Leonardo Bonucci, Tommy Lund, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Ken Ferris, Christian Radnedge, Clare Fallon Organizations: Juventus, Ligue, Paris St, Juve, Parma, PSG, Serie, AC Milan, UEFA Club, Thomson Locations: Italy, Parma, Turin, Paris, Russia, Gdansk, Bengaluru

☆ 'Heat storm' stretches into southern Europe, health alerts issued
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ROME, July 16 (Reuters) - Italy issued hot weather red alerts for 16 cities on Sunday, with meteorologists warning that temperatures will hit record highs across southern Europe in the coming days. Spain, Italy and Greece have been experiencing scorching temperatures for several days already, damaging agriculture and leaving tourists scurrying for shade. "We need to prepare for a severe heat storm that, day after day, will blanket the whole country," Italian weather news service Meteo.it warned on Sunday. Italy's Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said authorities were keeping a close eye on Rome and urged people to take care. Europe's highest recorded temperature of 48.8C (119.8F), registered in Sicily two years ago, could be exceeded in the coming days, notably on the Italian island of Sardinia, meteorologists have said.

Persons: Charon, Meteo.it, Orazio Schillaci, Il, Crispian Balmer, Graham Keeley, David Goodman Organizations: Italy's, Thomson Locations: Italy, Europe, Spanish, La Parma, Spain, Greece, Africa, Acropolis, Rome, Florence, Palermo, Sicily, Bari, Seville, Sardinia, Barcelona

In mid-2020 Rome secured the lion's share of a 724-billion-euro kitty aimed at helping EU members emerge from COVID greener and more tech-friendly. Italy's 191.5 billion euros ($210 billion) of cheap loans and grants, to be received in tranches through 2026, was intended for productive investments in the bloc's most chronically stagnant economy. MICRO-PROJECTSMore than half the EU money is meant to go on digitalisation and ecological transition, with the rest devoted to sustainable transport, education, social cohesion and health. The government is still awaiting a 19-billion-euro tranche of the EU funds blocked in March over missed policy targets stemming from 2022. It brings Italy's byzantine rules closer to EU standards, but Gobbato said people will initially find it hard to adapt.

Persons: Flavio Lo Scalzo, Rome, Roberto Perotti, Giorgia Meloni, Mario Draghi, Giuseppe Conte, Carlo Messina, Intesa, Vittorio Soldavini, Davide Carlucci, It's, Gustavo Piga, Rome's, Ilaria, Dentons, Gobbato, Catherine Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Milan's Bocconi University, Treasury, European Central Bank, Technology, Tor Vergata University, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Milan, Italy, ROME, MILAN, tranches, Brussels, Italy's, Italian, Parma

☆ The Many Twists, Quotes and Scandals of Silvio Berlusconi
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Alan Yuhas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I am the Jesus Christ of politics,” he said in 2006. “I am a patient victim, I bear everything, I sacrifice myself for everyone.”A sex scandal and public exhaustionBut Mr. Berlusconi’s bombastic personality, the accusations of corruption and his chaotic tenure grated on a public tired of debt and inequality. And he continued to outrage. Visiting earthquake survivors in the Abruzzo region in 2009, he said, “They should look at it as a weekend of camping.” The next year, the Vatican’s official newspaper condemned him for telling a “deplorable” joke about Jews and the Holocaust. That same year, he told people at a motorcycle show that it is “better to be fond of beautiful girls than gay.”

Persons: Benito Mussolini “, “ Mussolini, ”, “, “ I’ve, Christ Organizations: European Union, Finns Locations: Italy, Finnish, Finland, Parma, Abruzzo

☆ Italy is a bargain for vacationing Americans. Not so much for Italians
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Rimini, Italy. The Jersey Shore, but not Unlike Americans, Italians do not just plunk down their beach bag and dive in the ocean. A bargain for Americans, but not for Italians Italy is heavily reliant on tourism. For Americans, Europe in general but the smaller cities of Italy in particular are a great value. It's a bargain for Americans but, for most Italians, even those prices are out of reach.

Persons: Federico Fellini, Vita, It's, Fellini, He's, That's Organizations: Istock, Getty, Ferraris, cabana, Business, Tourists, gondoliers, OECD, European Union Locations: Rimini, Italy, RIMINI, ITALY, Jersey Shore, Ancona, Emilia, Romagna, Europe, Parma, Modena, Bologna, Ravenna, Jersey, Cattolica, Adriatic, Croatia, Albania, Venice, St

☆ The No. 1 'underrated' city in the world, according to 175 travel experts: It's the 'new hot city'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Sharael Kolberg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As a travel journalist for over 20 years, I recently asked 175 travel enthusiasts, experts and agents about what they think is the most underrated city to visit. "Bologna is very up-and-coming and poised to be the new hot Italian city to visit," says Tom Marchant, founder of luxury traveling company Black Tomato. "[Bologna] quite possibly has the best food scene in all of Italy," says Jeff Miller, a travel blogger at Our Passion for Travel. the "Disney World of food"), Bologna's 20-acre theme park entirely dedicated to Italian cuisine. Bologna is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its 38.5 miles of porticoes, or arched walkways.

☆ Floods ruin crops and drown livestock in one of Italy’s gastronomic heartlands
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“The water then slides away, destroying everything.”What also slid away were orchards, vineyards and crops ready to harvest. A tractor goes off road after flooding outside Ravenna in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy on May 20. Emilia Romagna is one of the richest regions in Italy. Firefighters come to rescue people and recover their belongings after flooding hit the Fornace Zarattini district of Ravenna in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy on May 20. Extreme weather such as what has happened this month in Emilia Romagna is perplexing even to experts.

Rome/London CNN —Italy’s government convened crisis talks Thursday to investigate the reasons behind a surge in prices for pasta, one of the country’s most beloved and culturally important foods. Pasta inflation moderated a bit in April but prices were still up 16.5% over 12 months. Pasta prices have soared despite the price of wheat — the main ingredient — falling in recent months. The price of durum wheat — a type of wheat popular among Italian pasta-makers — has fallen 30% since May 2022. Making pasta only requires mixing water with the wheat, the group said, giving “little justification” for the huge increase in retail prices.

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