Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines, Jan 2 2009

Lecco: Beats/strikes [female] companion – arrested Pasturo [a small town in the mountains]: party in a mountain cabin, dies at 22 years. [We know from the local grapevine that the cause of death was probably a drug overdose. The young man dropped dead at the dinner table at a New Year’s party among friends.] You… Continue reading Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines, Jan 2 2009

Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines, Jan 1 2009

Left: Savings: countdown: January 3 the sales begin, but some are already giving discounts Falls into a creek and his friend saves his life Happy birthday Riccardo! The great Cassin turns 100 [Italy’s “greatest living mountaineer,” a native of Lecco, turned 100 on January 2nd. There will be a statue etc.] Center: Taxes: The tax… Continue reading Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines, Jan 1 2009

Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines, Dec 2008

headlines from Dec, 2008 Left: The race for gifts paralyzes Lecco Lecco [the soccer team] defeated during the last minutes Center: Nurse at Manzoni [hospital], native of Lecco, dies on the Medale [local cliff face] Roads and trains in chaos [from holiday traffic, presumably] Right: Eluana: the decision [belongs to] the Udine clinic [this is… Continue reading Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines, Dec 2008

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Upper left: Health: “golden” consultations at the hospital and local health authority: they spend 2.3 million Departments and services at the Manzoni [hospital] up for bidding by private interests? Tragedy: mother of three dies in the crash Left: Free gift: the map of the pre-Alpine lakes 350 thousand euros to the extortionists: gas station owner… Continue reading Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines 21