Italian News Snippets: 04.27.07
· BootsnAll
Some Italian news to get you through the weekend:
- Mediterranean diet holding firm – Most Italians still cling to traditional diet, not foreign junk food
- Trevi Fountain raiders nabbed – Two men were unsuccessful in their attempt to collect coins thrown in the fountain
- Falcons hatch on Florence Duomo – The first hatchlings are making their first public appearances
- Pope celebrates 80th birthday – He had lunch with cardinals and went to an evening concert
- Olive oil feels climate change – Warmer weather in the north has improved olive oil, while drying up parts of the southern crop
- Dolphin sanctuary opens in Genoa – Only marine mammal reserve in the Mediterranean
- Venice lifts ban on adverts – You may soon see advertisements on the sides of the city’s water buses