Italian extra virgin olive oil Olive Harvest – The cult of (extra virgin) olive oil. Depending on who you ask – Greeks, French, Spaniards or Italians – each will say they make the best olive oil. These disagreements even exist between Italians, though the hills stretching from Florence to Lucca are usually considered the finest region... »
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It’s good to be old in Italy
Istat (National Statistics Bureau of Italy) recently announced that Italy has the oldest population in Europe and the second oldest in the world after Japan. For every ten people aged 15 and under, there are 14 aged over 65, or in other words one... »
Italian titles
Are you a doctor, a lawyer or a knight? Italy is one of the few Western countries that has strange titles in front of people’s names. To be a Doctor in... »
Two Italies
Two Italies Browsing the forums of Italy Mag I was surprised to see postings from what seems like hordes of Anglo Saxon visitors swapping comments about buying or relocating... »
Italian fever
Italian Fever As we head out of winter along comes the season of spring colds. Now while in the UK or the US you may soldier on, we Italians reach... »
Italian Scooters
The Scooter: an Italian phenomenon The Italian police have declared war on the 10 million motor scooters of Italy. The town of Naples is leading the anti-illegal-scooters campaign using 200 officers... »
Italian Managers
The Italian Court of Cassation is defining what is permissible touching at work through a number of lawsuits being brought by female employees against their managers with wandering hands.... »
The Italian Art of the Gesture
The Italian Art of the Gesture Do you know what most amuses me about foreigners in Italy? How they try to communicate with the locals by imitating Italian hand gestures... »