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Oksana Lyniv first time female conductor at an Italian opera house
February 2022 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A female conductor will take the helm at an Italian opera house for the first time in January. The Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv said she was surprised to learn she was making history after receiving the offer from the Teatro Comunale opera...
The come back of Orient Express
February 2022 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The Orient Express will be returning to Italy after nearly 50 years. Last riding through Italy in 1977, when the Paris-Istanbul service ended, the luxurious passenger train will be back in 2023. Renderings of the new Orient Express La Dolce Vita,...
Naples Mayor bans fireworks Near Year’s Eve
February 2022 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi, signed an unprecedented ordinance for the Campania capital which imposed “a ban on the use of fireworks, firecrackers, barrels, rockets, and similar pyrotechnic devices throughout the city this past Near...
The Italian government refunding Cruise Companies
January 2022 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The Italian government announced it would pay 57.5 million euros in compensation to cruise companies affected by the decision to ban large ships from Venice's fragile lagoon. The new rules, which took effect in August, followed years of warnings...
Omicron found first case in Italy in early december
January 2022 | La Gazzetta Italiana
In early December, Italy said it had detected its first case of the new Omicron strain of Covid-19 in a traveler arriving from Mozambique earlier this month. A top laboratory “sequenced the genome from the positive sample of a patient coming from...
Paleontologists discovered the largest dinosaur skeleton
January 2022 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Paleontologists in Italy have discovered the largest and most complete dinosaur skeleton in the country’s history, along with the fossilized remains of a herd of 11 dinosaurs that are rewriting history. Singular dinosaur remains have been found...
Eitan come back in Italy
January 2022 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The six-year-old boy whose parents died in an Italian cable car crash flew from Israel to Italy last month after a drawn-out battle for custody, a family spokesman said. “After 84 days since he was illegally removed from his home, Eitan will now...
Ancient artifacts from Mexico found in Italy
December 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
In late October, Mexico recovered three ancient artifacts that were stolen and bound for auction in Italy as the Latin American country holds a global campaign to recover its art and relics. The items, which are more than 2,300-years-old, are a...
The “father of tiramisù” Aldo Campeol passed away
December 2021 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Ado Campeol, the man known as the “father of tiramisu,” died recently at the age of 93. Campeol's restaurant, Le Beccherie, has long been considered the birthplace of tiramisu, the sweet Italian dessert that has become a global favorite at the...
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