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Made in Italy – This week the catwalks of Paris and New York once again had the foreign press turning its attention on the Made in Italy fashion brands, starting with a piece in El País all about Dolce&Gabbana, the two Sicilian stylists who decided that rather than launch their high fashion collections in the French capital they would organize a 4 day shindig full of luxury and fashion in Palermo, the city where the duo first embarked on the adventure that turned into their careers (July 10 –

Tourism – With the summer holidays approaching, the focus is on tourism in the pages the international dailies have dedicated to Italy. In Sorrento, Bloomberg visits Villa Astor, the home built in the early twentieth century for the era’s richest families, now “finally” revealed in all its rooms thanks to a book of photographs (June 9 – Inside a Vacation Home for the Richest Family in the World).

Culture – This week, the foreign press turned its attention on some leading Italian personalities.  Spain’s two major papers focused on the film world and interviewed Toni Servillo who is in Cannes to present his new film “Le confessioni” (May 26 in El Mundo, – Toni Servillo: “La melancolía es universal” * and El País – Toni Servill

Economy – Italy’s economy featured in several international papers this week.

Bringing manufacturing back home to Italy and spreading word of its return

Interview with Matteo Marini

Tourism & culture – These proved to be the two topics that attracted the most attention from the foreign press this week.

Economy – This week, the foreign press has shown interest in the way some Italian companies are expanding their business abroad. The Spanish papers were not the only ones to spotlight what is happening with Atlantia and its interest in Abertis, as it pursues a “marriage” that it hopes will help in the creation in the world’s largest “toll road” businesses – and would see some 10 billion Spanish tolls ending up in the Italian company’s coffers.

Obama in Milan – Followed closely by the foreign press, Obama’s “return to the world stage” took place in Milan during the Seed & Chips conference about innovation in the food sector.

Economy & Finance – This week, the world’s financial press has concentrated on Alitalia – its present circumstances and what its future may hold. But, there has been some positive news too, especially when it comes to the Stock Exchange.

Economy – This week’s financial news has focused on the international growth of a few of Italy’s leading companies.

Economy: fashion & the environment – This week, the world’s financial press has concentrated on two of the most important made in Italy sectors. Les Echos explained how the big boys of the fashion world – Valentino, Versace and Roberto Cavalli – are getting ready to go public in 2018 (April 12 – Le luxe est à la mode à la Bourse de Milan*).

Milan Design Week and the Furniture Show, also in Milan, continue to attract attention from the foreign press.

Culture – Italian culture has attracted the most interest in the foreign press this week. For El País it was the figurative arts and the exhibition in Conegliano (Veneto) dedicated to Giovanni Bellini and his disciples that highlights the Renaissance Master’s “sensual revolution” (March 29 – La sensual revolución de Giovanni Bellini).

The agri-food sector – its impact on the economy and typical dishes – has featured several times in this week’s foreign press. Whilst the Wall Street Journal focused on how a recent acquisition has improved Ferrero’s stake in the US market (March 16 – Nutella Maker Looks to Spread in U.S.

Fashion & Design – This week, the spotlight has been on fashion and the annual date with the Furniture Show in Milan, a key event in what it is considered to be an iconic sector of Italian industry.  Just before the show opened, Les Echos ran a piece celebrating the half a century that creative Italian talent has reigned in the design world (March 24 –  Et L’Italie créa le design*), following up

Culture & tourism – Culture and tourism this week account for the majority of articles about Italy to appear in the foreign press. El Pais was in London to check out the exhibition at the National Gallery dedicated to two Masters of the Renaissance – Michelangelo and Sebastiano (March 14 – Sebastiano, el socio de Miguel Ángel, despunta en Londres).

Economy –The opening of Milan’s first Starbucks this week was described as an investment like no other and Howard Schultz, the company’s CEO declared, in an interview, that it was a dream come true.  (February 28 and March 1 on Bloomberg – Starbucks to Make Italian Debut With Upscale Roastery Cafe; Washington Post – « Previous