The “supertomato” A team of researchers from Italy’s National Biomolecular Research Centre in Naples have created a “supertomato” to be called the “maxantia” which, they say, could help prevent prostrate and other cancers.
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Italy in anti-cancer discoveries
If you are going to be in or near Siena this Saturday, you will have a chance to see a faithful reconstruction of the medieval market that used to take place in the Piazza del Campo , or Palio Square.
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Medieval market in Siena
On Monday 1st March thousands of British ex-pats living in Italy tried to tune in to Sky Italia’s channel 138 to find, instead of their favourite programme on the BBC Entertainment [formerly BBC Prime] channel, a notice from Sky informing them that the channel was no longer available.
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Sky cuts BBC – British ex-pats up in arms
British student Meredith Kercher was killed without premeditation and in the absence of any feelings of rancour towards her on the part of the perpetrators, says the long-awaited Judges’ report.
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Amanda Knox: judges’ report published
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"
Archaeologists from Rome’s Tor Vegata University have found what could be the remains of the palace of Sextus Tarquinius , son of the last King of Rome, L.
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Palace of Sextus Tarquinius found
Italy’s Supreme Court, the Cassazione, has decided that motorists who need to “fare pipi” should no longer exercise their willpower until they reach a service station or a bar but may relieve themselves anywhere, even in public view.
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Any time, any place, anywhere
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
In a week which saw the setting up and speedy closure in Italy of a facebook group which encouraged the derision of children with Down’s Syndrome, a Milan court has found three Google officers guilty of invasion of the privacy of a Down’s Syndrome teenager who was shown being bullied in a 2006 video clip.
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Google three convicted