Italian teachers’ salaries are among the lowest in Europe: Italy in Eurydice data
The topic of salaries and salary disparities in Italy is always central to the debate, but in a few sectors ...
7 words of Arabic origin that we use every day: from sugar to carafe
The Italian language is full of words that have come from far away and some are so common that they ...
What are shitstorms, storms of insults: the causes of the phenomenon, how to contain them and famous cases
The shitstorm – in Italian “media pillory” – they are one of the most widespread phenomena on the web nowadays. ...
Our relationship with sugar: types, WHO guidelines and free sugars
Since we are children we learn to associate dessert with gratification, with a prize. Then, as we grow up, our ...
Extreme heat in Italy costs up to 12 billion a year, 0.4% of GDP: Confesercenti’s alarm
Between 6 and 12 billion euros a year. This is the bill that extreme heat presents to the Italian economy ...
Umberto I of Savoy, the assassination at the hands of Gaetano Bresci on 29 July 1900 that changed Italy
The regicide of Umberto I of Savoy, then King of Italy, was carried out on 29 July 1900 in Monza ...
Excise duty cut on diesel, 17 cent discount until 6 August: how much you really save
From midnight on 28 July until 6 August, diesel will cost 17 cents less per litre, a cut which is ...
The border between Italy and France is 515km long: why it was revised after World War II and map
The Italian-French border is 515km long. It is located largely in the Alps, connecting Piedmont and the Aosta Valley with ...
Adam and Eve’s forbidden fruit was not an apple: origins in the Bible, myths and interpretations
The fruit of the Garden of Eden, eaten by Adam and Eve, was not an apple. Or rather, the book ...
Why the fires in Spain and France are so difficult to put out: over 325,000 people evacuated
Mediterranean Europe is in the grip of fires: in Spain and France over 325,000 people have been evacuated, with the ...
