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THE WASHINGON POST. government-mandated report has confirmed what many Italians long suspected: The $14,355 that Italian lawmakers make each month far outpaces what their peers in some of Europe’s largest economies get. (Read the article)
HUFFINGTON POST. Lidia Bastianich is one of my personal heroes and, in a moment's notice, I would lead the campaign to make her our next Ambassador to Italy. (Read the article)
ANSA. Italians spent 2.3 billion euros on Christmas Eve fish dinners and meat-based Christmas lunches, farm association Coldiretti said Friday. (Read the article)
ANSA. Milan. Respected journalist Giorgio Bocca died on Christmas Day at the age of 91, his family said Monday. Bocca, a former WWII partisan and a rigorous critic of Italian society, was widely considered among the greatest journalists of his generation. (Read the article)
Thegeorgetowndish.com. Italy's new ambassador to the United States will be Claudio Bisogniero. It is expected he will take up the post on Feb. 6, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (Read the article)
NEW YORK TIMES. It’s not quite a pairing to rival the spaghetti western, but it’s not far off: In Navigli, a trendy neighborhood in Milan, one of the most popular restaurants is an American-style steakhouse. (Read the article)
ANSA. urin has been declared Italy's most environmentally sustainable city. The northern metropolis came top of a ranking compiled by the Euromobility association ahead of Venice in second place and Milan in third. (Read the article)
ANSA. A collection of writings and drawings by Renaissance great Michelangelo is now available on iPad thanks to a new app put together by the Vatican Library, the National Geographic Channel and Italian marketing firm Froggy. (Read the article)
ANSA. December 22 - Italian spending on Christmas presents fell 8.1% this year, Milan's Bocconi University reported Thursday. (Read the article)
ANSA. Provocative former Benetton photographer Oliviero Toscani is courting fresh scandal with his 2012 calendar for a leather-tanning consortium showing close-ups of 12 penises. (Read the article)