Abruzzo
500 Italian Santas Run for Charity
The Babbo Natale run/walk raised funds for children in the Horn of Africa.
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Share Your Italian Story: Finding My Grandparents' Villages in Abruzzo
My lifetime To-Do List is filled with dreams of great adventures, but none so personal as the wish to find my grandparents' villages in the remote hill country in central Italy. No glamorous big cities here, just hard-scrabble farmland surrounding small hilltop villages.
Read MoreRooting out prostitution
Angelo Di Paolo, the Head of Public Works in the Abruzzo region, is a man known for his ability to take tough decisions and he has not disappointed with his new scheme for cutting prostitution along the Strada provinciale 1, the Bonifica del Tronto Road, which runs along the Tronto river.....
Read MoreSwear words a crime in work arguments, rules Court
Italy’s Supreme Court, the Cassazione, ruled yesterday that the use of swear words in arguments at work is a crime.
Read MoreFoodie Fun in Abruzzo and Molise
Ten fun ways to enjoy two of Italy’s least touristy regions...
Read MoreHouses for quake victims ready by September, Berlusconi
Houses for 3,000 people left homeless by the April 6 earthquake in the Abruzzo capital of L'Aquila and surrounding villages will be ready by mid September, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday.
Read MoreQUAKE: Pope to visit Abruzzo
Pope Benedict XVI will visit the quake-stricken Abruzzo capital of L'Aquila and a neighbouring village on Tuesday, accompanied by some 400 journalists from around the world.
Read MoreQUAKE: 'Nobody to be forced home', mayor
The mayor of quake-stricken Abruzzo capital L'Aquila said Monday that nobody will be forced to return to their homes once he issues a preliminary list of inhabitable houses later in the day.
Read MoreQUAKE: 56% of houses inhabitable so far
Around 56% of houses and buildings inspected so far in the area of Abruzzo hit by the April 6 earthquake are inhabitable, the Civil Protection Department said Monday.
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