A tourist filmed carving his and his girlfriend’s name into the walls of the Roman Colosseum faces a huge fine as Italian authorities vow to find the man.
A Naples restaurateur has done the unthinkable (for Italy) and added pineapple to a pizza. Gino Sorbillo says he created the Margherita con Ananas to "combat food prejudice," but it has created uproar. What do you think: Does pineapple belong on a pizza?
An Italian study found the Battery Electric Buses tested have tank-to-wheel (TTW) efficiencies of 137 and 153.80kWh per 100km, while the two hydrogen FCEB models had average efficiencies of 310.24 and 335.75km per 100km respectively. Figures that are between two and 2.45 times lower than the battery buses.
“Data suggests that driving FCEBs is between 2.12 times to 2.56 times more expensive per km than driving a BEB"
(timelapse video going from Poliambulanza five stops to Vittoria, squeezing about 14 minutes into 30 seconds).
The Brescia Metro is an automated train system, so no driver. I can sit in the most forward seat and feel like I'm at Disneyland. Having no driver meant I could hold my iPhone against the window for 15 minutes to capture this video.
Do you know of any good sources on the history of the mining concerns of #Venice in the Renaissance and Early Modern periods, in particular how they acquired the rare minerals for their famous glass production?
It's okay if the sources are in #Italian - I am trying to learn the language.
I've yet to understand how charging an entry fee of €5 would deter anyone, after they've paid thousands just to get there. Maybe €50 would do it, though if I was designing a system to reduce visitor numbers I'd go for a free lottery.
BBC: Storms ravage northern Italy as Sicily burns "Meanwhile, northern regions are reeling from violent storms and high winds that uprooted trees and lifted roofs off buildings. In some places, tennis ball-sized hailstones injured people, damaged cars and destroyed crops... Lombardy and Veneto experienced torrential rainfall and extremely strong winds, which reached 100km/h (62mph) in Milan. " #ExtremeWeather#milan#Italy#hail#rainhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66302472?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=mastodon
Yesterday I had the first session of my " #Italian for Beginners" course. The teacher recommended that we should listen to Italian songs, and mentioned Zucchero Fornaciari in particular.
The surveillance court of Rome rejected the appeal against the 41 bis measure for anarchist Alfredo Cospito IT/EN (Italy)
"December 19, 2022, 61 days after the start of the hunger strike to the bitter end against 41 bis prison regime and life imprisonment without possibility of parole by anarchist Alfredo Cospito.
The decision concerning the appeal against the 41 bis detention order for anarchist Alfredo Cospito has just been announced: the surveillance court of Rome rejected it. The comrade will remain in 41 bis. This is not the moment of despondency, it is the moment of anger. You will pay dearly for it.
Today as yesterday: death to the State, to the capital, to all authority."
Italy’s far-right party proposed using AI to assign youth mandatory jobs.
“The young person will no longer be able to choose whether to work or not, but [will be] bound to accept the job offer for himself (sic), for his family and for the country, under penalty of loss of all benefits.”
All the air trackers are showing the tech magnates and #billionaires returning from #Italy (I have not been tracking what is going on there, but apparently everyone was in the same place the last few days).
"Countries like #Germany, #Italy and #France are not yet beginning to spend 2% of GDP. Indeed the German defence budget for 2023 is lower than it was for 2022. What sort of signal does that send? I wouldn't let #Britain off the hook either. Rishi Sunak said Britain will 2-2.5% of GDP 'when the economy allows' - that, I'm afraid, isn't good enough and we are a long way short in this country. So the Western European countries frankly need to #WakeUp"
Tourist faces $24,550 fine for carving his and girlfriend’s name into Colosseum (www.news.com.au)
A tourist filmed carving his and his girlfriend’s name into the walls of the Roman Colosseum faces a huge fine as Italian authorities vow to find the man.
Italy begins stripping lesbian mothers of their parental rights (www.lgbtqnation.com)
One mom said she cried for 10 days after hearing she was being removed from her daughter's birth certificate....