Italy & Poland: Why I don’t wan’t to have children
We are observing a decreasing fertility rate in Poland and Italy. In 2021, in Poland the fertility rate was 1.32 children per woman, in Italy it was 1.25. In both cases, these figures are below the European average of 1.5. Italy: Francesca, 28, underwent a salpingectomy: a surgical removal of one or both Fallopian tubes. […]
His passive house runs on 50 cents of energy a day
The house of Giorgio Malavasi, a journalist who works for a local newspaper in the province of Venice, runs on just 50 cents of energy a day. His house is 85% autonomous and doesn’t generate CO2. The passive house of Malavasi is an environmental success with solutions that “are within everyone’s reach”, to be economically […]
Hungary VS Italy: How to overcome bullying at school?
More than a third young people says to have been victim of cyberbullying according to a @UNICEF study conveyed in 30 countries. In Hungary, Norbert Horváth was bullied at school because of his Roma origins and gayness. He is now a volunteer at the Uccu foundation with the aim to fight prejudices about the Roma. […]
Plastic archaeology in the Mediterranean Sea
Enzo is 41 years old and is a nature guide. He goes around the beaches of Apulia, one of the most touristic seaside locations in Italy and collects all the plastic material that the sea brings back to the shore. He finds bottles of detergent from 40 years ago and all kinds of disposable objects […]
Italy & Greece: LGBTQ+ in sports
Nowadays, the debate around Trans athletes is dividing the public opinion because many don’t accept that trans women compete with women, for strength and resistance reasons that would make a competition unbalanced. However, some sports teams have been recently created both in Greece and in Italy.Peacox Basket Milan is the first Italian rainbow basketball team […]
Becoming a city councellor
Abdullahi Ahmed is a success story in Italy, an illegal Somali immigrant who crossed the Mediterranean Sea on a boat from Libya. Today, he is a city councillor in Turin. Here is a focus on immigration stories from Africa to Italy.
Preserving the right to abortion in Italy
Non una di meno, movement born in Argentina, is also in Italy (@nonunadimeno.milano), organizing actions to protest for gender equality and putting attention on women rights, violence. The members have recently organized a big flash mob to protest against the abortion laws in the USA. Although it’s legal in Italy, having a safe abortion can […]
Venice VS Madrid: two cities changed by toursits
#Venice and #Madrid, two of the most visited cities in the world, thriving thanks to tourists but also “buried under their weight”, according to some. We met with citizens who have, for tens of years, witnessed their city changing to adapt to tourists’ needs, here is what they had to say.
EU enlargement: a missed opportunity?
From Turkey to Serbia, from Montenegro to Kosovo. Many countries have the ambition to enter the European Union. Hever, many hurdles lie ahead. Starting from the respect of the rule of law. Download the video
EBU : what does it mean?
EBU is the European Broadcasting Union, a network of European broadcasters, born in the 50s. Not much known by the larger public, it is the main engine of quite popular shows, such as the Eurovison song contest. Download the video
