Archive for the ‘Italy’ Category
Why now is the ideal time to invest in Italian property
Posted in Italy12th July, 2016
If you are still pondering whether to invest in the Italian property market, many experts think there is no better time. There are so many signs that point to this summer in Italy presenting a safe opportunity for investment. News and speculation on...
Alassio's fine idea
Posted in Italy,News from Italy andLiguria24th September, 2008
Of all the ways to boost flagging tourism over summer it was arguably one of the most innovative. In the Italian Riviera resort of Alassio – a few miles north of Imperia along Liguria's coast – tourists and other motorists who parked illegally go...
The Obelisk of Axum
Posted in Italy andNews from Italy7th September, 2008
It’s been a 71-year-long odyssey, but the Obelisk of Axum, which for decades stood proudly in Rome, has pride of place once more in its ancestral African home. The 1,700-year-old monument, looted when Italy’s Fascist troops occupied the-then Abyssini...
Italy’s Alitalia crisis
Posted in Italy andNews from Italy14th August, 2008
The news gets little better for Italy’s ailing Alitalia. The Italian state airline saw the number of passengers it carried in the first half of 2008 fall 16 per cent compared with the same period in 2007. European airline chiefs point to the depress...