Il Bel Paese visto da fuori

“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 […]

“Rome is my city. I was born here, I studied here and I have worked here for most of my life. And yet I am still amazed by all the discoveries I make every day. As an art historian, spending most of my days among the collections of the Galleria Borghese, I’m drawn to details […]

Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Lex Link: Italy makes a meal of bank takeovers

“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