As customers increasingly prize craftsmanship, “Made in Italy” becomes more than a tag for luxury brands
by Chiara Beghelli "Real luxury is Italian made": this is the message from the Luxury Summit, a convention organized for a seventh straight year by Il Sole 24 Ore at its Milan headquarters. Over a thousand people attended speeches from the CEOs of some of the most important Italian fashion brands, who converged on issues suc...
'Hot priests' grace Rome's calendar
It is officially called the Calendario Romano, or Roman Calendar. But on the streets of Rome, the annual line-up of strapping young men of the cloth is better known as the "hot priest calendar". Tourists can often be seen expressing dismay as they stumble across the calendar adorning gift stands close to the Vatican, before snatching a peek, h...
The Italian-American gift: What we offer
Food. Mangia. Cibo e vino. Pasta. Sauce. Meatballs. Bread. Mortadella. Mozarella. Tiramisu. As Italian Americans, these things mean something to us. If it were simply that they are tasty items to consume, they would not exert the power they have, not only us, but on the wider American culture. Many people find McDonald's offers tasty items...
Italy’s Calenda to oversee joint efforts to help foreign investors get their business rolling
New Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda will oversee a plan to increase coordination between his ministry, the Italian Trade Agency and Italy's 20 regions to make it easier for foreign companies to invest in Italy. A first meeting of the Foreign Investment Committee will be held today at the Economic Development Ministry. The Confindustria...
Italian schoolgirl unearths woolly mammoth bone
A seven-year-old girl has found part of a woolly mammoth's leg bone on a riverbank in northern Italy. Emma Persico stumbled upon the fossilised chunk of tibia while walking along the River Po near the northern city of Cremona, and promptly dug it up, Corriere della Sera reports. Only a blackened tip was sticking out of a sandbank, and even her...
The Genius of Bernini: How one Man Created Many of the Top attractions in Rome
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was one of Italy's most beloved and prolific artists. His career spans some 70 years and includes everything from fountains and vases to grand palazzi and office buildings. He designed churches, painted portraits, and sculpted major biblical scenes and famous busts for six different popes. Though his mother was Neap...
Extraordinary summer for tourism: visits up 9.5%, turnover by an astonishing 17.2%
It's been an extraordinary summer season for Italy. The international political "climate" has clearly contributed to this, as Islamic terrorism, lone wolves, and failed coups that turned into counter-revolutions kept tourist away from other destinations abroad. For the country's tourism industry, the first tally of the summer season shows a 9.5% ov...
Il Generale Camporini nominato membro del Senior Expert Group NATO
Il Generale Vincenzo Camporini, ex Capo di Stato Maggiore della Difesa, è stato nominato membro del Senior Expert Group (SEG), costituito dalla NATO per supportare i due Comandanti Supremi NATO: il Comandante Supremo Alleato in Europa (SACEUR), Generale Mike Scaparrotti, e il Comandante Supremo Alleato per la Trasformazione (SACT), Generale Denis M...
Italiano, ‘lingua viva’ che si evolve dentro e fuori i confini
By Barbara Minafra Che l'italiano sia cambiato, si sia evoluto rispetto al passato e alle grammatiche classiche, tanto da essere ben diverso dall'idea che tutti ne abbiamo come lingua sempre uguale a se stessa, fa passare sottotraccia quella serie di cambiamenti costanti che oggi, nella maggior parte dei casi, avviene proprio a vantaggio dell'Ingl...
“Investing in culture is good for Italy’s economy,” Minister Franceschini says
by Andrea Gagliardi The Italian government's "Art Bonus" tax break program for attracting private donations for cultural heritage has raised more than €100 million from over 3,000 donors and is set to cover a wider range of sectors and be spread more evenly across the country, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said. "This is the start of a j...
Expats moving to Italy
by Claudia Astarita It is becoming more and more common for American people to move to Italy for good. Since expatriates are used to choose their destinations according to the opportunities they can offer them, it is interesting to understand how and why Italy entered the U.S. top ten. Most of the people that moved to Italy during...
Imprese Italiane nel mondo - American Dream : Prospettive di business e tutele el Continente Americano: Convegno Confindustria Udine
Confindustria Udine ha ospitato a palazzo Torriani un seminario dedicato alle prospettive, alle tendenze ed alle opportunità di business nel continente americano. Organizzato in collaborazione con lo Studio Legale Goldberg Segalla LLP di New York, l'iniziativa ha rappresentato un'opportuna occasione per apprendere quelle che sono le effettive poten...