Global Warming is changing the border between Switzerland and Italy. A melting glacier is moving an Italian ski lodge into Switzerland. A Vox video.
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“The Uncertain Fate of an Alpine Mountain Lodge,” Zoey Poll, The New Yorker
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Vatican City, explained by CGP Grey.
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Berlusconi in Sardinia
Billionaire octagenarian, former football team owner, Bunga-Bunga Party host, one-time cruise ship crooner, Trump-before-Trump, and disgraced 3-time former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi went to Sardinia with all the other oligarchs and contracted Coronavirus.
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“Silvio Berlusconi admitted to hospital with coronavirus,” Angela Giuffrida, The Guardian
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The Comune di Craco is a village in the Province of Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. It became a ghost town, partly due to it’s own success, partly because of natural processes. A Science Channel video.
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Billionaire octagenarian, former football team owner, Bunga-Bunga Party host, one-time cruise ship crooner and disgraced 3-time former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, forced out of the Italian Senate over his 2013 tax-fraud conviction, has started serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Madonna Mia!
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“Forget the tax fraud and sex scandals. Italy’s Berlusconi is back.” Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post
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Tour Venice in under 3 minutes. A collateral project of the 57th Venice Biennale, curated by Martina Cavallarin and Eleonora Frattarolo.
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Espresso made it’s world debut in Milan at the 1906 World’s Fair. Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz claims his visit to Milan 35 years ago inspired him to go into the coffeehouse business, so he’s thanking the Italian city by draining business from its venerable coffee bars. The huge Milanese Starbuckery opened Friday in an historic former post office, and plans are brewing for Starbucks in Verona, Venice, and other Italian towns.
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“Will espresso-loving Italy embrace country’s 1st Starbucks?” Luca Bruno and Frances DeMilio, Associated Press
“Starbucks fulfills its Italian dream. Italians are yet to be enchanted.” Aisha Hassan, Quartz
“Starbucks’ Italian dream comes true, but it is not cheap,” Francesca Landini, Reuters
“Does Italy Want More Cafes? Starbucks Will Find Out,” Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times
“Starbucks In Italy, Latest Stop On U.S. Food Imperialism Tour,” Brant deBoer, Il Sole 24 Ore, via Worldcrunch
Note: “Costruiscilo, e loro verranno” = “Build it and they will come.” Maybe.
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The Ferrero company, maker of Nutella chocolate hazelnut spread, wants to hire 60 Nutella tasters, no experience needed. These assaggiatori di Nutella will be based in Italy and receive training in honing their palettes. Candidates should get in line behind us, per favore.
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“Italy is looking for 60 Nutella tasters,” The Local
“This Company Will Pay You to Move to Italy and Eat Nultella For a Living,” Joe McGauley, Thrillist
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Even though one in three of Italy’s pizza makers isn’t Italian, the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has named Neapolitan pizza an Intangible Cultural Heritage.
“The art of the Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiuolo’ is a culinary practice comprising four different phases relating to the preparation of the dough and its baking in a wood-fired oven, involving a rotatory movement by the baker. The element originates in Naples, the capital of the Campania Region, where about 3,000 Pizzaiuoli now live and perform.” — UNESCO
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