untitled design (1)

Learn Italian online

Search

Milan Expo 2015 – What To Expect

Milan-expo-2015

The Milan Expo is on until the end of October and here are a couple of videos to give you, if you’ll excuse the pun, a flavour of this foodie event extraordinaire. I’ve also included a few tips to help you get the most out of the Expo experience and maybe even save you a […]

Ten Popular Milan Travel Guides for Expo Visitors

Milan's Duomo Cathedral

If you are planning on visiting the 2015 Expo in Milan, then don’t miss out on the rest of this northern Italian city. And if you have time, head for Italy’s lakes too. On the subject of the Expo, expect long queues to get in, some trouble finding toilets but don’t miss reportedly fascinating Pavilion […]

Violence Mars 2015 Milan Expo Opening

For about an hour from around 4:30pm this afternoon in Milan, police fought running battles with molotov cocktail, stone, bottle, and firework hurling No-Expo and anti globalization protesters in the centre of the Italian city playing host to the 2015 Expo. While it’s not yet entirely clear, it seems peaceful May Day demonstrations in Milan […]

Italy Attempts to Save Milan’s 2015 Expo

Milan-expo-2015

Will Milan’s 2015 Expo manage to open as planned? The answer is that nobody really knows. Investigations into a massive corruption scandal surrounding Expo 2015 construction works may still prevent Italy’s flagship event from going ahead. With less than a year to go, Italy is attempting to save face and sort out the mess. Italy’s recently appointed […]

Will Milan’s 2015 Expo Be Cancelled?

Milan-expo-2015

Preparatory works for Milan’s 2015 Expo are mired in a growing corruption scandal which risks bringing all Expo construction to a complete and total halt. This situation has become so bad, some are wondering whether the Expo event should be cancelled. It’s not as if Expo building works are at an advanced stage, anyway, far […]

Splitting Italy

Umberto Bossi, the irascible leader of Italy’s Northern League party does not like Italy. I get the impression that he’d love to see a form of de-unification, and here’s how he could achieve his dream.

Expo 2015 – Will Milan Have Enough Hotels?

It’s odd what you end up chatting about while taking a taxi. Yesterday, for example, I got talking with the taxi driver about the forthcoming Expo in Milan. After asking if I was English, and from London, the Expo event came up and the driver observed that he did not know if Milan would be able […]

Milan Clinches the 2015 Expo

In an odd show of political unity, right wing Letizia Morrati, and left wingers Massimo D’Alema and Romano Prodi got together in Paris, along with Al Gore to promote Milan‘s bid for the 2015 Universal Exhibition (Expo). The green-theme, hence Gore’s presence, plus supporting music by Andrea Bocelli and Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour, meant that […]