Cut off by the snow, but the community responds

Back in December of last year we published an article about Karin Schirmer and her award winning dog breeding company Intisstar’s, entitled, “Breeding puppies is not like living in the Garden of Eden” –   Allevare cuccioli non è come vivere nel giardino dell’Eden We wrote then...

Scottish Diaspora Tapestry, first panel delivered with a surprise

At 9.45 this morning the first of the panels for the Scottish Diaspora Tapestry, from Barga arrived at The Prestoungrange Gothenburg, on the High St in Prestonpans, Scotland. The press conference to launch this project took place just a few weeks ago (article here) but today the women who have participated...

Sara Morganti – La Paralimpica italiana si è qualificata a Londra 2012

Gli atleti azzurri, ottenendo il nono posto nella ranking mondiale, hanno ufficialmente staccato un fantastico biglietto per le Olimpiadi Loro ci sono, Londra può aspettarli. Sì: proprio loro, i paralimpici, i magnifici ragazzi che – a capo di un lungo, complicatissimo cammino – sono i primi atleti...

Begging in minus three degrees – life as an illegal immigrant

Okpere (not his real name) left his native Nigeria in 2008 passing through  Libya before boarding a boat for the incredibly dangerous crossing to the island of Lampedusa.   That particular sea passage having already cost the lives of many hundreds, maybe even thousands of illegal immigrants hoping...

Snow – work and play

The arrival of the heavy snowfall during the night has meant a quick change of pace for many people in this area.   Most of the roads have  been cleared of snow but the freezing conditions has now meant that ice is expected on many of the smaller roads later on this evening. It has still to be officially...

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Double sunset – doppio tramonto

Double sunset across the valley this evening – If the conditions are right and you are in the right place at the right time, it is possible twice a year, 30-31 January and the 11-12 November to see the doppio tramonto – the double sunset from outside the Duomo in Barga Vecchia. This is when the...

Walter Togneri sings and pushes back the clock to happier times

Regular readers of barganews will have heard his name mentioned in many articles and a few of you might even have been luckily enough to actually see and heard Silvano Togneri in action during some of the summer festivals in Barga in the recent past. Silvano left this world in 2006 (article here) but...

Another earthquake shakes this area/ Terremoto: magnitudo 5.4

Yet another moving experience for the local population as the ground shook for the second time in three days when another strong earth tremour hit the area For the moment there are no reports of any damage …. article will be updated as news becomes available.   Una forte scossa di terremoto...

Italian Shoah names – Memorial to the Victims of 1943-1945 anti-Jewish Persecution

The memory of the Shoah has become an essential element in the modern concept of citizenship and in European identity; the core of the memory of the Shoah is the painful list of people who were its victims. They must be remembered on a plaque, in a book, or even on the screen of a computer: on their...

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Shostakovich, monografie: visioni, immagini, suggestioni – Massimo Salotti

An ambitious project opened the doors to the public this evening at the Aula Magna “Corrado Carradini”, Liceo Classico Ariosto in collaboration with the Scuola Civica di Musica as Massimo Salotti presented the first of a series of monthly music meetings each with a theme. To start the series...

Driving in Lucca – Top Gear – BBC

Top Gear is a British television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars. It began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show. Over time, and especially since a relaunch in 2002, it has developed a quirky, humorous style. The show is currently presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and...

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Earth tremours felt right across the region

The ground shook for a few seconds this morning as an earth tremour made itself felt right across the region. . The earthquake registered a magnitude 4.9 . on the Richter Scale with the  epicentre in the Po valley  in Reggio Emilia. According to  the Institute of Geophysics, the towns closest to the...

eye3: An Affordable Flying Robot

For those of you who are aspiring aerial photographers, there is a new Kickstarter project looking to help you get the equipment you need to send your camera rig soaring into the air. Called the “eye3″, the project hopes to create an affordable hexacopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can be...

RAI radio – m’illumino di meno, theme tune results

17th February is the National Saving Energy Day, “M’illumino di meno” which is held each year in Italy when people try out various systems that visibly show that they are attempting to save energy. The campaign was launched by the Italian radio programme Caterpillar in 2005 and seeks to reduce...

Italians refuse to give up their ice-cream amid the belt-tightening

As Italian ice-cream makers flock to Rimini for a convention sales show that despite the debt crisis few have given up gelato Italians facing up to job losses, rising prices and austerity budgets are cutting back on their traditional long holidays and leisurely lunches. But as the nation’s ice-cream...

Casa Fontana voted in the top two dozen Italian B+B

The very successful bed and breakfast establishment Casa Fontana run by Ron and Susi Gauld in Barga Vecchia are this evening celebrating  a very spectacular coup after their B+B  was voted in the top two dozen Bed and Breakfast and Inns in Italy by the website Trip Advisor. TripAdvisor.com is a travel...