Luge at 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games
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The Winter Olympic Games begin in Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo on Feb. 6. Visit these Northern Italian restaurants to taste the region's fare.
Seventy years after hosting the Olympic Winter Games, Cortina d'Ampezzo is preparing for its next chapter. Milano Cortina 2026 builds on the legacy of the 1956 Games, with a planning model that makes the most of what already exists, and an approach focused on creating long-term value for Alpine communities in a changing mountain environment.
“We just don’t know what we’re going to get. We’re rolling the dice.”
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Italy’s Ladins take visibility into their own hands facing minimal exposure in Olympic celebrations
MILAN (AP) — Italy’s Ladin minority settled a millennium ago in the Dolomite mountain hamlet of Anpezo — now the two-time Olympic host city of Cortina d’Ampezzo. But members of this ancient ethnolinguistic group are disappointed that the Winter Games will not spotlight their culture.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — A giant portrait of Benito Mussolini hovered over the “Snow Stadium” — on the exact same grounds where the curling arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics now stands.
Leaders were sharply critical of ICE's involvement in Olympic security amid growing controversy surrounding the agency.
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This Italian ski town is known as the ‘Pearl of the Dolomites’—and it’s taking center stage during the Winter Olympics
With the return of the Winter Olympics, all eyes are once again on Cortina d’Ampezzo.
Italy's hard-left USB union has called an “ICE OUT” rally in central Milan on Feb. 6, coinciding with the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics opening ceremony, while opposition parties and left-wing groups plan a protest this Saturday against the attendance of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at the Games.