Il Bel Paese visto da fuori

“It goes largely unacknowledged but is nonetheless true that a complete accounting of any country’s literary geniuses will include several writers for children. Near the top of the list for Italy would be Gianni Rodari”. Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Mac Barnett Link: A Literary Genius Who Championed Nonsense

“If Europe wants to avoid a trade war with Donald Trump, it has to buy more from the U.S., boost defense budgets and deregulate to make the EU economy stronger, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told POLITICO”. Fonte: Politico Autore: Jacopo Barigazzi Link: Buy American to avoid a trade war with Trump, Italy says

“The mayor of a popular Italian ski resort is clamping down on day-trippers after the town was suddenly overwhelmed by 260 buses bringing more than 10,000 visitors from Naples and the surrounding Campania region, lured by a TikTok star and cheap tickets”. Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Angela Giuffrida Link: Italian town clamps down after TikTok […]

“For two summers during high school, instead of joining her classmates at the beach, Noura Ghazoui had an internship at the town hall of her hometown, Borghetto Santo Spirito, on the Ligurian coast”. Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Emma Bubola Link: Citizenship by Birthright? By Bloodline? Migration Is Complicating Both

“Giorgia Meloni has said she is under investigation in connection with Italy’s unexpected release and repatriation last week of a Libyan general who is wanted for war crimes by the international criminal court”. Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Angela Giuffrida Link: Giorgia Meloni says she is under investigation for repatriation of Libyan warlord

Fonte: The New York Times Link: The Perfect Cacio e Pepe Recipe, According to Science

“In 1937, when Benito Mussolini, then Italy’s fascist leader, opened Cinecittà, a sprawling film complex in Rome, his government adopted a variant of a slogan first ascribed to Lenin: “Cinematography is the most powerful weapon.” Fonte: The Economist Link: A TV dramatisation of Mussolini’s life inflames Italy

“When Italian financial power broker Mediobanca helped its longtime client Monte dei Paschi di Siena structure a make-or-break capital raising in 2022, little did it know it would ultimately become a takeover target for the former poster child of the country’s failed banking system”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli Link: Rome vs Milan: […]

“Conflicting signals are reaching the new American administration from Rome. And some carry a whiff of incense”. Fonte: The Economist Link: The Pope and Italy’s prime minister tussle over Donald Trump

“Now, European leaders are counting on Meloni — a “fantastic woman”, according to Trump — to persuade the US president to hold back on his threat to hit the EU with tariffs to force it to spend more on defence and American energy”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Amy Kazmin Link: A fantastic woman’: can Giorgia […]