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Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Roma finalizing deal for Daniele Ghilardi
Roma has accelerated the transfer market, completing four incoming deals in just four days. As Leggo reports, following the arrival of El Aynaoui and the agreement reached with Ferguson, the Roman club has also finalized the arrivals of Ghilardi and Wesley. Ghilardi immediately agreed to a move to the capital. Negotiations with the Veneto club have been relatively quick: the Giallorossi will pay approximately €10 million, a figure that should also include the signing of youngster Cherubini. Ghilardi, fresh from excellent performances with the Under-21s and a declared target of clubs such as Cagliari and Atalanta, will fit into a defensive lineup that also includes Mancini and Ndicka.
CTV News
a day ago
- CTV News
Police: Father of missing Quebec girl charged with second-degree murder in her death
Police say Luciano Frattolin has been arrested in the murder of his daughter, 9-year-old Melina Frattolin, and explain the timeline of the murder.
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Condé Nast Traveler
2 days ago
- Condé Nast Traveler
The Cheapest Nicest Hotels in Venice
Venice hotels have long been associated with grand old palazzos-turned-luxury properties; from their opulent Gothic architecture and interiors swathed in Renaissance art to lavish suites featuring dazzling canal views. While the city inherently lends itself towards languorous stays at the grande dames, charming boutique stays at affordable (for one of Europe's most visited cities) prices are hidden in the labyrinth of cobblestone streets and small canals, offering the same immersive qualities that will make you feel stuck in time. Of all the affordable hotels in Venice, Italy, these are the nicest ones to know about, with prices starting from around $147 per night.
Forbes
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Wines From Four Italian Regions To Sample This Summer
The Italian wines listed below originate from the Veneto region in the northeast, Piedmont in the northwest, Emilia-Romagna on the northern/central eastern coast and Abruzzo on the central eastern coast. Additional information on wines from these producers is on my web log Vino Voices. Col Vetoraz. Valdobbiadene, Superiore de Cartizze. DOCG. 2024. 93+ points. This 11.5% sparkling wine made from Glera grapes using the charmat method originates in hills equidistant between the city of Venice and the Dolomite mountains. Wispy aromas of dry granite, meringue, limoncello. Brisk attack with fine bubbles, exploding mid palate with flavors of nectarines, banoffee pie and key lime pie. Brazen acidity, firm structure, semi-complex and a delicious accompaniment to prawns, crackers with hummus, or cacciatore chicken. Bold, gripping and well balanced. Confident, forward and an orchestra on the palate. Well done! Ambassadorial to Valdobbiadene. Vineyards in Valdobbiadene, Veneto, Italy getty Gianni Gagliardo. Tenuta Garetto. DOCG Nizza. Favà. 2021 92+ points. This 14.5% alcohol, 100% Barbera aged for 22 months in both concrete and wood casks. Complex and somewhat subdued aromas of dark mushrooms and cooked beef, with lavender, black cherries and red cherries. Sparky acidity on the attack, a landslide of fresh and ripe red fruit mid palate and a finish that lingers. Quiet tannins and dominant acidity. A rich gastronomic wine to pair with teriyaki beef or polenta with either bacon or mushrooms. Beguilingly different. Bersano. Cremosina. DOCG Nizza. 2022. 94+ points. This 14.5% alcohol Barbera includes aromas of red plums, wet earth, espresso, red cherries and eucalyptus. The mid palate is a swirling and juicy hit of cola, cherries, tarragon, sage, licorice and poppyseeds. Long finish that includes applesauce and roasted chestnuts. This is a balance between heft and fluidity, with gracious tannins and poised acidic undercurrents. Pair with butternut squash ravioli. Vineyards of Barolo, Piedmont, Italy getty Bersano. Cannubi Riserva. Barolo DOCG. 2017. 93-94 points. This 14% alcohol Barolo is the color of rum and orange juice. Beautifully perfumed nose—a floral and fresh spring garden with lilacs, roses and juniper. Firm tension between fruit and muscular tannins. Beefy yet creamy mouthful with rivulets of acidity enveloped by orange citrus. Pair with shish kebab or grilled lamb and orange sauce. Abruzzo Region Cantina Zaccagnini. Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. Riserva. DOC. 2020. 92 points. This dark 14% alcohol wine includes aromas of gum balls, leather, earth, stew, red plums and raspberries. A dark slumgullion of black and red fruit, anise and wild licorice flavors. Firm tannins and chewy chocolate brownies on the finish. Pair with cassoulet. Vineyards in Abruzzo, Italy. getty Emilia-Romagna Region Poderi dal Nespoli. Romagna Sangiovese Superiore. Riserva. 2021. 92-93 points. This 14% alcohol wine has aromas of smoke and sweetness, earth and orange grove, leather and licorice. Enticing, complex, overt and beguiling. Soft tannins covering deft and dusky dark fruit—well integrated flavors of wild fennel and red cherry with toned acidity. Pair with charcuterie or slumgullion. Additional notes on other wines from these producers can be found at my Vino Voices site here. Medieval castle in Cesena, Emilia Romagna, Italy getty
BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
'The village will die' - Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies
Winding down the narrow main street of his north Italian town, Giacomo de Luca points to the businesses that have closed: two supermarkets, a barbershop, restaurants – all with shutters drawn and faded signs above their pretty town of Fregona at the foot of the mountains is emptying out like many here, as Italians have fewer children and increasingly migrate to bigger places or move the local primary school is at risk and the mayor is worried."The new Year One can't go ahead because there are only four children. They want to shut it down," De Luca explains. The minimum class size to get funding is 10 children."The drop in births and in the population has been very, very sharp."The mayor calculates that the population of Fregona, an hour's drive north of Venice, has shrunk by almost a fifth in the past decade. By June this year there were just four new births and most of the 2,700 or so remaining residents are elderly, from the men drinking their morning prosecco to the women filling their bags with chicory and tomatoes at the weekly market. For De Luca, closing the school reception class would be a tide-turner: if the children leave Fregona to study, he fears they will never look he's been touring the surrounding area, even visiting a nearby pizza factory, trying to persuade parents to send their children to his town and help keep the school open."I'm offering to pick them up with a minibus, we've offered for children to stay at school until six in the evening, all paid for by the council," the mayor told the BBC, his sense of urgency obvious."I'm worried. Little by little, if things keep going like this, the village will die." Nationwide problem Italy's demographic crisis extends far beyond Fregona and it is the past decade, the population nationwide has contracted by almost 1.9 million and the number of births has fallen for 16 consecutive average, Italian women are now having just 1.18 babies, the lowest level ever recorded. That's under the EU average fertility rate of 1.38 and far below the 2.1 needed to sustain the its efforts to encourage childbirth, and much talk of family-friendly politics, Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government has been unable to stop the slide."You have to think a lot before having a baby," Valentina Dottor admits when we meet on Fregona's main square, her 10-month-old daughter Diletta cooing in a pushchair. Valentina gets an allowance of around €200 (£175) a month for Diletta's first year, but just missed out on the government's new Baby Bonus of €1,000 for children born in are new tax breaks, too, and longer parental Valentina now needs to return to work and says accessing affordable childcare is still very tough."There are not many babies, but not many kindergarten [places] either," she says. "I am lucky to have my grandmother take care of my daughter. If not, I don't know where I would leave her."That's why her friends are wary of motherhood."It's difficult - because of work, schools, the money," Valentina says. "There is some help, but it's not enough to have babies."It won't solve the problem." Self-help schemes Some companies in the Veneto region have taken matters into their own hands.A short drive down into the valley from Fregona is a big industrial estate filled with small and medium-sized firms, many run by a blast chiller manufacturer, spotted the parenting problem long ago and decided to act rather than lose valuable firm joined forces with seven others to create a creche a short walk from the factory floor – not free, but heavily discounted and convenient. It was the first of its kind in Italy. "Knowing I had the chance to put my son two minutes from here was very important, because I can reach him any time, very fast," one of the firm's finance bosses, Melania Sandrin, the creche she would have struggled to return to work: she didn't want to lean on her own parents, and state kindergartens won't generally take children for a full day."There's also a priority list… and there are few, few places," Melania Valentina, she and her friends delayed having children into their late 30s, keen to establish their careers, and Melania isn't sure she'd have a second baby, even now. "It's not easy," she childbirth, a growing trend here, is another factor in lowering of that is why CEO Katia da Ros thinks Italy needs to make "massive changes" to address its population problem."It's not the €1,000 payments that make a difference, but having services like free kindergartens. If we want to change the situation we need strong action," she says. The other solution is increased immigration, which is far more contentious for Meloni's than 40% of the workers at Irinox are already from abroad.A map on the factory wall dotted with pins shows they come from Mongolia to Burkina Faso. Barring an unlikely sudden surge in childbirth, Katia da Ros argues Italy – like Veneto – will need more foreign workers to drive its economy."The future will be like that." End of a school era Even immigration couldn't save a school in nearby month, Pascoli Primary shut its doors for good because there weren't enough pupils to sustain it. Just 27 children gathered on the school steps for a final ceremony marked by an Alpine bugler with a feather in his hat, who sounded the Last Post as the Italian flag was lowered."It's a sad day," Eleanora Franceschi said, collecting her 8-year-old daughter for one last time. From September, she'll have to travel much further to a different doesn't believe the falling birthrate alone is to blame: she says Pascoli school didn't teach in the afternoons, making life harder for working parents who then moved their children headteacher has another explanation."This area has been transformed because many people from abroad came here," Luana Scarfi told the BBC, referring to two decades of migration to the Veneto region with multiple factories and plenty of jobs. "Some [families] then decided to go to other schools where the immigration index was less high.""Over the years, we had lower and lower people who decided to come to this school," the headmistress says, in English, hinting at tensions.A UN prediction suggests Italy's population will drop by about five million in the next 25 years, from 59 million. It's ageing, too, increasing the strain on the measures to tackle that have so far only scratched the Eleanora argues parents like her need a lot more help with services, not just cash handouts, for a start. "We get monthly cheques but we need practical support, too, like free summer camps for the children," she says, pointing to the three-month school holiday from June that can be a nightmare for parents who work."The government wants a bigger population but at the same time, they're not helping," Eleanora says."How can we have more babies in this situation?"Produced by Davide Ghiglione.
