Diego Maradona may have passed away almost two years ago, but in Naples, he most certainly lives on. This season, Napoli are the hot favorites to take the Serie A title, having drawn five points clear at the top with only 12 games played.

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Serie A Update: Napoli the Hot Favorites, Milan Struggles, and Tough Times for Lazio

Born on October 15th, 1920, Mario Puzo was an author, screenwriter, and journalist. He’s best known for writing crime novels about Italian American mobsters and the Sicilian Mafia. His most notable novel “The Godfather,” published in 1969, was adapted into the Francis Ford Coppola trilogy of the same name.  Puzo’s parents were Italian Immigrants from Pietradefusi, a

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Mario Puzo, The Greatest Italian American Novelist

On Monday, Matteo Salvini – Italy’s new infrastructure minister and leader of the right-wing populist party “La Lega”– announced his intentions to build a sprawling, multi-billion-euro bridge between Sicily and mainland Italy. The area he intends to build in has one the highest seismic risks in Europe.

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Italy rekindles dream to Build a Bridge Between Sicily and the Mainland

Last week, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Barilla Pasta, marketed as “Italy’s #1 Brand of Pasta, when two plaintiffs were allegedly misled to believe products made in Iowa and New York were actually made in Italy. A federal judge in California ruled that the lawsuit could move forward.

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Barilla Pasta sued over product not being made in Italy

The offer runs until May 2023In efforts to promote sustainable tourism, Friuli-Venezia Giulia – a region located in the far northeast of the country that borders Austria and Slovenia –  is paying tourists to visit its lands. The new tourism scheme, launched on October 7 by the local tourism board, runs until May 31, 2023

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Meet the Italian region that will pay you to visit 

The Italian folk song “Bella Ciao,” first sung by rice paddy workers more than a century ago, has grown into a symbol of hope and freedom across the globe. When Russia invaded Ukraine, two soldiers sang a Ukrainian version of “Bella Ciao” as they loaded bullets into a magazine.

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Bella Ciao: How an Italian Folk Song Became an Anthem of Revolution

Luxury Italian fashion house Prada made history this week by launching its first fine jewelry collection. Titled Eternal Gold, the line is composed of artisanal pieces made entirely from recycled gold. The collection aims to help drive change in sustainability and transparency practices across the fashion industry by guaranteeing that 100 percent of the gold used in their line is not only recycled but also responsibly sourced.

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Prada Launches First-Ever Fine Jewelry Collection

Netflix has announced the arrival of a new high-profile Italian original documentary series that will probe into a nearly 40-year-old cold case that shook Italian society and made headlines around the world. The series, called “Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi,” will premiere globally on Netflix on October 20.

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Netflix to Release New Documentary Series that Investigates 40-year-old Italian Cold Case

The Italian National Ice Hockey Team has named ex-NHL coach, Mike Keenan, as head coach, the Italian Ice Sports Federation announced. Keenan led eight teams in the National Hockey League over 25 years from 1984 through 2009.

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Mike Keenan to Coach Italian Olympic Ice Hockey Team, Led New York Rangers to 1994 NHL Stanley Cup Victory

Italy is moving forward with the candidacy process to have the Via Appia Antica, one of the earliest and most strategically important roads of the Ancient Roman Republic, added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.

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Italy seeks UNESCO World Heritage Status for Appian Way