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CNN – The pandemic is raging, quarantine rules are changing by the day, and there’s still uncertainty over when we might vacation again, but one thing remains constant in the travel world: the €1 houses of Italy. This month, it’s the turn of another Sicilian town, Castiglione di Sicilia, to offer houses for the price …
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RCI – Canada will formally apologize to the country’s Italian-Canadian community for the way it was treated during the Second World War when some 31,000 Italian-Canadians were declared enemy aliens and 600 Italian-Canadian men were sent to internment camps. “I’m proud to stand up and say that our government will right these wrongs with a formal apology in the month …
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Grammy – At the “Oscars: Into the Spotlight” 2021 Oscars pre-show special, Laura Pausini and Diane Warren performed “Io Si/Seen” from The Life Ahead. The song was up for Best Original Song. H.E.R. ultimately won the Oscar for “Fight For You” from the five-time-nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah. See Performances of Best Original …
Financial Times – Inter Milan and Atlético Madrid join English football sides in quitting breakaway competition Plans to create a breakaway European Super League have collapsed after most of the football clubs involved said they would quit the controversial project. On Wednesday, Italy’s AC Milan and Inter Milan and Atlético Madrid of Spain said they …
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Financial Times – Clubs such as Manchester United and AC Milan seek concessions before approving changes to competition. Europe’s leading football teams are set to hold a crunch meeting on Friday over the future of the Champions League, seeking to settle a battle for control over the sport’s most prestigious and lucrative annual club competition. …
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AGI – L’annuncio del presidente John Elkann all’assemblea annuale. Nei prossimi mesi verranno lanciati tre nuovi modelli ‘tradizionali’, mentre nelle competizioni sportive si lavora per il ritorno a Le Mans nel 2023. Arriverà nel 2025 la prima Ferrari elettrica. Lo ha annunciato il presidente del Cavallino rampante, John Elkann, durante l’assemblea annuale. “Siamo molto entusiasti della nostra …
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Ansa – ‘Our contribution has been decisive’ says FM A road map will be drafted for the withdrawal of Italian troops from Afghanistan along with those of its NATO partners starting in May and ending in September, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Facebook Thursday. “After 20 years, NATO has decided to leave Afghanistan,” …
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EVENT DETAILS The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal is pleased to present, as part of the webinar series dedicated to contemporary literature, the conference by Gabriella Bianco, “Cesare Pavese, the enigma of a poet and a writer: Il Taccuino segreto and other writings“. Wednesday April 14,2021 3:00pm (9:00pm Rome) Registration required For more info: iicmontreal.esteri.it Share Tweet Share Pin
Forbes – Fancy the idea of traveling to a small island in Italy this summer? In the effort to contain the impact of coronavirus on the summer season, the country is now working to immunize a number of holiday destinations from Covid-19, starting from its smaller islands. Following the example of Greece – which has already vaccinated …
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The Hollywood Reporter – The Oscar winner will play a woman in crisis in ‘The Days of Abandonment.’ Natalie Portman is extending her reach into TV, signing on to star in and executive produce an HBO film. The Oscar winner, who recently signed a first-look TV deal at Apple, will play the lead role in The Days …
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