Il Bel Paese visto da fuori

“As the masseuse began my head massage, I took a deep breath and chuckled inwardly about the awkward positions I’d gotten myself into earlier during a one-on-one aerial yoga class. That had come after a six-mile walking tour across the city, visiting churches, hidden garden courtyards and paying homage to Pasquino, one of the Eternal […]

“As a tourist, the only reasonable response to Venice’s all-consuming beauty is to gasp in admiration after rounding every corner. As an economist, another response occurs: once upon a time, this city must have been incredibly wealthy. From Bruges to Kyoto, being eclipsed after making it rich has long been a reliable way for cities […]

“For more than 500 years, people have marveled at the Torre dell’Orologio, the magnificent clock tower on Piazza San Marco in Venice. But only two visitors were so inspired by it that they created a watch company called Venezianico, or, in English, Venetian”. Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Kathleen Beckett Link: Two Brothers Bring […]

In a statement provided by Meta’s Italy press office, WhatsApp said it had disrupted what it called “a spyware campaign by Paragon that targeted several users, including journalists and members of civil society.” Fonte: The Washington Post Autore: Nicole Winfield and Paolo Santalucia Link: Italian government denies it spied on journalists and migrant activists using […]

“Italian police have arrested 160 members of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra, after wiretaps revealed moves by mafia families to recruit a new generation of footsoldiers and recreate their once-powerful ruling council”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Amy Kazmin e Giuliana Ricozzi Link: Italy carries out biggest crackdown against Sicilian mafia in decades

“Now 77, Aiello, originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, relocated to Milan in 2004 and two years later moved to Serrastretta, a village in the southern Italian region of Calabria where her father hailed from”. Fonte: CNN Autore: Tamara Hardingham-Gill Link: How this American moved to Italy and became the country’s ‘first woman rabbi’ 

“Italy’s business elite has been roiled by a scam that used an artificial intelligence-generated voice mimicking Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto to ask tycoons to wire millions to overseas bank accounts to help pay ransoms to free Italian journalists kidnapped overseas”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Amy Kazmin in Rome e Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli Link: Italian […]

“Paragon Solutions, whose military-grade hacking software was allegedly used to target 90 people, including journalists and members of civil society, in two dozen countries, has terminated its client relationship with Italy, according a person familiar with the matter”. Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Stephanie Kirchgaessner e Angela Giuffrida Link: Owner of spyware used in alleged WhatsApp […]

“Movies like Fellini’s 1960 film “La Dolce Vita” created an image of Italy as a smokers’ paradise. Cigarettes were the ubiquitous props of glamorous socialites, jaded reporters and just about anyone seated at a cafe”. Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Elisabetta Povoledo Link: Want to Smoke Outdoors in Milan? Better Be Far From Other […]

“President Trump has enraged his opponents in the United States by pardoning Jan. 6 defendants, investigating his enemies and revoking security clearances. But in Italy, it is a different Trump who has set off a furor, wearing a camouflage beanie and sitting in a hole in the ground”. Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Emma […]