Early ALS diagnosis breakthrough from Italy-US research collaboration Italian banks show strength, profitability – and new challenges ahead Italy leads Europe in corporate AI training investment Smart working to bring Molise back to life The tricolor flag and the “100% Italian” label – are they still convincing? Italian sports industry drives grow...

For 60 million Italians, morning has a scent: that of the moka. Not just coffee in general—specifically moka coffee. From childhood, you learn to recognize its sound; its aroma accompanies your wake-up while still in bed, and when you leave for school, you smell it in the stairwells of apartment buildings.  The moka is a ritual, repeated several ti...

Buyers are becoming more discerning – a simple “Made in Italy” tag no longer has the pull it once did. A patriotic claim by itself isn’t enough. People today are looking for concrete details about where a product comes from and what makes it special. The Italian-inspired section of the grocery market is massive – nearly 28,000 items tied to an Ital...

Bvlgari’s newly launched Scuola Bvlgari is its first dedicated jewelry school, located within the expanded Manifattura Bvlgari in Valenza, Italy, the world’s largest single-brand jewelry manufacturing site. The school is designed to combine real-time production with immersive, hands-on learning. Scuola Bvlgari is a bold statement of inclusion and c...

On September 18, 2025, in the historic Ponte district, between Piazza Navona and Castel Sant’Angelo, the Ponte Art and Design District, Rome’s first permanent district dedicated to design, contemporary art, artistic crafts and antiques, was born. The project, promoted by the Roma Faber association and supported by the Lazio Region, the Superintende...

Intesa Sanpaolo supports and interprets the new growth strategies of SMEs in this phase of global transformation. An exclusive mission to the United States for Italian companies is taking place in San Francisco, where the Banca dei Territori Division, led by Stefano Barrese, in collaboration with Institutional Relations, the international network,...

Long before Armani, Prada, and Gucci became go-to labels for red-carpet dressing, there was the Casa di Moda Sorelle Fontana, helmed by three intrepid sisters from rural Italy who dressed the world’s biggest celebrity names during Italy’s dolce vita heyday and created a global business in an era when few women even worked.  In 1943, while WWII cont...

UNI.DOC FVG —the union of all regional wine Consortia of Friuli Venezia Giulia— will be in New York on October 8 at Bryant Park Grill to welcome members of the wine trade and media to an immersive tasting event featuring a guided seminar followed by a walk-around tasting with producers from the region. Known for its unique blend of Alpine, Adriatic...

If there’s a sound ripe with promise, I’d have to say it’s that satisfying “pop” when a hibernating wine cork begrudgingly enters the world grasped in the spiral of a corkscrew. It never fails to make me smile! A perfunctory sniff before uncoiling from its captor, and the faithful guardian of the vintage is tossed aside with nary a thought.  Have y...

When you visit Sicily, especially the western side of the island, you will quickly notice that there’s torrone (or nougat) everywhere, made in many different flavors and variations. You see it in stores, at cafes, restaurants, and at gatherings, and if you’re fortunate enough to attend an Italian or Sicilian wedding or baptism you’ll probably have...