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Custom Teaser:  One of the shocks you can receive when you move house, even within in your own country, is that suddenly you are unknown to the people around you and you can start to feel “invisible”. When you move abroad, that sensation is much stronger… Words by Pat Eggleton One of the shocks you can receive when you move house, even within in your own country, is that suddenly you are unknown to the people around you and you can start to feel “invisible”

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Patti Chiari – My "Other Place"

Custom Teaser:  Prices remain steady in Venice and the Colli Euganei but, throughout the region, savvy buyers have greater room for negotiation… Words by Carla Passino Stability is the name of the game in Veneto’s most sought after areas

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Good opportunities available in ‘stable’ Veneto property market

Immigrant workers in sixty Italian towns will strike today in protest at recent racist attacks, exploitation and inhumane working and living conditions . Their aim is to show that immigrant labour is essential to the Italian economy and they will hold demonstrations in town centres, along with Italians who support them.

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1st March – a day without us

Custom Teaser:  Ten tasty ideas on how to get the best from Italy’s ‘Green Heart’. Words and Pictures by Germaine Stafford Ten tasty ideas on how to get the best from Italy’s ‘Green Heart’.

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Foodie fun in Umbria

Custom Teaser:  In his restaurant ‘Il Convivio Troiani’ just a few steps from Rome’s Piazza Navona, chef Angelo Troiani lets Germaine Stafford into a few secrets.. We also included two videos that show how to cook Bucatini all’Amatriciana, buon appetito! Words and Images by Germaine Stafford Sitting in the cosy lounge area of Il Convivio, Angelo Troiani explains that what is now one of Rome’s most important restaurants began as an adventure.

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Bucatini pasta all’Amatriciana

Italy’s newest aircraft carrier the Cavour, launched in 2004 but not fully operational until last year, arrived in Haitian waters on 1st February. It forms part of “Operation White Crane”, Italy’s relief effort in Haiti.

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Pride of Italian Navy helping in Haiti

Custom Teaser:  Having decided it was “now“ rather than “never” that I would make the move to Italy in 2005, I had sold my house and given in my notice at work. So it was time to make the travel arrangements and those centred not around me, but around my precious dog, Simone Eggleton de Beauvoir [Simi]. Words by Pat Eggleton Having decided it was “now“ rather than “never” that I would make the move to Italy in 2005, I had sold my house and given in my notice at work.

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Patti Chiari – Have dog, will travel

Custom Teaser:  River Cafe’s Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray share some favourite recipes from a memorable February trip to Italy’s Riviera… Words and Images by Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray

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Chickpea pancake with rosemary

Torrential rain in the South has left the small town of Maierato, in Vibo Valentia Province, Calabria, “like a ghost town”, Ansa reports. 300 residents were evacuated yesterday after a whole section of hillside broke off and came hurtling down onto the town and this morning the Mayor, Sergio Rizzo, took the decision to evacuate the rest of the town’s 2,300 residents.

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Landslides in Calabria and Sicily

Torrential rain in the South has left the small town of Maierato, in Vibo Valentia Province, Calabria, “like a ghost town”, Ansa reports.

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Landslides in Calabria and Sicily