Il Bel Paese visto da fuori

“The European Commission has long criticised Italy’s beach concession renewal system in which state-owned licences are automatically handed down through families of beach operators who use them to run members-only beach clubs or charge for sun loungers and umbrellas. This system of “keeping it in the family” is illegal, according to EU law, which states […]

“The current €100,000 tax incentive, while popular with wealthy individuals, has been controversial among Italians, especially in the business capital Milan, where the recent influx of the super-rich has been blamed for a sharp increase in real estate prices and other rises in living costs.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Amy Kazmin, Emma Agyemang e Harriet […]

“As warnings from European Union institutions and watchdogs on the health of Italy’s media environment mount, the Italian prime minister has dug in her heels, insisting there is no problem with press freedom. Rather, she says journalists who say there is media crackdown are manipulating the truth.” Fonte: Politico Autore: Elena Giordano Link: Meloni vs. […]

“The photographer — originally from the UK but by then living in New York — had been to Milan once for work, but in 2016 she had what she calls her “first proper trip”: Capri and the Amalfi Coast.” Fonte: CNN Autore: Julia Buckley Link: Italians know how to do summer right

“Part of the problem is due to a pandemic-era home renovation tax incentive that’s been phased out but is still weighing on the deficit, opening Italy up for criticism from the European Union, which has started an excessive deficit procedure against it.” Fonte: Bloomberg Autore: Mark Schroers Link: Italy’s Private Sector Grows at Slowest Pace […]

While Italy has been avidly consuming tales of the early-20th-century successes of feminism, it has also witnessed the rise of the far right, and has been governed since 2022 by a right-wing coalition led by Giorgia Meloni, a female prime minister who proudly uses the masculine term “il presidente” and is famous for her motto […]

“In a world that seems consumed by the trials of capitalism and the unyielding pressure to work, Robin Leach, the British television personality who died in 2018, noted one place that did it differently: In Italy, Mr. Leach said, they add work and life onto food and wine.” Fonte: The New York Times Autore: Ali […]

“The agreement signed by the Italian and Albanian Prime Ministers will remain in place for five years – with the option to extend if it proves successful in reducing the migrant burden on Italy and deterring some from attempting to come.” Fonte: BBC Autore: Mark Lowen Link: Italy prepares to open controversial migrant centre in […]

Speaking to journalists in Beijing on Tuesday, Meloni said the critical remarks on media freedoms in Italy in the report hadn’t come from the Commission itself but from “some stakeholders.” “Who are those stakeholders?” she asked, “Il Domani, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Repubblica.” Fonte: Politico Autore: Elena Giordano Link: Meloni accuses Italian newspapers of manipulating Commission […]

“Italians heading for the beach in the coming weeks could face disruptions as sunbed businesses threaten to go on strike after being forced to give up their lucrative concessions.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Amy Kazmin e Giuliana Ricozzi Link: Italian beachgoers face threat of sunbed rental strike