Il Bel Paese visto da fuori

“Italian pig farmers have warned swine fever is threatening the country’s €8.2bn prosciutto, sausage and pork delicacies industry and their own livelihoods, as Giorgia Meloni’s government battles to stamp out the country’s worst outbreak since the 1960s”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Amy Kazmin Link: Prosciutto in peril as Italy struggles to contain swine fever

“However, if the relations between Meloni and VDL are not on the mend, Fitto might still have a rough path ahead and some hard questions to answer”. Fonte: Euronews Autore: Giorgia Orlandi Link: Italy’s EU Commissioner pick Raffaele Fitto might face a rocky road to approval

“Under the scorching sun on Italy’s Adriatic coast, a group of friends from Bangladesh are practising their cricket skills on a small patch of concrete. They are playing on the outskirts of Monfalcone, close to Trieste airport, because they have in effect been banned by the mayor from playing in the town itself. They say […]

“The Italian culture minister quit on Friday after a controversy over a consultancy role for his former lover had become an embarrassment for prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s government”. Fonte: The Guardian Link: Italian culture minister quits after affair scandal embarrasses Meloni government

“On plastic tables, decks of playing cards and crossword puzzles were replaced by cotton tablecloths, and loud shouts summoned the children for lunch. Aluminum trays of lasagna, rice with mussels and potatoes, seafood pasta, raw octopus and fried sausages were all served, as part of a longstanding Italian tradition of feasting on the beach”. Fonte: […]

“In an interview with Italy’s RAI state broadcaster Wednesday night, Gennaro Sangiuliano, a Meloni loyalist, said he had offered his resignation to the prime minister, but she refused to accept it”. Fonte: Politico Autore: Hannah Roberts Link: Italy’s culture minister admits trying to hire lover as ministry consultant

“In a stunning feat of imagination and ingenuity, Bazzu has turned this tiny ghost town into a Sardinian culinary educational centre and pasta school through her brand, Vittoria Arimani, which she launched in 2019”. Fonte: BBC Autore: Stefanie Ellis Link: The underground pasta school in an abandoned Italian ghost town

“When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visits New York later this month to receive a global citizenship award, Elon Musk will be the one to hand her the prize”. Fonte: Bloomberg Autore: Daniele Lepido Link: Musk to Celebrate Meloni as Italy Eyes Space Sector Investment

“Italy dropped five places in the global press freedom index compiled by Reporters Without Borders this year, to 46 out of 180 nations”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Amy Kazmin Link: Giorgia Meloni’s media freedom problem