News Archive: 2009: quirky and amusing
03, 2009 December:
Move over Spanglish, it's Itanglese!
A translation company which has researched the use of English words in Italian business documentation has found that the use of English terms in the Italian language has increased by a staggering 773% in eight years...
16, 2009 November:
Techie holy water
An enterprising Italian inventor has patented an automatic holy water dispenser for use in Catholic churches. Some parishes in northen Italy have already installed the fonts and many more all over the country are expected to follow suit...
05, 2009 November:
They call it puppy love
In these hard times, Italian vets are witnessing a new form of dependency, that of dog-owners to their four-legged friends...
05, 2009 October:
Cheesy feat
The small town of Sala Consilina is quickly making a name for itself as the world record holder for the longest ever braid of mozzarella...
01, 2009 October:
Mafia joins facebook
Mafia has expanded on the Internet and reached Facebook, the social network website joined by uncountable users daily - among thousands of groups and fan pages on Facebook, mafia supporters have been taking their own spaces and promoting them...
23, 2009 September:
3D Rome created
Hundreds of thousands of holiday photos posted on Flickr have been used to create 3D models of European cities - including the major sites of Rome...
21, 2009 September:
The Venice dentist
A group of dentists in the outskirts of Venice have founded the "Venice Dental Center" and are offering complete dental care packages...
17, 2009 September:
Miss Italy crowned
The three-day extravaganza that is the Italian national beauty pageant finished last night, crowning Maria Perrusi...
26, 2009 August:
Language of love
People have long been lusting over la dolce vita and Italy has successfully cultivated an image of beautiful people engaged in romantic trysts set against a backdrop of stunning country - so it's fitting that the rolling, passionate accents of the Italians have come out top in a new survey to find the most romantic language in the world...
Two-ticket hoax
A story published in the Italian press about a woman, Anna Delluci, suing the budget airline EasyJet after check in staff told her she was "too fat" to board a flight has been revealed to be a hoax...
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