Archive for the ‘Abruzzo’ Category
10 pitfalls to avoid when buying a property in Italy
Buying a dream home in Italy has rarely been easier or more desirable, especially with the pound strengthening against the Euro, Italian taxation changes that have made the buying process cheaper and falling property prices.Throw in the chance to swa...
Italy to house G8 leaders in cop barracks
Posted in Abruzzo andNews from Italy21st May, 2009
Leaders of the world's 20 richest nations may have thought they had it tough when they had to turn up for April's G20 summit at London's ExCeL centre, swamped by a bleak grey sea of concrete in a desolate, windswept corner of the capital's Docklands ...
Italian earthquake: Prosecutors ponder murder charges
Posted in Abruzzo andNews from Italy19th April, 2009
To help victims of the Italian earthquake, you can donate via the British Red Cross (phone 0845 054 7201) or their Italian equivalent (in Italian) Murder charges may be brought against constructors responsible for badly constructed buildings that c...
Hundreds die in Italy quake
Posted in Abruzzo andNews from Italy7th April, 2009
As of the time of writing 0730GMT, April 7), at least 179 people are known to have lost their lives in Italy’s deadly earthquake. Another 1,500 have been left injured and at least 17,000 homeless. Some 34 remain unaccounted for. The quake struck jus...
Gran Sasso Mountains of Abruzzo
Posted in Abruzzo20th December, 2008
Mediterranean seas, Dolomite rocks, Scandinavian snow. Italy’s Gran Sasso mountains are almost an exaggeration in their size, their contrast of colours, their testimony to the cold, stark magnificence of Mother Nature. This giant mountain range in ...