The Crazy Cat Café opens in Milan, the coffee bar with cats to cuddle
Enjoying cats’ purr whilst sipping a coffee. Milan will be home to Lombardy’s first cat café.
It’s Earth Week, to get to know our planet’s past and future
In tutta Italia sette giorni dedicati alla geologia e alla scoperta dell’affascinante storia naturale del nostro pianeta.
The horror inside a slaughterhouse
L’azienda di macellazione bresciana è stata chiusa per le incredibili violenze perpetuate ai danni degli animali e per la carne infetta.
Bologna, what to do in 36 hours according to The New York Times
A New York Times journalist spent 36 hours in Bologna and was amazed by the city’s art and culinary traditions as well as its modernity. What to do in just three days in this Italian gem.
Italians want gay couples to be recognised, but the government hesitates
3 Italians out of 4 want the state to legally recognise gay couples. But the government plays for time.
Rome, assessor calls a halt to cycling lanes and the GRAB: people protest with DIY signage
The meeting between the associations for cycling mobility and Rome’s new assessor of transports ended up in a disaster: the works for the GRAB and cycling lanes are interrupted. But there’s still someone who doesn’t give up.
The Italian Association of Youth Hostels offers 500 beds to refugees
The Italian Association of Youth Hostels (AIG) opens its structures to help refugees. Another example of solidarity and integration.
Italian children don’t read much and lack basic numeracy skills
Save the Children reveals alarming data: “Too many teenagers lack competences to fight their way in life”. But there’s a solution.
From cars to bikes. The urban regeneration of the bicycle parking station of Bologna
Dynamo: the bicycle parking station created from a car park that will be a meeting point dedicated to cyclists and their bikes.
Refugees. How Italian associations are helping them
From donations to NGOs, to voluntary works, and hospitality. Here are some tips for those who want to do their bit for refugees in Italy, where more than 100,000 asylum seekers have arrived in 2015.