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Italy’s coronavirus epidemic pounds economy as $1 TRILLION is wiped off the value of world stock markets over outbreak fears Infection fears from investors shaved 5.4 per cent off the Milan stock exchange Financial and industrial heartlands of Lombardy and Veneto are worst-affected More than $1 trillion was wiped off the value of world’s stock … Read more
The ticket seller at Sorrento’s ferry port looks up from his mid-morning snack and says: ‘I call this my island dream: prawns from the sea, lemon from the trees. Delizioso!’ Discovering a poet in a ticket kiosk is a good start to the day as I board the ferry for Ischia — one of three … Read more
Italy is best known for its picture-perfect cities, stunning lakes, incredible mountains and beautiful coastline. But its fairy tale-like forests are just as spellbinding- as these jaw-dropping images show. They were all snapped in enchanting woodland areas across Italy throughout the seasons and entered into the 2019 Experience Forests photo contest run by the Italian … Read more
Italy’s wild side! The rugged hills of Abruzzo are bursting with dramatic scenery and magnificent wildlife Wolves, bears, lynx and eagles all live in Italy’s unspoiled Abruzzo region It is located halfway down Italy between the Apennines and the Adriatic Sea Sample the excellent food, visit small towns and see some spectacular ruins By Jane … Read more
The choice of Matera as 2019’s European City of Culture will have astonished Italians of a certain age, although not those who have ever visited it. Fifty years ago, the city was designated the ‘national shame’ of Italy, embodying everything that was wrong with the impoverished south. But it was not true then and is little more … Read more