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September 2018 Events
September 2018
Aug. 29 - Sept. 8 – Venice Film Festival. The 75th Venice International Film Festival will take place at Venice Lido with a premise to raise awareness and promote international cinema in all its forms as art, entertainment and as an industry. The...
David Hasselhoff married his girlfriend Hayley Roberts in the Puglia region
September 2018
Former “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff (66) married his Welsh girlfriend, Hayley Roberts (38), in the Puglia region in the south of Italy this past July. The two met when Roberts asked Hasselhoff for an autograph and he, in turn, asked for her...
Fashion powerhouse Prada has returned to profit growth
September 2018
Fashion powerhouse Prada has returned to profit growth after years of declining sales. The Italian luxury goods brand finally followed suit of its competitors by upgrading its retail network and developing digital technologies while revamping...
A bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games would see three cities hosting the event
September 2018
On August 1, the Italian Olympic Committee voted to ratify a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games that would see three cities hosting the event for the first time. The bid proposes that Milan, Turin and Cortina (d’Ampezzo) as hosts for the Olympic...
Human remains and ski equipment were found 3,000 meters high in the Alps
September 2018
In 2005, human remains, ski equipment including wooden skiis and glasses were found 3,000 meters high in the Alps in Italy’s Aosta region near the Swiss border. The remains could not be identified so investigators took to sharing the story on...
Italian submarine sunk during WWI found after more than 100 years
September 2018
An Italian submarine accidentally sunk by a British warship during WWI has been found after more than 100 years. The ship was found off the coast of the small island of Capraia, north of Elba in the Tyrrhenian Sea by two Italian navy minesweepers...
Italy in August
August 2018
Ferragosto, the traditional holiday dating back to the times of Emperor Augustus, technically runs from August 15 to September 1. During this time, many Italian families take their holidays and stores and restaurants (particularly the small,...
Annual Andrea Rose Teodosio Memorial 5K
August 2018
Over 350 runners and walkers took to the streets of downtown Akron on Saturday, July 14, 2018 for the Eight Annual Andrea Rose Teodosio Foundation 5K and 1 Mile Walk. Over $30,000 was raised for the Foundation’s charitable purposes. The race...
Vincenzo Antonio Manno 1949-2018
August 2018
Si è recentemente spento il tenore americano di origine italiana Vincenzo Antonio Manno. Dopo aver completato gli studi musicali all’Oberlin College ed al Cleveland Institute of Music, grazie a una borsa di studio Fulbright Manno si è specializzato...
Italy mourns the death of Giuseppina Projetto, dubbed the "grandmother of Italy"
August 2018
As Italy mourns the death of Giuseppina Projetto (1903-2018), dubbed the “grandmother of Italy,” the country, at the same time, is celebrating “Nonna Peppa,” now the oldest woman in Europe. Maria Giuseppa Robucci, Nonna Peppa, is 115-years-old and...