Truffle prices up as Italian summer ruins crop
Telegraph: A long, dry summer has resulted in a bleak year for Italy’s prized white truffle. … leggi tutto (read all)
Howarth's new career in Italy is perfectly formed
Scotsman: FORMER Boroughmuir, Edinburgh and Glasgow player Calvin Howarth believes he made the best decision of his career when he signed for the Italian side […]
Italy crackdown on foreign crime
BBC: Italy gives local officials power to expel EU citizens in response to a crime wave blamed on foreign nationals. … leggi tutto (read all)
Judge rejects deportation plea over head’s killer
Guardian: Learco Chindamo, the killer of headteacher Philip Lawrence, cannot be deported to Italy when he is released from jail. … leggi tutto (read all)
Italy to expel outsiders viewed as dangerous
USA Today: An Italian woman lay in a coma, after suffering the most recent in a string of attacks. … leggi tutto (read all)
Melissa Reid snubs Curtis Cup to turn pro
Telegraph: Melissa Reid, the outstanding amateur of the year, is turning professional despite failing to win her players’ card at last week’s European women’s tour […]
Italy’s last old master gets his first major exhibition in 40 years
The Independent: For the fashionable gentleman in the mid-18th century, the ultimate style statement was to have a portrait painted by Pompeo Batoni, the most […]
IVF godfather’s test-tube baby
New Zealand Herald: NAPLES – One of Italy’s most infamous mobsters has fathered a daughter more than 20 years after he was jailed for life […]
Lawrence killer wins bid to stay
BBC: A High Court judge refuses a request to reconsider a decision to stop a murderer being deported to Italy. … leggi tutto (read all)
Truffle lovers will have to dig deeper
The Independent: “It’s the equivalent of grating a gold ingot over your plate of tagliatelle,” was the verdict of one Italian commentator. He was explaining […]