Il Bel Paese visto da fuori

“Elon Musk denied any romance between him and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday, after he called her “beautiful” at an awards ceremony in New York on Monday”. Fonte: Politico Autore: Elena Giordano Link: Elon Musk denies ‘romantic relationship’ with Giorgia Meloni after New York lovefest

“Buried in a dull press release about Italy’s revisions of historical national accounts, Istat, Italy’s statistics office, said on Monday that the economy grew stronger than previously thought in 2022 and 2021”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Valentina Romei Link: Better late than never: Italy’s back!

“Throughout his career, but in particular at the World Cup Italy hosted in 1990, he gave Sicily something to be deeply proud of. A year before the tournament, Toto was still a relative unknown. “I wouldn’t have bet a lira on making the national team,” he said at the time”. Fonte: The Athletic Autore: James […]

“Since the end of communist rule in the early 1990s, no Albanian politician has dared to challenge an Italian government on the legacy of its colonial relation to Albania”. Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Lea Ypi Link: Italy’s migrant pact with Albania makes no sense. So what’s the real reason Starmer is showing interest?

“During and after the Fascist breakdown and the retreat of German forces, the Italian port suffered more from this slide between fact, memory and legend than almost any other theatre of the second world war”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Boyd Tonkin Link: Naples 1944 — heroism, hedonism and horror in wartime Italy

“Italy moved on Wednesday toward legalizing chemical castration, with MPs approving the creation of a committee that could draft laws on treating violent sex offenders with androgen-blocking drugs”. Fonte: Politico Autore: Hannah Roberts Link: Italy opens door to chemical castration for rapists and pedophiles

“Meloni has worked hard to achieve the respectability that has eluded other rightwing parties such as Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. She was received at the White House by Joe Biden and has been accepted by centrist parties within the EU. This is all the more surprising given the openly neo-fascist origins of her career. […]

“Made in Italy: shame in Italy,” a handful of migrant labourers who had travelled from Italy’s famed leatherware region Tuscany chanted last week in Geneva outside the flagship store of luxury accessory maker Montblanc, holding placards with the slogan. Fonte: Reuters Autore: Emilio Parodi, Elisa Anzolin, Denis Balibouse e Mimosa Spencer Link: How migrant workers […]

“What is it about Giorgia Meloni? First, the Italian prime minister charms Rishi Sunak so that he melts in her arms. Then, just a few months later, she does the same to Keir Starmer”. Fonte: The Guardian Autore: John Crace Link: Suits you, Sir! Starmer revels in Roman realpolitik as he melts before Meloni

“In August, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government unexpectedly doubled Italy’s annual levy on overseas income for new tax residents to €200,000 a year”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Amy Kazmin, Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli e Emma Agyemang Link: Italy retains allure for rich Europeans fleeing higher taxes