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The Rilke Path

Achingly white limestone cliffs rise sharply from a cobalt blue sea. A lone sailing boat leaves a soft wake in the water, and the silence that fills the air is barely interrupted by leaves gently murmuring in the breeze. - ...read more
Cargo

Adriatic Cargo Ship blaze still not under control Fire-fighters have still been unable to bring totally under control a fire which has engulfed a Turkish cargo container ship in the Adriatic, sector sources said.

Fincantieri

Italian shipbuilder starts work on 'Carnival Dream' Italy's premier shipbuilder Fincantieri has started work on its latest and biggest luxury cruise ship, the Carnival Dream.

Popular Friuli wine starts 2008 without a name

Popular Friuli wine starts 2008 without a nameA traditional dry white wine produced here in the northeast Friuli-Venezia Giulia region began the new year without a name.

Fincantieri to build Queen Elizabeth for Cunard

Fincantieri to build Queen Elizabeth for CunardItalian shipbuilder Fincantieri has won a contract from Britain's Cunard Line to build a new luxury liner called the Queen Elizabeth.

Trieste celebrated in film about sea and wind

Three cities thousands of miles apart but linked by the wind and sea - Trieste, Gibraltar and Reykjavik - have been grouped together by the German director Lutz Gregor.

Piranesi etchings on show in Gorizia

The northern city of Gorizia has decided to host an unusual exhibition paying homage to the work of the eclectic and visionary architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano Veneto 1720-Rome 1778), who expressed his originality through his art and in his conception and decoration of the most disparate ob

Trieste may be new heroin traffiking hub

Heroin TriesteIn two days police here have seized 177kg of heroin imported from Afghanistan leading investigators to believe that this Adriatic port city may be becoming a new hub for illegal drug trafficking.

Italy's first coffee museum planned in Trieste

The Italian passion for espresso could soon be celebrated in the country's first-ever coffee museum, which a die-hard caffeine fan hopes to open here shortly.

British Architect to remodel historic Italian Port

Triest Port (ANSA) - British architect Sir Norman Foster has been given the job of remodelling the historic sea
front area of this northern Italian city.



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