(by Denis Greenan). (ANSA) – Rome, September 29 – Giuseppe Tornatore`s Sicilian epic Baaria was picked Tuesday as Italy`s candidate for next year`s foreign film Oscar. “I`m very happy but also intimidated…it`s a big responsibility to defend the Italian colours because every country is represented by interesting films, there is so much variety,“ said Tornatore, [...]
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(ANSA) – Rome, September 29 – AS Roma on Tuesday unveiled plans to build a new stadium on the outskirts of the Italian capital. Roma President Rosella Sensi said the idea of the club having its own stadium, instead of renting one from the city council, had “always been at the centre“ of her late [...]
(ANSA) – Rome, September 29 – Giuseppe Tornatore`s Sicilian epic Baaria was picked Tuesday as Italy`s candidate for next year`s foreign film Oscar. The film, which broke Tornatore`s box-office opening record last weekend, beat four other contenders including Marco Bellocchio`s tale of Mussolini`s secret wife and son, Vincere; and Marco Risi`s story of a Naples [...]
(ANSA) – Vatican City, September 29 – Priests can use Facebook and other social networking sites to add to their flocks, the Vatican said Tuesday. Announcing the theme of next May`s Social Communications Day, it said priests should “consider new media a potentially great resource“. Facebook and similar sites could offer priests “a wealth of [...]
(ANSA) – Rome, September 29 – A `rotating room` built by Roman Emperor Nero to please his dinner guests has been unearthed, Italian archaeologists say. Excavations in the Domus Aurea (`Golden House`) on the Palatine Hill have revealed remains of a room experts think is the one described by the ancient historian Suetonius in his [...]
(ANSA) – Milan, July 23 – Inter Milan and Samuele Eto`o have reached a deal that will bring the Cameroon striker from Barcelona to the Serie A champions, his agent Josep Maria Mesalles said Thursday after two hours of talks with club directors. The news was confirmed by Inter`s technical director, Marco Branca. Mesalles said [...]
(ANSA) – Milan, July 23 – Inter coach Jose` Mourinho is “very happy“ that Cameroon striker Samuel Eto`o is coming to the Milan club, the club`s chairman Massimo Moratti said Thursday, dismissing rumours of a disagreement with the Special One in the Italian media. Inter and Eto`o agreed personal terms Thursday in a move that [...]
(ANSA) – Milan, July 23 – Standard & Poor`s rating agency on Thursday confirmed its BB+ rating and negative credit watch on Fiat`s long-term debt. The confirmation came on the same day that the Italian group announced that it would float a three-year euro bond on the Irish stock market. Fiat said the amount of [...]
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(ANSA) – Rome, July 23 – Farmers` association Coldiretti on Thursday brought dairy cows and pigs into shopping centres across the country as part of a three-day protest over foreign products being passed off as Italian. The cows were brought to “search supermarket shelves for milk and cheese that are really Italian“, Coldiretti said, although [...]
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(ANSA) – Florence, July 23 – Italian fashion houses will participate for the first time at CPD Dusseldorf, an international trade fair for womenswear and accessories, from July 26-28. A total of 22 Italian collections of women`s fashion, shoes and accessories will be on show from names including Bagutta, Re del Mare and Tropez. Antonio [...]
