Archive for July, 2009
Web TV: Keeping Animals Cool in the Roman Heat
by Ashley Zilka (reporter) | Friday, July 31st, 2009
Rome, Italy, July 23, 2009 - With the scorching Roman summer in full force, extra measures are being taken to keep animals cool at the city zoo. These additional precautions are necessary when it comes to keeping the animals healthy and happy.
Ticket-checking Tales on the Fiumicino Express
by Bezdomny (columnist) | Friday, July 31st, 2009
A perplexed American struggles with his conscience on the Termini/Fiumicino express train, answering the question we should never have to ask – ‘to pay or not to pay’?
Political Split over Dialect in the Classroom
by Anthony Smith (staff) | Thursday, July 30th, 2009
A proposal by the Northern League party that teachers be required to pass exams on their knowledge of local history, tradition and dialect has sparked a controversy over constitutional rights.
Italian or Scottish water, Edinburgh restaurant decides
by Caroline Prosser (staff) | Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
An Edinburgh Italian restaurant chain is giving its customers the chance to decide which water to have on their menu - Italian mineral water or plain Scottish tap water.
Tourists seeking Capri arrive at Carpi
by Caroline Prosser (staff) | Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
A GPS typing error resulted in a 650 km journey off course for two Swedes after mistakenly typing Carpi - an industrial town in the north of Italy - instead of Capri, the famed island in the gulf of Naples.
