36% between parents & teens silence reigns 59% parents main point of reference for teens 18% laziness & apathy, major complaints by parents 26% nosiness, major complaints by teens Silent is probably the last adjective that comes to mind to describe an Italian family, but a recent poll shows otherwise. When asked to describe the [...]
The Sicilian town of San Cataldo has a cleanup problem — despite the fact that 27% of the town’s population is unemployed, it seems that none of them want to be garbage collectors. Mayor Raimondo Torregrossa has been trying to find 13 “ecological operators,” as they’re euphemistically called in Italy, for temporary work. In a [...]
Check for or Give the Evil Eye online • Francesco DeGregori’s New Take on Italian Folk Standbys• Mind Games in Italian • Designing Your Kitchen, Italian Style Mind Games in Italian Sharpen your Italian along with your reasoning skills — riddles, math problems, optical illusions for adults and kids. www.intelligiochi.it Francesco DeGregori’s New Take on [...]
Darkness may fall over masterpieces by Leonardo and Botticelli if Florence’s Uffizi gallery can’t come up with money to pay the electricity bill. The lights-out threat also includes other state-run museums in the most famous Renaissance city in Italy — including the Accademia where Michelangelo’s David is housed, the Bargello and museums in Palazzo Pitti. [...]
47.6% Italians consider traffic a problem 41.6% Italians consider parking a problem 39. 9% Italians consider pollution a problem 38.5% Italians consider noise a problem If it honks, revs or needs to be parked, Italians are irked by it. Asked by national statistics institute ISTAT to name everyday irritants, the top spots were almost all [...]
Recent charity drives to raise money following two natural disasters in Italy have been bolstered by money sent in through text messages on cell phones. “Help Now,”the campaign organized by daily Corriere della Sera and news program TG5, has seen donations sent in by so-called ‘thumb tribes’ or mobile phone users top or equal those [...]
by Nicole Martinelli posted Tue Nov 8 14:07 pm In an effort to fuel Italy’s sexy calendar craze, one noted photographer has shot 12 months of nearly-naked "Madonnas." The Italian press calls it the starlet war and they mean it: calendars are a 10 million USD a year industry here and magazines that feature them [...]
49% say ‘mammoni’ stay home because they can’t support themselves 48% say ‘mammoni’ cause problems to family/society 58% say the government should help unmarried couples find housing If 70% of 29-year-old Italian men are still living at home, these mama’s boys (mammoni) say they can’t afford to leave the nest. For the first time economic [...]
Italian for Beginners: the Movie • Gonzaga Family Treasures on Show• Cough! Italy’s new anti-smoking law • Italian practice: are you an ugly duckling or swan? Italian for Beginners: the Movie Easily staff’s favorite flick about the power of studying Italian, this independent film from Denmark tells the tale of a ragtag group of people [...]
In an effort to raise an interest in dying traditions, a town near Naples held three days of back-to-basics lessons on the fall harvest, including a grape-stomping workshop for kids. Cicciano, 30 kilometers from Naples, was livened up with an estimated 600 purple-legged youngsters as they learned to crush grapes to make wine like their [...]
