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A Christmas tree lasted just 24 hours in Naples' most famous shopping arcade before someone stole it. By Friday moing, only a few branches, some baubles and a stump remained of the tree installed the day before in the Galleria Umberto I.  The thieves had removed the rest of the metres-high tree, decorations and all. Photos show a clean cut, suggested that the culprits may have been equipped with a chainsaw. The tree had been donated to the glass-roofed arcade by the Gran Caffè Gambrinus, one of Naples' oldest establishments, just the day before. It was "a present for Naples", the café said in a video inaugurating the decorations. It's not the first time that the Galleria Umberto has had its Christmas tree stolen, but this is believed to be a record for the shortest time a tree has lasted, according to Ansa.  In previous years police have found stolen trees – or bits of them – in the city's dense Spanish Quarters, waiting to be used in the traditional bonfires that Neapolitans lights around January 17th to celebrate Sant'Antonio Abate.  In 2015, a gang of youths got as far as stripping the arcade's tree of decorations and dra, ...ادامه مطلب

More than 8,000 migrants have been rescued in waters off Libya during the past 48 hours in difficult weather conditions, Italy's coastguard said Tuesday. "On Monday, we rescued about 5,000 people from four large boats, one smaller one and 18 rubber dinghies," a spokesman told AFP. People were pulled, ...ادامه مطلب

Some 5,000 migrants bound for Italy were rescued in waters off the coast of Libya between Thursday and Saturday moing by Italian and Libyan coastguards, statements from both countries said. Through Friday until Saturday moing, coastguard, ...ادامه مطلب

Hard on the heels of stoking anger over plans to open a restaurant in the Vatican, McDonald's has filed a $20-million lawsuit against Florence for blocking a proposed outlet in the city's most revered square. The US fast-food chain told AFP Monday it was claiming 17.8 million euros ($19.65 million) in damages after the city rejected an application to open an outlet in the historic Piazza del Duomo, one of the most visited places in Europe.McDonald's said the suit was being filed with the administrative court, which arbitrates in goveance disputes in Italy. The firm gave no other details.Florence's centre-left mayor, Dario Nardella, tued down McDonald's application in June, in a decision that was confirmed the following month by a technical panel in charge of preserving the city's ancient heart."McDonald's has the right to submit an application, because this is permitted under the law, but we also have the right to say no," Nardella told the city council, saying he wanted to support,mcdonalds,mcdonald's menu,mcdonalds breakfast menu,mcdonalds jobs,mcdonalds prices,mcdonalds careers,mcdonalds stock,mcdonalds salads,mcdonalds breakfast hours,mcdonalds calories ...ادامه مطلب

Hard-working pizza chefs cooked up a record-breaking 5,836 pizzas in around 12 hours in the southe region of Puglia. That's an impressive average of 550 pizzas an hour, or more than nine every minute. The previous record of 5,070 - which had been set in Chiasso, Switzerland, in June 2015 by the Naples Academy of Pizza - was broken after ten hours and 23 minutes, and the Pugliese chefs went on to bake a further 766 delicious pies. The record of pizza production was first established by employees of a Singaporean restaurant who made a total of 3,574, so the chefs will be pleased to bring the title back home. It was a team effort of 43 pizza-makers, many from Italy's association of qualified pizza chefs, who gathered in Martina Franca, in Puglia, southe Italy. The record attempt was the finale of the town's three-day pizza-themed celebration at the weekend, which saw a total of 11,000 pizzas baked and eaten. Not just any pie made the cut. A panel of pizza experts were on hand to asses,itt tech,itunes,it works,itunes download,italy,itunes store,it,it cosmetics,it follows,itunes login ...ادامه مطلب

Rudy Guede has been granted 36 hours temporary release from prison. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/The LocalRudy Guede, the man currently serving a 16-year jail sentence for the 2008 murder of 21 year old British exchange student Meredith Kercher, has been given 36 hours of temporary release from prison as a reward for good behaviour. It is thought that Guede will leave Viterbo's Mammagialla prison on Wednesday moing before retuing to his cell on Friday evening. The decision was made by a probate court in Rome, which overtued an initial decision by a court in Viterbo blocking the 29-year-old's release. “I will be able to feel the sun on my skin and be able to look out of the window without bars in front of my eyes,” La Repubblica reported Guede as saying after the ruling. “Thirty-six hours, each one of them precious – I thank everybody who has had faith in me,” he added. Guede is the only person to have been definitely convicted for Kercher's murder following the conviction, acquittal, re-conviction and eventual definitive acquittal of American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend, Rafaelle Sollecito. Guede, who arrived in Italy from the Ivory Coast when he was five, has consistently denied playing any part in the murder and claims to have been a scapegoat. Story continues below… But Knox, whose case over rights violations she allegedly suffered at the hands of Italian authorities during the investigation into the murder, was last week accepted by the European Court of Human Rights, told La Repubblica: "I'm upset by the fact that Guede has never shown any remorse and hope that whoever granted him permission [to take temporary release] did so only as part of a social reintegration programme." Guede has already served eight years in jail for the murder and will be eligible for parole in 2018.   Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب