Stuffed aubergines with pasta in tomato sauce: a classic Italian dish revisited | mylittleitaliankitchen.com

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It is August, the month of outdoor summer parties, barbecues and picnics. And this is the time of year when I am lucky enough to be blogging from my garden in Italy, have the odd swim in the sea, eat plenty of fresh fruit and veg and be inspired with new recipes.Like this one which I spotted in a magazine my mum bought and never managed to read. The kitchen resembles a hot sauna. All she seems to be doing is making passata every single day. There are so many tomatoes this year and it would be a shame if they went to waste!

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La dolce vita can be ever so sleazy - Telegraph

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A minister sunbathing topless has scandalised Italy. What does it say about the Italians?The gossip magazine Chi has just run a cover photo of Stefania Giannini, the Italian education secretary, sunbathing topless on a beach in Tuscany.There she is, lying on her back, beneath the relentless Mediterranean sun, eyes closed and breasts glistening.The photo has caused a summer media storm in Italy: it is the first time, so they say, in the nation’s history that a female government minister has gone topless in public – or at least got caught. She is a Left-winger to boot and so, for once, Silvio “Bunga Bunga” Berlusconi has nothing to do with it. Where will it end?

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Giglio residents vote to keep Concordia platforms - Telegraph

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Residents of the Italian island, where the Concordia smashed into rocks, want to keep six massive undersea platforms used to support the cruise ship to create an artificial reefResidents of the Italian island of Giglio, where the Costa Concordia smashed into rocks two years ago, want to keep six massive undersea platforms used to support the cruise ship to create an artificial reef.Defying a decision by Italy’s environmental ministry, which wants to remove the platforms now the ship has been towed away for scrap, Giglio’s town council has voted to keep the huge structures, which sit 90 feet below the surface close to the island’s main port.

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Italy's Mount Stromboli volcano erupts off coast of Sicily - Telegraph

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This video captures the beauty of nature as Mount Stromboli spews lava as the sun sets over the MediterraneanSpectacular footage emerged online today of lava pouring down the slope of Mount Stromboli, a volcanic island north of Sciliy, into the Tyrrhenian sea.The awe-inspiring sight was filmed by expert volcano photographer and videographer Martin Rietze on the 9th and 10th of August.The clip shows spectacular littoral explosions as the lava flows down the Sciara del Fuoco into the sea.

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Hotels and resorts on Italy's northern coastline compensate tourists for bad weather - Telegraph

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It is hoping compensating tourists will be the innovate way to salvage the tourism industry this summerAfter a summer of record rains, floods, hailstorms and tornadoes, Italy’s exasperated hotel industry is seeking to claw back exasperated customers by offering discounts for bad weather.The innovative plan follows a disastrous season at northern Italian resorts, which saw more days of rain than sun in July and all but wiped out August.On Thursday, the Veneto region was the latest victim as violent storms flared, with one house bursting into flames after a lightning strike.

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Bacteria destroying Puglia's precious olive groves could ruin Italy's oil industry - Telegraph

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Deadly, insect-borne bacteria destroying olive groves could devastate Italy’s olive oil industryThe ancient olive groves of southern Italy, which provide much of the prized oil Italy exports to the world, are being destroyed by deadly, insect-borne bacterium which has already infected nearly half a million trees and has no known cure.The Xylella Fastidiosa bacteria, which hails from the Americas, has now infected trees across 74,000 acres of the region of Puglia in Italy’s heel and is spreading rapidly.

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Body of pilot found after Italy fighter jet crash - Telegraph

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A pair of Tornado fighter jets collided in mid-air earlier this month killing four individuals including a female pilotItalian authorities said they had found the body of a woman pilot, one of four flyers who died when a pair of Tornado fighter jets crashed last week after colliding in mid-air.Mariangela Valentini served with NATO forces in Afghanistan and Libya, the Italian air force said on Saturday.

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Mafia from Calabria filmed in Godfather-style meeting in Switzerland - Telegraph

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Police have arrested 18 members of a secret ‘Ndrangheta mafia cell operating in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, after their meeting was filmed in secretInto the dimly-lit room, with its heavy wood panelling and outdated furnishings, strides a man, who shakes hands silently with the others, one by one.He sits down among the dozen or so others, all positioned around a long table. And then he starts speaking – about honour, dignity, tradition and respect. And business – cocaine, extortion, trafficking.It is a scene which could be straight out of the 1970s film The Godfather. But these men are not acting, and this is not Hollywood, but a small town in Switzerland

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