www.zoomata.com staff No television means more bambini. The equation seems that simple, at least in a tiny Italian hill town with poor television reception. The 250 inhabitants of Torri, about 9 kilometers (5.7 miles) inland from Ventimiglia in the Liguria region, appear to have turned to procreation as recreation: the percentage of children in the [...]
by Nicole Martinelli Retired factory worker Salvatore Zedda, 58, makes for an unlikely pop star. However unlikely, his “song,” a sampling of calls he made to the help desk of an Internet provider made without his consent, has become an underground hit in Italy. It all started a few weeks ago when Zedda phoned Tiscali’s [...]
zoomata.com staff For Italian judges, if both spouses cheat the one who has an affair with a member of the same sex is the guilty one. In a case brought before the country’s Cassation court, because of her relationship with another woman a wife in Sicily was faulted with the breakup of her marriage. Judges [...]
zoomata.com staff How about laying some Brunello di Montalcino on your toast, or slathering Chianti on some cheese? The brainchild of Italian agronomist Giordano Cal?, “spreadable wine” comes in 20 flavors of the country’s best-loved vino, including Marsala, Morellino di Scansano, Zibibbo and Nero d?Avola.The creams, which have the consistency of jam, are at their [...]
zoomata.com staff It will be an especially loud mating season off Northern Italy’s Ligurian coast where whales have hit a new frequency to make themselves heard over noise pollution, an Italian government research group reported. For three years researchers with ICRAM, a research group of the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Cornell University, registered [...]
