The 2023 European Women’s and Men’s Cups, which our national teams won in the 2021 edition, were paraded in the Arena on Thursday, June 8. The city of Verona is...
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Ten teenagers leave the nest and fly abroad thanks to scholarships. An initiative for young people and communities
Ten scholarships for secondary school students who will spend the next year abroad. Two of them will depart from Verona to Honduras and the Philippines. It...
The Arena première in four neighbourhoods: maxi screens in Verona’s squares and gardens
The magic of the Opera Festival comes to the neighbourhoods. For the first time, the opening night of the Opera Festival will be shown outside the Arena, in...
Great Wine Capitals, Verona represents Italy and crowns the best seven in wine tourism
Verona has crowned its ‘magnificent seven’ in the Best of Wine Tourism competition, companies that have distinguished themselves in various categories linked to...
In Verona, 90.5% of young people either study or work. The Sole 24 Ore newspaper reports about the quality of life
Verona is the first Italian province with fewer Neets, or young people who do not study or work. The Sole 24 Ore’s report places Verona in 12th position overall, out of...
The Opera Festival turns 100 and the premiere in the Arena will be broadcast worldwide
This year the Arena di Verona Opera Festival celebrates its first century of existence. In fact, it was in 1913 that the first edition was held in the city of Verona....
What is the TARI tax and how much does it cost in Veneto?
TARI has recently been discussed in local and national news, particularly in relation to price increases. According to Uil (Italian Union of Workers) research, Italy...
On the 9th and 10th of June at the Palazzo della Gran Guardia in Piazza Bra, Verona. The Italian Health Award, a Veronese Health awarness project. Speeches in English and Italian. Free entry.
IHA, Italian Health Award is a Veronese project with a global scope, bringing together initiatives and meetings with leading personalities and rewarding those...
Chiaretto Run on Saturday, June 10th, to run at sunset through the Bardolino vineyards
The countdown has begun for the second edition of the Chiaretto Run, a non-competitive walk-race that will bring hundreds of enthusiasts to Bardolino on June 10th, in...
Launch of Verona Agrifood Innovation Hub: a meeting with the entrepreneur Riccardo Illy
Courses, workshops, networking, and much more. Verona Agrifood Innovation Hub has finally opened its doors, launching an intense training activity open...
The inauguration of the academic year of the University of Verona. Nocini presented his rectorate’s successes
The opening ceremony of the academic year of the University of Verona started this morning at the Polo Zanotto following an ancient tradition, with a choir that sang...
Street Wine Jesolo, Veneto wines go to the beach
From 26th to 28th May, the festival of wines and flavours of the Veneto Region returns to Jesolo, this year in Piazza Mazzini. The Street Wine Jesolo event comes to its...
Palio del Chiaretto in Bardolino: a whole weekend, starting from 26th May to celebrate the local pink wine. Wine tastings and good food overlooking the lake. Free access
The Palio del Chiaretto di Bardolino returns with its 18th edition to dye Lake Garda “pink”. From Friday 26th to Sunday 28th May, the streets of...
Discovering Veneto in a wheelchair: the “Klick’s on ways” will start in Negrar di Valpolicella on 19 May
On 19th May, Negrar will be the starting point of Klick’s on Ways, the journey of 10 travellers, 8 of them with reduced mobility, across the Veneto region, to share the...
The Medievale and Soave Wine Festival for a dip into the glorious past of Verona
From Friday 19th to Sunday 21st May Soave will transform itself and relive the glorious history of the village with the famous Medieval and Soave wine Festival. Food...
Vinitaly flies to China: “Wine to Asia” debuts in Shenzhen with over 100 Italian companies
Yesterday saw the start of Wine to Asia, Veronafiere’s Asian appointment dedicated to wine and spirits, which will run until 13th May in Shenzhen, an event that will...
SaMoTer, the international trade fair for construction machinery, attracted more than 40.000 visitors. Next edition in 2026
Veronafiere closed the 31st edition of SaMoTer, the international trade fair for construction machinery, which in five days (3rd – 7th May) attracted more than 40.000...
Friday 5th May sees the start of the Festival of Journalism in Verona
From Friday 5 May to the 27th May, the third edition of the Festival of Journalism – Festival del Giornalismo Verona – dedicated to the world of information returns to...
Biblical Festival enlivens Verona and the Veneto Region
Cities and provinces such as Vicenza, Verona, Padua, Rovigo, Vittorio Veneto, Treviso, Chioggia, and Alba will be hosting numerous cultural events in the...
Is there water in Lake Garda? Federalberghi responds with an awareness campaign and a vademecum to become sustainable
Federalberghi Garda Veneto goes to the forefront to defend its territory, in particular from fake news that destabilizes the perception of Garda abroad, such as the...
Straverona: the most beloved running race of Verona turns 40! Starting from Piazza Bra on Sunday, May 21st
Sunday, May 21st Straverona, the most attended race of the city, will cross the finish line of its number 40 edition. There will be many surprises for the thousands of...
Samoter returns to Verona fair with an innovative edition
From 3 to 7 May 2023, VeronaFiere will host the triennial international exhibition dedicated to construction machinery: a five-day event with 536 companies from the...
Destination Verona & Garda: a strategic plan for the development of the entire territory
(by Elisabetta Gallina) The Strategic Plan for the next five years of the Destination Verona & Garda Foundation (Dvg Foundation) was...
Jazz among Valpolicella vineyards
Calici di Jazz (Glasses of Jazz), four events in the villas and estates of the Famiglie Storiche in Valpolicella, where the excellence of Veronese wines will be...
Verona Shakespeare Festival debuts with a national preview
Estate Teatrale Veronese - Veronese Summer Theatre - is a great cultural tradition in Verona and celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. On the 6th and 7th...
From Gardaland to Broadway: Swami Sofia Bernardelli joins Joffrey School NYC
Swami Sofia Bernardelli, an 11-year-old girl from Verona, will be moving to New York next summer to study the art of musicals. Having recently passed an...
Lake Garda, Coast Guard and emergency call
The presence of the Coast Guard on Lake Garda is back for the spring break and summer holidays. A small fleet of nine naval units with bases at Salò (on the west...
From the anti-atomic bunker to unedited Celtic treasures: FAI guided tours this weekend
Giornate FAI di Primavera – Spring Days of the FAI (Italian Fund for the Environment) will return on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th March with five proposals for the...
Vinitaly will speak all the languages of the world. Thousands of top foreign buyers expected
The 55th edition of Vinitaly, the most important international trade fair for wines and spirits, will open its doors in Verona on the 2nd of April. With a value of 7.9...
The Chievo dam exhibition: 100 years of history
The Chievo dam (Chievo is a suburb of Verona located on the banks of the Adige river about 4.5 km north-west of the city centre) was inaugurated in 1923 and since its...
La piccola Auschwitz di Verona: guided tours
Verona was also touched by the Shoah. There are still tangible traces of one of the darkest periods of the last century. On Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th March, free...
The Afghan poet, Parwana Fayyaz, will be honoured in Verona on Saturday 25th March
Next Saturday, 25 March, is the day of the Accademia Mondiale della Poesia - World Academy of Poetry. For this year's theme, "Poetry and Peace", the Catullo Prize will...
30 new lodgings for deserving university students and residents outside Verona
Thirty new lodgings converted from an elderly facility already present in the Filippini district (Palazzo Campagna Carminati, in vicolo Oratorio 3), will be allocated...
Tourism, Garda Lake on the national stage
The latest report on Italian tourism 2020-2022 (sources: CNR and Iriss) confirms the centrality of Lake Garda as a tourist destination. Among the top 50 tourist...
Social tourism: by the sea with special rates for Verona families with children
Registration for the summer holidays for Verona families with minors on full board opens on Monday 20 March. The initiative is promoted by the Council for Social...
One in ten entrepreneurs in Verona was born abroad
Verona ranks ninth in Italy and first in the Veneto region for the number of entrepreneurs of foreign origin. They now number almost 14.000 (10.6% of the provincial...
Veneto: first Italian region for wine exports
On the eve of Vinitaly (the international wine exhibition held from 2 to 5 April), good news for our region. Veneto is the leader in the regional classification of wine...
Verona bids to host 2023 European Football Championships
Verona is preparing for a new sports adventure: a bid to host the European Football Championships in 2023. Verona's bid has been submitted along with other Italian...
Sandro Boscaini, 250 years in the sign of Amarone wine. The book will also be available in English
A 250-year journey through the vineyards, from the first harvest in the land of Valpolicella in 1772 to the present day, narrated in "Amarone e oltre" - "Amarone and...
Collapse of the Verona “Stella Cometa”, possible human error combined with the strong wind.
Exacltly one month later, the cause of the accident and the extent of the damage caused to the Arena must be ascertained as soon as possible. The Verona Public...
University of Verona: how many foreign students?
There are 126 foreign students enrolled at the University of Verona. Half of the new entrants come from other regions, mainly Trentino and Lombardy. This figure is in...