Italy has become a leader in the number of plastic surgeries of various spectra, from suspenders to breast augmentation. Despite the fact that nature gave Italians a very outstanding and pleasant appearance, many of them resort to the services of plastic surgeons. World celebrities of Italian origin are no exception.
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The famous actress pretended to be sick and asked to postpone the concert without any sanctions in her direction. However, that evening she was photographed at the same table with the Russian president. Now Ornella is facing a trial. The official reason for the cancellation of the speech was the "severe hoarseness" of the actress.
Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun were abducted by an armed man in northern Cameroon. This information has already been confirmed by the archbishop and local authorities. So far, the police find it difficult to answer who is behind this crime, although the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram, which has special influence in this region, has come under suspicion of investigators.
She was at the very center of the sex scandal, followed by the political fall of Silvio Berlusconi. But now, Ruby’s “Heartbreaker” lifestyle can be the envy of many movie stars and pop divas. Moroccan Karima El Mahroug (stage name - Ruby) danced erotic dances in a nightclub, and now litter money, travel the world, develop a luxury resort in Mexico and invest in real estate in the Middle East.
One of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus, stores in its bowels an ocean of meltwater, which could turn out to be a real home for germs. This conclusion was made by scientists from Italy and the United States, joining forces to study the vast planet and its satellites. The first groundwater research at the southern polis of a small satellite that revolves around Saturn was made as part of a joint Cassini mission program that brought together talented scientists from America, Italy and Europe.
Payment of 100 euros per day plus unlimited shopping. The selection of candidates for escort of a sheikh traveling around Europe was entrusted to a modeling agency in Padova (Padova). Among the requirements for girls is the ability to provide first aid. Work for a sheikh, receive 100 euros a day for escorting him and his family on walks to European shops, have an unlimited limit on purchases for themselves (we repeat, without limits), live in the best hotels and eat in luxury restaurants ... No, this is not a dream.
An unknown benefactor in the province of Varese at night leaves checks for thousands of euros to those who bring kindness to people. A note is attached to the check: "Thank you for your work." Associations helping patients are shocked. The first time this happened nine months ago. Real rain from bank checks with a total value of 41 thousand euros "poured" into the mailboxes of charitable organizations of the Italian city of Busto Arsizio (Varese province).
Italy boasts the fastest Internet connection in the world, which exceeds the speed of the global web even in such highly developed countries as Germany and England. It is to these conclusions that researchers from the United States came. However, Internet users from the southern regions of the country cannot agree with such statements.
Italy needs to “restart” the language learning system, said the country's education minister. In her opinion, lessons at the school should be taught in English, starting with the elementary grades. Commenting on her plan for educational reform, Minister Stafania Giannini stated that optional language learning at school is no longer acceptable, and that all lessons should be in English.
An Italian businessman climbed to the very top of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday, urging the Pope to help all those who suffered from the deepest economic recession that the country faced after the 2008 crisis. Marcello Di Finzio unfurled a white banner that said “Help us, Pope Francis,” urging the government to put an end to all the measures taken to regulate the economy and to combat unemployment.
Arrested Daniele Santucci, 65-year-old president of the Italian Agency of State Institutions, illegally withdrew part of the money received from taxes and bought a ranch, a luxury car, gold coins and silver bullion. The financial police of the city of Lecco arrested the president of the governing council of an organization specializing in collecting taxes from state institutions.
The anger of the Italian authorities was caused by foreign companies producing food and drinks with a mafia theme, from mafia pasta to tomato sauce "Cosa Nostra" Peanuts "Chile mafia" and liquor "Don Corleone" ... Italy declared war on a host of foods and drinks that praise or defame her notorious organized crime groups.
After a protracted debate about which types of drugs, light or heavy, can be attributed to marijuana, the Italian authorities finally decided. Yesterday, a decree was passed to repeal the so-called Fini-Giovanardi law, which ranked marijuana as substances such as heroin, cocaine and amphetamine, which are essentially hard drugs.
“Clean up” five banks in two weeks. Impossible? Can only geniuses or professional fraudsters cope with this task? But no. An entrepreneurial resident of Italy made a fortune by robbing five Roman banks, threatening staff ... with a regular ballpoint pen. Some thief from the town of Velletri managed to crank up this difficult “business” thanks to rather strange tactics.
It can spoil the overall impression of the restaurant with its appearance alone. Yes, we are talking about toilets in public institutions, which from now on fall into a certain list on the new Italian portal, where the country's worst restrooms are put on public display. On average, we spend from one year to four years in the toilet for life, so the cleanliness of this room really matters.
Federica Gagliardi, the enigmatic companion of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was detained at Rome's Fiumicino airport with 24 kilograms of cocaine. The girl was stopped by representatives of the tax police of the city of Naples, which joined forces with Roman colleagues.
The European Parliament adopted Italian law as the basis for a project to reduce the use of plastic bags by EU member states. The good news came from Strasbourg. The European Commission on the Environment has written in black and white the objectives of the program to reduce the use of plastic bags, and Italy's example is recognized as exemplary.
According to a recent study by InfoJobs.it, 60% of Italians move with their own car. At the same time, 44% of respondents work less than half an hour's walk from home. The risk of getting stuck in traffic jams, breathing exhaust fumes and wasting time with other motorists scares the Italians much less than the probability of being left without a car.
The Italian during the repair of the apartment of her long-dead uncle found 100 million lire. But the Bank of Italy refuses to exchange them for the euro Aludia Moretti (Aludia Moretti) found one hundred million lire in the house inherited from uncle Viterbo, but found that now their value is almost zero. “Banknotes of 100 thousand lire were packed in a metal box hidden among antique furniture, 42-year-old Italian, the operator of the Pesaro call center, told reporters.
Pope Francis does not cease to amaze everyone and everything. So yesterday, the popular pontiff again hit the front pages of newspapers. This time, Francis was in the center of a little embarrassment: during the sermon, the clergyman accidentally inserted into his speech the strong Italian word cazzo, which is the equivalent of the Russian curse “*****”.
Whoever has not seen a UFO in the sky over Italy: men and women, children and pensioners, pilots of airliners, military and even priests. Last year alone, seven unidentified flying objects were spotted over a sunny country, and over the past 4 years, UFOs have appeared on the territory of the country more than 55 times!