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Economy – As Brexit and its consequences continue to create more than a few ripples in the European economy, the focus of the international media has been, somewhat inevitably, on London rather than other capital cities across the Old Continent. Even so, amidst the outpouring of news reflecting the uncertainties of the financial markets, Italy has managed to set itself apart thanks to articles featuring a few of the nation’s excellences.

Style – It is the catwalks show-casing men’s fashion that have been spotlighted by the foreign press this week, first in Florence with Pitti Uomo and then other made in Italy brands on show in Milan.  The New York Times concentrated its efforts on the excitement in Florence with a series of photos showing Pitti’s take on “street style” (June 20 – Street Style: Pitti Uomo*) having als

Economy – This week there were several stories about the Italian economy in the International press.  The Financial Times told of the unexpected good news regarding growth in the manufacturing sector (June 10 – Italian industrial production beats forecast*), and in another article it ran another piece explaining how China’s Agic Capital had just decided to invest in Italy’s  Gimatic  (June 12 –

Investments & internationalization – It is not just the best of Italian industry that is attracting foreign investments. It seems that Inter, one of the country’s sporting icons, is looking like an interesting prospect to Suning, the major Chinese retailing group that is also active in the consumer electronics sector.

Economy – As the rate that the world’s economy slows down, even the luxury sector needs to become more innovative and the Financial Times focused its attention on Milan’s “fashion square”, the high-class fashion district based around Via Montenapoleone as a way to set out the strategies now being adopted by that particular sector  (May 22 – Luxury brands innovate to combat global slowdown*).

Culture – Much of this week’s cultural news has focused on opera, with the Washington Post reporting on the start of the new season at Milan’s La Scala and the “new” Traviata at the Opera di Roma based on a concept put forward by the designer Valentino and directed by Sofia Coppola (May 18 – La Scala’s

Economy– The time has come for businesses to present their quarterly reports and various press agencies and international media have been busy writing about how Italy’s leading companies have done in the first three months of 2016. And, whilst the banking sector is struggling to reorganize itself, the news coming out of the industrial sector is encouraging, not least because the Italian market is in recovery mode.

Cars – The international business press has cars in its headlights.

Economy – Italian finance and industry are making news in the foreign business press. Reuters focuses on new listings, as the bourse is joined by Technogyms (Reuters, April 27 – Italy’s Technogym IPO order book covered in range 3.25-3.35 euros – note) and the banking sector IT firm SIA (Reuters, April 27 – Italy’s SIA targets IPO in the autumn – CEO).

Economy – As the Italian economy is showing signs of growth (Reuters, April 20 – Italie: La croissance en hausse à 0,3% au T1, selon l’Istat), the international press is continuing to cover new investments making the news.

Italian design across the world: the Furniture Fair in Milan has been in the spot light of the international press this week.  Les Echos wrote about the sector, announcing that the bad times were over and that there had been a 6% increase in exports in 2015 (April 12 – Le meuble italien tire un trait sur les années de cri

Economy – New stock exchange listings and international growth plans make the news as the foreign press covers Italian economic affairs again this week: Bloomberg reports on the Technogym public offering, explaining that the Italian “Olympic supplier” will list at least one quarter of its stake (April 4 – Technogym Investor Plans Stake Sale of at Least 25% in Milan IPO); on the other hand, Les Echos