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'Extremely rare' Roman temple discovered on supermarket building site
30 August 2023 - Sarsina is a sleepy, rural town of barely 3,000 residents straddling the pristine Apennine mountains in Italy's Emilia Romagna region, surrounded by stunning views and grazing sheep. ...And though both locals and holidaymakers would agree that a rustic, slow-paced lifestyle is part of Sarsina's charm, its residents were nonetheless excitedly awaiting the construction of a development including a new supermarket, fitness center, and playground. But it was not meant to be -- at least, not as originally planned. (more)

Buried treasure, including nearly 200 Roman coins, found in Italy
1 May 2023 - Archaeologists in Livorno, Italy, are putting together the pieces of a great mystery that began with a stunning find. While hiking in a cleared area of a Tuscan forest northeast of Livorno, a member of the Livorno Paleontological Archaeological Group spotted a few glimmering coins in the dirt in November 2021. Upon closer inspection and excavation, researchers determined that the find included 175 silver Roman denarii coins. Nearly all were in good condition, making this one of the few hoards of ancient coins found intact, according to the group. (more)

Eni's Italian car sharing service goes electric
29 November 2022 - Eni is adding electric vehicles to its car sharing service in Italy's biggest cities as it deepens its partnership with automaker XEV, the energy group said on Tuesday [29 November]. (more)

Ancient sacred pool discovery aligns with the stars
29 April 2022 - An artificial lake off the west coast of Sicily was once one of the largest sacred pools in the ancient Mediterranean 2,500 years ago -- and it was aligned with the stars, according to new research. Previously, researchers thought the rectangular lake was a military harbor that participated in Mediterranean trade. But new excavations and research at the adjacent site of the ancient Phoenician island city of Motya revealed it the lake to be the heart of a circular, sprawling, religious sanctuary. (more)

Phoenician 'harbour' in Sicily revealed to be religious site aligned with stars
28 April 2022 - Off the west coast of Sicily lies the remains of the ancient city of Motya. There, a compound of temples and shrines offers a window into the life of Phoenician settlers who journeyed from Lebanon across the Mediterranean in the first millennium BC. While Motya has been studied for a century, the site is still giving up new secrets. Earlier this month a rectangular basin, long-believed to have served as an artificial harbor for protecting naval ships and participating in trade, was revealed to be something else entirely -- a religious site, designed and constructed to perfectly align with the stars. (more)

'I dream of bees': one boy's encounter with a swarm in Sicily led to a lifetime's devotion
14 April 2022 - Carlo Amodeo fell in love with Sicilian [Italy] black bees after being mesmerized by them as a child. He has spent more than 40 years finding and preserving them. Currently, there are more than 250 beekeepers taking care of Sicilian black bees along the western part of the island, as far away as possible from crops sprayed with pesticides. But it was a long journey to reach this point. ... In the early 2000s, Amodeo became the first and only official Sicilian black beekeeper on the National Register of Italian Honey Bee Breeders. (more)

An African immigrant's pizza wins global raves -- and overcomes Italian prejudices
10 February 2022 - Ibrahim Songne, an immigrant from Burkina Faso, opened a pizza spot called IBRIS in the Italian town of Trento. He overcame local prejudices -- and now has been named to a list of the world's top 50 pizzerias. Ibrahim's success is hardly due to lack of competition. Two other pizza places sit on the same block and another seven are within minutes' walk. (more)

By migrants for migrants: The new faces of Italian media (+ Thomson Reuters Foundation video)
27 January 2022 - Kilap Gueye and Abdellatif Yakoubou arrived in Italy at two very different moments in history. Gueye left Senegal and reached Sardinia in the early 2000s, where he established himself as a teacher and writer. Yakoubou, from Benin, landed on the island in 2014, at the start of what became Europe's biggest migrant crisis since World War Two. Their paths crossed when they joined 'Nois', a television news show set up by theatre company Sardegna Teatro and local online TV channel Eja TV, to be hosted by migrants and to explore the challenges they face. (more)

Italy approves new decree to keep cruise ships out of Venice lagoon
1 April 2021 - Italy's government has ruled that large cruise ships and container vessels must not pass close to Venice's historic centre and should instead dock in a different location to preserve the famed lagoon. 'Anyone who has visited Venice in recent years has been shocked to see these ships, hundreds of metres long and as tall as apartment buildings, passing through such fragile places,' Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said on Thursday [1 April]. (more)

Venice bans cruise ships from historic centre
1 April 2021 - Italian authorities have approved a ban on cruise ships entering the historic centre of Venice. The country's culture minister said on Wednesday [31 March] that the decision came in response to a request from UN cultural body UNESCO. Critics argue the ships cause pollution and erode the foundations of the city, which suffers from regular flooding. On Wednesday, Italian ministers agreed that large cruise and container ships would no longer be able to enter the city's Giudecca canal, which leads to the historic St. Mark's Square. (more)


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Italy: New study on Transcendental Meditation finds reduction of perceived stress and specific cerebral changes
31 July 2020 - Research conducted at IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca, Italy found that even a few months' practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM) has positive effects on psychological well-being, and that these effects are correlated with measurable changes in the brain. In the new study, published in the journal Brain and Cognition earlier this year, magnetic resonance imaging showed that the reduced anxiety levels perceived by those in the TM group are associated with specific changes in the connectivity between different cerebral areas which have an important role in the modulation of emotions and inner states. (more)

Italy: Bob Roth, David Lynch Foundation CEO, to keynote at 2018 Global Wellness Summit - October
19 July 2018 - The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), the annual gathering of leaders and visionaries to positively impact and shape the future of the US$3.7 trillion global wellness economy, has announced that Bob Roth, CEO of the non-profit David Lynch Foundation and one of the world's top experts on meditation, will keynote at the conference taking place 6-8 October in Cesena, Italy. Over the past 45 years, Roth has taught Transcendental Meditation (TM), a simple, evidence-based technique to calm the mind, to many thousands of people: from at-risk youth and inmates to CEOs, military leaders, and celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman, Katy Perry, Ellen DeGeneres, and Jerry Seinfeld. 'I'm excited to share new research findings and insights into why meditation needs to come out of the realm of philosophy and be categorized as serious and scientific medicine for the 21st century,' Roth said. (more)

Katy Perry, Bob Roth address international Vatican conference - 'Unite to Cure: A Global Health Care Initiative' - on Transcendental Meditation
4 May 2018 - On Saturday, 28 April, Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation (DLF), and world-renowned pop music star Katy Perry addressed the world's leading scientists and physicians, patients, ethicists and leaders of faith, government officials and philanthropists on the subject of Transcendental Meditation, at the international 'Unite To Cure: A Global Health Care Initiative' conference at the Vatican. The Cura Foundation's 4th International Conference was designed to 'create an open discussion and help speed cures for patients all over the world'. Roth, an expert on Transcendental Meditation, spoke about DLF's work bringing TM to at-risk youth worldwide. Katy Perry described the many good effects she has experienced in her life from practising Transcendental Meditation since 2010. (more)

Italy: Conference in Milan presents success of Consciousness-Based Education
7 May 2014 - The 1,500 seat conference venue was filled to capacity for the recent Scuola Senza Stress conference in Milan, Italy. The large audience was drawn to learn from distinguished education experts from Italy, the USA, and the UK, all about how Consciousness-Based Education can create 'stress-free schools', transforming the lives of students, educators, and families in Italy. The conference was endorsed by local officials in Milan, including Dr Guido Podesta, President of Milan Province, who gave the introductory speech at the conference, and also spoke in support of Stress-Free-Schools at an inaugural press conference held at the provincial palace. The Album of Events page of Global Good News is currently featuring a series of photos from this event. (more)

Italy: Educators present Stress-Free Schools to administrators, faculty, students, parents in Milan
5 February 2014 - The purpose of the recent Scuola Senza Stress (Stress-Free Schools) conference in Milan was to show how implementing Consciousness-Based Education could create stress-free schools, transforming the lives of students, educators, and families in Italy. The 1,500 seat hall was at near capacity for the event. Highlights of the conference were talks by educators, including Dr Ashley Deans, a long-time expert in Consciousness-Based Education, who described the benefits of incorporating the programme in schools. Giovanna Finocchiaro, pioneer of Scuola Senza Stress in Italy, shared her experiences with the programme at a school in Sicily. (more)

Italy: Local television interviews David Lynch about cinema, Consciousness-Based Education
5 February 2014 - In 2005 filmmaker David Lynch established the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace to ensure that every child, anywhere in the world, who wanted to learn Transcendental Meditation could do so. In Milan for the recent Stress-Free Schools conference, Mr Lynch was invited to appear on a popular local television channel. During the interview he spoke about the cinema as well as several of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's programmes to improve the quality of life both for individuals and the society--Transcendental Meditation, Consciousness-Based Education, and Stress-Free Schools. (more)

Italy: Stress-Free Schools conference draws Milan officials' praise for Consciousness-Based Education
5 February 2014 - A recent conference in Milan, Italy, focused on the effectiveness of Consciousness-Based Education, including the practice of Transcendental Meditation, in creating 'Stress-Free Schools'--Scuola Senza Stress--and transforming the lives of students, families, and the community as a whole. Distinguished speakers from Italy, the UK, and the USA included provincial president Guido Podesta, filmmaker David Lynch, founder of the David Lynch Foundation, which presented the conference at the provincial palace, and Giovanna Finocchiaro, a schoolteacher in Sicily and the pioneer of Stress-Free Schools in Italy. (more)

Milan, Italy: David Lynch talks Stress-Free Schools - Scuola Senza Stress - to promote harmony, peace
5 February 2014 - On a recent visit to Italy, world-renowned filmmaker David Lynch spoke at a conference about Stress-Free Schools, gave a live presentation about the conference on a nationally broadcast television programme, and met with local people who practise Transcendental Meditation. Everywhere his message was the same--encouraging implementation of Consciousness-Based Education in schools to promote national peace, harmony, and prosperity. (more)

Italy: Expanding programmes support development of consciousness and better quality of life
17 July 2013 - In the past year several new developments unfolded to improve the quality of life for Italians. A course in Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture was offered, more students enjoyed Consciousness-Based Education, and news of the Transcendental Meditation programme began to reach a wider audience across the country. (more)

Italy: National assemblies deepen knowledge and experience of meditation
17 July 2013 - In the past year, two large national assemblies in Italy have given people who practise Transcendental Meditation special opportunities to deepen their understanding of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Vedic Science. At the same time participants enjoyed creating a coherent, peaceful influence in the environment while accelerating their development of consciousness through group practice of Transcendental Meditation and its advanced technologies of consciousness. The assemblies were held in Castel San Pietro Terme, a renowned spa town near Bologna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. (more)


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How toxic air is affecting mental health in Rome
1 December 2023 - Each passing week there seems to be a strengthening in the evidence that air pollution harms our health. Now research in Rome has revealed the impact of air pollution on our mental health. ...They[researchers] found that people living in areas with higher particle pollution had a greater chance of developing schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety disorders. (more)

Red fire ant colonies found in Italy and could spread across Europe, says study
11 September 2023 - Researchers identify 88 nests of destructive invasive non-native species near Syracuse in Sicily. An invasive non-native ant species has become established in Italy and could rapidly spread through Europe to the UK with global heating, a study warns. The red fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, has a powerful sting, damages crops, and can infest electrical equipment including cars and computers. (more)

Lack of snow condemns Italy's Po River to a desperately dry summer
25 April 2023 - Italy's largest river is already as low as it was last summer, with the winter snow fields that normally save it from drying up over the warmer months having receded by 75 percent, according to the Bolzano climate and environment agency. ...Navigation will soon become impossible if abundant rainfall doesn't arrive soon. The 652-kilometer (405-mile) Po River -- which runs from the northwestern city of Turin to Venice on the eastern coast - traverses Italy's most densely populated, highly industrialized and most intensively farmed part of the country, known as the Italian food valley. (more)

Italy faces new drought alert as Venice canals run dry
21 February 2023 - Weeks of dry winter weather have raised concerns that Italy could face another drought after last summer's emergency, with the Alps having received less than half of their normal snowfall, according to scientists and environmental groups. (more)

Italian economy faces threat from climate change - central bank
20 October 2022 - Rising temperatures risk stunting the growth of the Italian economy over the coming decades, with sectors such as agriculture and tourism among the hardest hit, a Bank of Italy research project said on Wednesday [19 October]. Italy is already feeling the effects of a changing climate and in July, the government declared a state of emergency in areas surrounding the river Po in the north. The Po valley accounts for roughly a third of the country's agricultural production and has been suffering its worst drought for 70 years. (more)

Italy's Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought
13 August 2022 - Italy's worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country's largest lake, to near its lowest level ever recorded, exposing swaths of previously underwater rocks and warming the water to temperatures that approach the average in the Caribbean Sea. (more)

Mario Draghi resigns, plunging Italy into political turmoil
21 July 2022 - Italy will hold a snap national election on Sept. 25 after Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned following the collapse of his national unity government, sending tremors through financial market. It will be the first autumn national election for more than a century in Italy, where the second half of the year is normally taken up with getting the budget law through parliament. It is likely to be a fractious campaign fought in the fierce summer heat in a drought-hit country. (more)

Italians wait for rain where longest river runs dry
9 July 2022 - On a farm in northern Italy not far from the Adriatic Sea, Giampaolo Bassi's crops are in trouble. 'Salty water is killing the plants because they can't stand such a high concentration,' the 32-year-old says. Giampaolo has had problems with salt in the water before, but not like this. It's all linked to the region's worst drought in 70 years -- the result of a lack of rain and snow since winter and higher temperatures. The River Po, along with its tributaries, is a lifeline for communities across northern Italy. (more)

Italy's drought-hit farmers face sea water threat
29 June 2022 - The worst drought in 70 years has meant salt water from the Adriatic sea is flowing back into the sluggish Po, Italy's longest river, doing further damage to crops hit by an early summer heatwave. The flow of sea water into the Po makes irrigation almost impossible in parts of Italy's agricultural heartland, as it risks burning the already parched crops. ... The river is suffering the effects of a lack of winter snow compounded by a baking early summer. (more)

Milan to turn off fountain spigots as drought bakes Italy
25 June 2022 - The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday [25 June] turning off the spigots of public decorative fountains and the city's archbishop prayed for rain in a tour of churches as northern Italy endures one of its worst droughts in decades. (more)

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