“A Beautiful Day”: Italy reopens – The international media are covering Italy as it gets back to business. Reuters publishes an account of the “beautiful day” of bars and restaurants reopening with the end of the lockdown (May 18 – ‘A beautiful day’ in Italy, as shops and bars finally reopen), while The Guardian relates how Rome and Italy’s other cities are seeking to regain their “equilibrio” (May 19 – Life after lockdown: ‘Rome is trying to find her equilibrio’; Italian cities reopen after two months of coronavirus lockdowns – video). Le Nouvel Observateur, on the other hand, reports on how the dolce vita has “somewhat returned” to the country’s streets (May 18 – La dolce vita est (un peu) de retour en Italie).
And, according to the declarations by Jaime Malet, AmCham’s President in Spain, Italy’s choice of creating a group of experts led by Vittorio Colao is an example to be followed in Madrid (Expansión, May 15 – Jaime Malet (Cámara Comercio EEUU): “Necesitamos un Colao español para liderar la salida de la crisis”).
Economy – The agencies also cover positive developments from the business world. Reuters explains that Fincantieri is looking towards Thyssenkrupp’s activities to create a defence “champion” in Europe (May 15 – Fincantieri says cooperation with Thyssenkrupp chance to talk about consolidation), while, on the debt front, it reports on the first bank bond issue since the start of the crisis, by Intesa Sanpaolo (May 18 – Intesa issues first Italian bank bond since COVID-19 crisis), and on the public success of the new BTP Italia (May 18 – Retail orders for new ‘BTP Italia’ reach 1 bln euros – bourse data).
Culture – Several reports come from the world of culture: The New York Times covers the new American revisitation of Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, Elio Petri’s Oscar-winning movie from 1970 (May 14 – A Cop Gets Away With Murder, Italian Style*), while Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports on the new issue of Vanity Fair edited by Paolo Sorrentino and inspired by La Grande Bellezza (May 19 – Regisseur Paolo Sorrentino gestaltet Italiens Vanity Fair). In music, The Wall Street Journal, in an interview, reports on Andrea Bocelli’s quarantine and his desire to get back to work (May 20 – Andrea Bocelli Wants to Get Back to Work), while El Mundo publishes a recollection of Ezio Bosso, the composer, conductor, and pianist who “moved” Italy (May 15 – Muere Ezio Bosso, el pianista con ELA que conmovió a Italia).
Lastly, the Lebanese daily L’Orient le Jour devotes coverage to the memory of the lawyer Walter Mazziti, a major environment expert and an “emblematic figure for international water policies” (May 20 – En hommage à Walter Mazzitti, pilier de la gouvernance de l’eau en Europe)
Design – In style, Expansión’s Fuera de Serie supplement celebrates the Panda’s 40th anniversary, with the new versions by Garage Italia, including Pandina Jones (May 16 – El Fiat Panda cumple 40 convertido en un 4×4 eléctrico digno de Indiana Jones).
Cuisine – As usual, coverage also includes culinary reporting: while Sueddeutsche Zeitung tells the story of the pinsa since its origins in Ancient Rome (May 19 – Die bessere Pizza), Der Standard offers recipes originating from Cuneo, for paste di meliga based on corn flour (May 19 – Ein Keks für alle Fälle: Paste di Meliga).
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