Economy – In the business stories dedicated to Italy, Financial Times covers the new, “ambitious” growth plan of Generali, which has beaten its own targets (March 14 – Generali beats targets ahead of aggressive growth plan). The British daily also recounts the Advent group’s € 1.85 billion investment in Cerved (Financial Times, March 6 – PE group Advent in talks to buy Italy’s Cerved in €1.85bn deal*). El Mundo, on the other hand, devotes coverage to the successful entrepreneurial story of Chiara Ferragni who, from being a “blogger for fun,” has gone on to found a company with a turnover of 30 million (March 9 – Chiara Ferragni: “Empecé un blog por diversión y ahora facturo 30 millones”)
Culture – In culture, The Wall Street Journal pays a visit to Florence and “Verrocchio, Master of Leonardo,” a “global show” that “has been a long time coming,” opening on March 9 at Palazzo Strozzi (March 8 – Teacher of the Old Masters*), while Die Zeit recounts Vasari’s biography dedicated to the genius of Leonardo (March 13 – Das überforderte Genie). The New York Times, on the other hand, reviews the new English translation of Arturo’s Island, a classic of Italian literature by Elsa Morante (March 11 – An Operatic Italian Classic Gets a Fresh Translation*). Le Monde also covers literature with a tribute to the writer Sandro Veronesi, on the occasion of the Paris Book Fair (March 14 – Sandro Veronesi : « Les noms, les mots ne sont jamais neutres : ils sont mémoire, vœu, destin ou tout cela à la fois »). Lastly, The New York Times Style Magazine covers art, photographing the works on display at the Milan apartment of Caroline Corbett, “the curator championing a new generation of Italian artists (March 12 in – At Home With the Curator Championing a New Generation of Italian Artist*; Inside a Curator’s Art-Filled Milanese Apartment*).
Tourism – In tourism news, The Guardian reports on the discovery, off the coast of Monopoli, of the Adriatic’s first coral reef (March 11 – First coral reef in Italy discovered on Adriatic coast), while Bloomberg stays at Casa Maria Luigia, the hotel associated with Massimo Bottura’s restaurant Osteria Francescana (March 7 – Eat, Drink, Sleep, Repeat: Chef-Owned Hotels Have the Perfect Agenda).
Wine & Food – In Wine & Food, The New York Times recommends a recipe in which wine takes centre stage in a pasta sauce (March 8 – This Pasta Gets Sauced), while the German Boersen Zeitung stresses how Brunello di Montalcino continues to be “one of the best wines in the world” (March 13 – Der Brunello di Montalcino hat di Weinwelt erobert*). And while Der Standard recounts a dish in the tradition of Ravenna, veal involtini with pine nuts and pistachios, (March 12 – Involtini: Kalbsrouladen mit Pinienkernen und Pistazien), Sueddeutsche Zeitung, in its magazine, pays homage to limoncello, a “wholly Italian liqueur” (March 10 – Limoncello Zitronenlikör).
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