The Villa Borghese Gallery in Rome, which has works by Bellini and Caravaggio and includes Raphael’s Deposition, now boasts an exhibition of photographs of Sarah Palin. The show runs for several weeks and you can get a taxi from the airport.
A series of rape cases has alarmed the public and engendered an anti-immigrant feeling. The Justice Ministry has confirmed that whilst the rapes in large cities had been committed largely by immigrants, overall in Italy most rapists were Italian.
Tests in the waters around Sicily are showing that an anti barnacle paint applied to the hulls of ships may be causing molluscs to change sex.
The San Remo festival, Italy’s private Eurovision Song contest (Italy, to its credit, does not belong to Eurovision) had been threatened with closure unless its audience ratings improved, and to the delight of all, pulled 50% of prime time viewing, against 18% for its nearest rival. The winner was Marco Carta with a forgettable song.
The largely charisma-free Walter Veltroni has resigned as head of the centre left Partito Deomcratico after disastrous losses to Berlusconi’s PdL, most recently in Sardegna. The new leader will be Dario Franceschini
18,500 people descended on Venice for Carnival, adding to more than 10,000 already there. The annual festival seems to be losing popularity, with nearly half of all Milanese, Florentines and Palermitans ready to cancel it. Carnival is most popular in Naples.
This past week has not only been the coldest of the winter in Rome but also the coldest in the past 100 years. However the coldest day so far this winter was said to have been on January 14, when it was fractionally below zero.
A series of rape cases has alarmed the public and engendered an anti-immigrant feeling. The Justice Ministry has confirmed that whilst the rapes in large cities had been committed largely by immigrants, overall in Italy most rapists were Italian.
Tests in the waters around Sicily are showing that an anti barnacle paint applied to the hulls of ships may be causing molluscs to change sex.
The San Remo festival, Italy’s private Eurovision Song contest (Italy, to its credit, does not belong to Eurovision) had been threatened with closure unless its audience ratings improved, and to the delight of all, pulled 50% of prime time viewing, against 18% for its nearest rival. The winner was Marco Carta with a forgettable song.
The largely charisma-free Walter Veltroni has resigned as head of the centre left Partito Deomcratico after disastrous losses to Berlusconi’s PdL, most recently in Sardegna. The new leader will be Dario Franceschini
18,500 people descended on Venice for Carnival, adding to more than 10,000 already there. The annual festival seems to be losing popularity, with nearly half of all Milanese, Florentines and Palermitans ready to cancel it. Carnival is most popular in Naples.
This past week has not only been the coldest of the winter in Rome but also the coldest in the past 100 years. However the coldest day so far this winter was said to have been on January 14, when it was fractionally below zero.
There is new excitement that work might begin this year on the Messina Bridge. Don’t hold your breath, though.
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