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1 week ago | 
italymagazine.com | Alexa Ahern
After United States President Donald Trump announced “reciprocal” tariffs for 60 trade partners around the world on April 2, the European Union, slapped with 20% tariffs on all goods, approved retaliatory measures on Wednesday of this week. But that all changed when, just a few hours later, Trump announced a 90-day pause on his sweeping tariffs for many countries, and the EU likewise paused its retaliatory proposal.
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2 weeks ago | 
wetheitalians.com | Alexa Ahern
BY: Alexa AhernMuch of the world's eyes are on Milan as Design Week gears up for kickoff, but city leaders and businesspeople are counting down to an even bigger event: the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, which are less than a year away. The region is abuzz as ticket sales prepare to launch on April 8 ( Paralympic event tickets are already available).
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2 weeks ago | 
italymagazine.com | Alexa Ahern
Much of the world’s eyes are on Milan as Design Week gears up for kickoff, but city leaders and businesspeople are counting down to an even bigger event: the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, which are less than a year away. The region is abuzz as ticket sales prepare to launch on April 8 (Paralympic event tickets are already available).
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1 month ago | 
wetheitalians.com | Alexa Ahern
BY: Alexa AhernIt wasn't until 1861 that Italy became a united nation. It would be another 30 years before Pellegrino Artusi got people thinking about the country's culinary identity. In 1891, Artusi published La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene - Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well, a cookbook compiling 475 recipes from the diverse culinary traditions across Italy.
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1 month ago | 
italymagazine.com | Alexa Ahern
It wasn’t until 1861 that Italy became a united nation. It would be another 30 years before Pellegrino Artusi got people thinking about the country’s culinary identity. In 1891, Artusi published La scienza in cucina e l’arte di mangiar bene — Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well, a cookbook compiling 475 recipes from the diverse culinary traditions across Italy.
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1 month ago | 
thelocal.it | Alexa Ahern
Cambio di residenza
When you change your address in Italy, one of the very first things you’ll need to do is request an official residency change (cambio di residenza), which notifies local authorities of your new location.
Some municipalities (comuni) allow you to do this via email by attaching the necessary documents. You can usually find the email address dealing with residency requests on the comune’s website.
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1 month ago | 
thelocal.it | Alexa Ahern
The average standard of healthcare in Italy is fairly high: the country has been ranked among the nations with the best healthcare systems in the world in surveys published by the World Health Organisation, Bloomberg and World Population Review.
But not all of Italy's hospitals - or regional healthcare systems - are rated equally.
The latest World’s Best Hospitals ranking from Newsweek magazine and global data firm Statista has revealed which of Italy’s hospitals are seen as the best.
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1 month ago | 
thelocal.it | Alexa Ahern
Maybe Italian isn’t your strong suit yet, but learning this word will take you one step closer to proficiency.
Cavallo di battaglia (hear it pronounced here) literally means ‘battle horse’ or ‘war horse’, but Italians use it to refer to anything that they excel at.
There are different ways you can translate this into English depending on the context.
In general, you could say that your cavallo di battaglia is your ‘strong suit’ or ‘forte’.
Sono molto brava in matematica.
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1 month ago | 
thelocal.it | Alexa Ahern
Caravaggio 2025 exhibition, Rome, March 7th-July 6th
The National Galleries of Ancient Art and Galleria Borghese have partnered up to offer one of the largest-ever displays of Caravaggio’s works this spring as part of celebrations for the Catholic Church's Jubilee year.
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2 months ago | 
thelocal.it | Alexa Ahern
The company London St Pancras Highspeed, which owns the station, and French operator Getlink want to increase international high-speed rail travel between the UK capital and the European mainland in a new partnership.
This will open the door for a direct London to Milan train connection.
Services likely wouldn’t start before 2030, given tht potential operators need time to acquire trains and permissions to operate internationally.
