posted Mon March 22 13:24 pm zoomata staff The show must go on, but the Miss Padania beauty pageant in Milan without Northern League political leader Umberto Bossi was even more of a sorry spectacle than usual. Bossi, 62 , was hospitalized following a March 11 heart attack and a subsequent media blackout raised further [...]
posted Thu March 18 17:37 am zoomata staff Visit the land of your ancestors, get a discount. The Italian government wants to encourage boomerang tourism — people of Italian origin coming back to discover the old country — with special rates on restaurants, hotels, shops and transportation. Mirko Tremaglia, the minister for Italians abroad, has [...]
updated Thu March 18 10:25 am by Nicole Martinelli Two magnificent warrior statues are at the center of a heated debate in Italy on cloning artwork. The Riace bronzes, 6.5-foot tall Greek statues found in the 1970s off the coast of Calabria, are credited with creating tourism in this impoverished Southern area. Although remarkably well [...]
First Person: Real Life In Italy Each month we introduce you to someone who has made the dream of picking up and moving to the Bel Paese a reality. In their own words they share the good parts, the bad parts and the just plain absurd moments of day-to-day life in Italy. Looking to move [...]
zoomata staff updated: Mon March 15 13:56 pm Nearly every small town in Italy boasts some sort of art treasure, but a porn director is trying to capitalize on other local ‘attractions’ with a series of sex flicks starring residents of small towns. Porn veteran Lucky Damiano’s new series entitled ‘The Depraved Penisola’ is a [...]
posted Tue Mar. 2 18:59 pm by Nicole Martinelli Surprise, surprise: an Italian calendar purporting to feature handsome young priests as pin-ups that made the rounds of the international press is a hoax. The gorgeous men brooding in old-fashioned clerical outfits in “Calendario Romano 2004″ are, well, just actors and models. It took a disgruntled [...]
