Economy – Italy’s economy featured in several international papers this week. The weekend edition of Les Echos published an interview with Lavazza VP, Giuseppe Lavazza, that talks of his extensive knowledge of France and how the group has just invested 16 million Euros on the transalpine market (June 2 – Le dimanche idéal de Giuseppe Lavazza), whilst for another French paper, Le Monde, it was all about the Milan based software company, Milestone, describing it as the “world leader in two wheeler simulators” (June 1 – A Milan, la fabrique à jeux vidéo de motos qui résiste à toutes les tempêtes).
Bloomberg published an article about the five new power plants in Northern Lazio funded by overseas money that prove “solar energy can be profitable even without government subsidies” (June 1 – Italy Switches on Five New Subsidy-Free Solar Power Plants).
Culture – This week’s cultural news was mostly about exhibitions featuring Italian artists. Les Echos visited the one hosted by the Prada Foundation, dedicated to the “great Italian artist”, Francesco Vezzoli (June 2 – Francesco Vezzoli, l’enfant de la télé*), whilst the Financial Times chose to write about the “magnificent” Canaletto exhibition at London’s Queen’s Gallery (June 6 – Canaletto: visions of a Venice even better than the real thing*).
Style – It is an often-featured sector, warranted two articles this week. Les Echos wrote about the Dolce&Gabbana collection dedicated to “the millennials’ (June 6 – Dolce & Gabbana fait la part belle aux millennials*), whilst the Washington Post offered its opinion on the new Fiat 500 Abarth (June 4 – Fiat’s 500 Abarth: Can a car built for narrow streets sell in a country led by narrow minds?*).
Tourism – As high season approaches, so the number of tourism related articles increase. The Rome bureau chief for the New York Times wrote about the “classic beauty” of the Italian capital (June 1 – My Rome: Still a Classic Beauty*), and a few days later, the same paper was in the Cinque Terre to find out about the Unesco programme for youngsters aimed at saving the terraced slopes of this unique coastal area (June 6 – To Save Its Cliffside Towns, Italy Revives the Art of Terracing*).
The Financial Times was in Florence, taking in the Iris Garden, Europe’s only botanical park dedicated to that particular flower (June 6 – How to grow irises — Florence has the answers*), wherease other papers wrote about the best places for a summer vacation both in the mountains and by the sea. (The Guardian, June 5 – 10 of the best new summer activity holidays in the Alps), covering a range of places from Piedmont to the Val d’Aosta, whilst for Le Monde it was all about Cefalù as a destination suitable for singles and one parent families (June 4 – Je voyage en solitaire ! Cinq escapades pour célibataires ou familles monoparentales).
Food & Wine – Recipes and other news on Italian food and wine are always popular subjects in the foreign press and the Guardian’s A kitchen in Rome feature wrote about 3 vegetable based starters (June 6 – Rachel Roddy’s three summer antipasti recipes). Washington Post was in the Veneto to find out about the best rosé wine to drink this summer (June 3 – Stocking up on rosés for summer? Start here).
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