Italy’s president used a reception for the Strega Prize 80th anniversary to deliver a pointed message about the value of reading to world leaders. The country’s most prestigious literary award, meanwhile, prepares for its most symbolically charged finale yet.
Continue Reading
A cabinet press conference on Tuesday produced a cluster of significant economic signals. The prime minister recalibrated her defence ambitions in the face of economic headwinds, there is a targeted fuel tax cut in the works, and a damning assessment from Italy’s national statistics office. Add to that a sharp rebuke from Brussels over suggestions […]
Continue Reading
Italy’s presidency has taken the extraordinary step of writing to the Justice Ministry to investigate allegations that the humanitarian pardon granted to bunga bunga-era figure Nicole Minetti was based on fabricated information. A child, a disappeared mother, and a lawyer found burned in her car are all now part of the story.
Continue Reading
Italy’s football crisis deepens as a Milan criminal investigation exposes alleged manipulation of VAR decisions and referee selection.
Continue Reading
For the first time, the Pompeii Archaeological Park has used artificial intelligence (AI) to give a human face to one of history’s most documented catastrophes. It brings a fleeing man’s last hours to life through a collaboration between cutting-edge technology and rigorous archaeological science.
Continue Reading
The University of Pisa is recruiting volunteers for a neuroaesthetics study exploring how works of art trigger emotional responses. The only qualification you need is curiosity.
Continue Reading
Silvio Berlusconi’s most loyal political fixer, Marcello Dell’Utri is heading back to court aged 84. He is accused of hiding vast capital flows from the late tycoon that he was legally obliged to disclose.
Continue Reading
Pope Leo XIV and the newly installed Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally, met at the Vatican on Monday. The meeting had historical significance and the frank acknowledgment of deep theological divisions — pledging nonetheless to press on together.
Continue Reading
Venice’s storied opera house has terminated all ties with its controversial music director-designate Beatrice Venezi after comments she made to an Argentine newspaper. Venezi’s interview brought months of bitter conflict to an abrupt head and sparked scenes of jubilation inside the theatre itself.
Continue Reading
Michele Ferrero inherited a small pastry shop in Piedmont and grew one of Italy’s favourite food empires. He was born on 26th April, 1925. There won’t be many Italians who haven’t had Nutella at some point in their lives!
Continue Reading
