Ponte Tresa

Farewell to Don Giorgio, the priest without frontiers

The church was crowded for the final farewell to the priest. The community of Ponte Tresa wanted to remember the humanity and testimony of Don Giorgio, who died two days ago.

Busto Arsizio

Danny Glover: cinema as a way of passing on values

The African-American actor visited the “Antonioni” Film Institute, in Busto Arsizio. “I loved Italian cinema when I was a boy. But my greatest inspiration was my family; my grandparents were country people, and my mother, a university graduate.”

Curious facts

“Bunga bunga” comes to university, in the form of an algorithm

A computer science lecturer at Insubria University has created a problem for his students, that analyses the variables of the “parties” organised in the “free state of Bananas”. But one student did not like the idea.

Gallarate

The headmistress: “I want a more open and interactive high school.”

This is how Luisella Macchi commented on the collaboration with the MIT, who have brought chemistry and physics lessons in English to the classrooms in Viale dei Tigli

School

Two students from Boston become “Profs” at a high school in Gallarate

An unusual initiative at the scientific high school in Viale dei Tigli: two students from the MIT will be giving chemistry and physics lessons in English.

Music

A video for Van De Sfroos. Even Cristicchi among fans

More than thirty–five videos from all over Italy, in one week, to support the singer–songwriter’s participation in Sanremo. The idea comes from his fan club

Italy

Click Days. When non-European citizens get regular contracts, via the Web

Monday, 31 January, is the first of the three days on which the documentation necessary to make the jobs of non-European employees regular can be sent online. The other two days are 2 and 3 February.

Varese

Perlasca and Marrone, timeless heroes, an example to everyone

The two Italians who courageously helped many Jews to escape Nazi persecution were remembered this morning.

Busto Arsizio

The school becomes a company, and earns €25,000

Three hundred children from the Candiani High School have made 280 decorative panels for the Momo Hotel. This was an important job which the school will be sharing with an institute in Aquila.

Malpensa

Here are the times for the third runway; work begins in 2012

The contract for the SEA-ENAC Programme states that planning should start this year, and the building work, in September 2012. The new runway will enable the airport to handle up to 32 million passengers.

Dagnente (Arona)

A mass to make Mike’s “abductors” repent

The mass was held this morning in the little church that stands beside the cemetery. The parish priest, Don Mauro, again spoke to the criminals, asking them to examine their consciences.

The day for remembering

Remembering rests on our words

It is not correct to use the word “holocaust”, when speaking about the extermination of the Jews in Europe. Primo Levi used the term reluctantly. The correct word is “shoah”.