Hungarian cuisine

How mortadella went from cold cut to hot item

By the standards of Bologna, Simona Scapin is a mortadella upstart. That's not only because she's young and the sole local producer of certified organic mortadella. Nor is it just because her family has been making mortadella for a mere four decades in the city where the recipe was ordained by papal authority in 1661.

Corfu: Horse pulling tourist carriage collapses and dies on street

Police in Corfu have launched a preliminary investigation into the death of a horse that was pulling a tourist carriage through the island's main town.

The animal collapsed and died on a public road around noon as residents and visitors looked on, according to a report by state broadcaster ERT.

A series of lapses continues: Vice-President of the Assembly called Italian president "Mr. Mortadella"

A series of lapses continues: Vice-President of the Assembly called Italian president "Mr. Mortadella"

Igor Becic, Vice-President of the Serbian parliament called Italian president "Mortadela" instead of Matarella, and when he tried to correct himself, he failed again.