Italy

Speedskaters at the Winter Olympics are adapting to a new venue and its special ice

10:57am February 05, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Beijing repurposed some of the sites used in the 2008 Summer Games. The National Speed Skating Oval is the city's only new ice-sport venue built for the Winter Games.

Ibrahim Songne, an immigrant from Burkina Faso, opened a pizza spot called IBRIS in the Italian town of Trento. He overcame local prejudices — and now has been named to a list of the world's top 50 pizzerias.

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An African immigrant's pizza wins global raves — and overcomes Italian prejudices

8:52am January 30, 2022

by Ian Brennan

Ibrahim Songne's pizza place triumphed over local anti-immigrant sentiments — and now has earned a spot on a worldwide top 50 pizza list! To think — he didn't even like pizza when he first tried it.

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EU Parliament President David Sassoli dies at age 65

4:43am January 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Italian journalist had been hospitalized since Dec. 26 due to abnormal functioning of his immune system.

In this file photo from 2016, a bookshop owner in Pakistan shows a National Geographic magazine with the cover photograph of Afghan refugee woman Sharbat Gula. She arrived in Italy as part of the West's evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover

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The woman from National Geographic's famous 'Afghan Girl' photo is evacuated to Italy

11:53am November 25, 2021

by The Associated Press

Sharbat Gula arrived in Italy as part of the West's evacuation effort, Italy's government said Thursday. Premier Mario Draghi's office said Italy organized her evacuation after she asked for help.

An old mental hospital sits in Trieste's San Giovanni Park. The facility closed over 40 years ago, but its ocher pavilions are filled with activity.

A public mental health model in Italy earns global praise. Now it faces its demise

9:31am November 24, 2021

by Sylvia Poggioli

Trieste has a reputed approach to bringing people with mental illnesses out of hospitals and into the community. Now the region's hard-right politicians are breaking the system apart.

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Anti-riot police officers face demonstrators trying to reach the Chigi Palace government office in Rome during a protest Saturday against green pass.

Pelosi's trip to Rome was disrupted by violent anti-vaccine mandate protests

8:46am October 12, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had to be escorted from a Mass in Rome on Saturday after major protests against Italy's new vaccine mandates broke out.

Italy Is Making COVID-19 Health Passes Mandatory For All Workers

1:26pm September 17, 2021

The "green pass" will show whether a person has been vaccinated, recently recovered from COVID, or tested negative for the virus. Workers failing to present a pass will be suspended without pay.

Susanne Seghayer, 24, from Trieste. Born from Libyan father and Friulian mother. Today she is a young sound engineer with a very strong passion for cinema.

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A Once-Forgotten Port Of Italy Is Alive With A Diverse Cultural And Literary Legacy

2:53pm July 30, 2021

by Sylvia Poggioli

Overshadowed by nearby Venice, the lesser-known city of Trieste is one of Italy's great destinations and once the stomping ground of great writers like James Joyce.

In a TV landscape where racial insensitivity is rampant, Zero stands out for depicting Italy's increasingly multicultural society. The series is "opening up a door in Italy that was just waiting to be opened," says lead actor Giuseppe Dave Seke.

In New Italian Netflix Series 'Zero,' A Black Hero Makes Invisibility His Superpower

4:21pm May 27, 2021

by Sylvia Poggioli

The series is Italy's first with a majority Black cast. Lead actor Giuseppe Dave Seke tells NPR that Zero is "opening up a door in Italy that was just waiting to be opened."

The Italian Culture Ministry said the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo was "one of the most significant places in the world for the history of Neanderthals."

'An Extraordinary Discovery': Archeologists Find Neanderthal Remains In Cave Near Rome

2:03pm May 09, 2021

by H.J. Mai

Archeologists unearthed the remains of nine Neanderthals, dating from 50,000 to 100,000 years ago, in a discovery the Italian culture minister said will be "the talk of the world."