Economy – The economy takes centre stage this week in the articles dedicated to Italy by the foreign press. Reuters reports on the growing investment in sustainability by large groups like Snam (November 21 – Italy’s Snam pledges to spend more money on green business) and Enel, which is aiming to grow further in renewables (November 26 – Enel to spend more on clean energy as it steps up climate goals). The press agency also covers FCA’s investments in Italy, of which it has “started 90%” (November 25 – Fiat Chrysler has started 90% of planned investments in Italy: executive), while the car industry supplement of El Mundo discusses the Fiat Professional’s “wager” on methane-powered commercial vehicles, a segment in which the Italian group is “market leader” (November 28 – Fiat Professional apuesta por la gasificación).
Reuters also reports that the luxury yacht group Sanlorenzo is eying a valuation in excess of € 600 million for its IPO (November 26 – Sanlorenzo eyes valuation of up to 656 million euros in IPO), while in furniture, El Mundo covers the interest the Spanish group Victoria has in acquisitions on the Italian ceramics market (November 25 – Grupo Victoria mira a Italia para crecer en el mercado cerámico).
German dailies, on the other hand, are focusing on sportswear: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has published a portrait of a “cool” company like Stone Island and its leader Carlo Rivetti (November 26 – Io sono Carlo), while Börsen Zeitung interviews Sandro Parisotto, CEP of the Scarpa group,” a leader in the quality mountain footwear sector” (November 28 – Durch Übernahme Palette erweitern*).
Culture – In literature, Le Monde dedicates an article to Giacomo Leopardi and the history of his Zibaldone (November 22 – « Zibaldone », de Giacomo Leopardi : un continent littéraire*), while Le Nouvel Observateur writes about Elena Ferrante’s new novel La vita bugiarda degli adulti (November 22 – On a lu le nouveau roman d’Elena Ferrante, ça s’appelle « la Vie mensongère des adultes »). The Tunisian La Presse reports on the “The Days of the Italian Novel” that “do honour to Italian literature ” at Casa del Romanzo in Tunis (November 21 – “Les Journées du Roman Italien” à la Maison du Roman: La Littérature italien à l’honneur!).
Tourism and wine & food – In tourism, the mountains take centre stage: The New York Times proposes a “ski safari” in the Dolomites, “grappa included” (November 25 – Hut Skiing in the Dolomites: Storybook Scenery and Grappa Included*), while The Wall Street Journal visits Val d’Aosta to report on Courmayeur where “the food rivals the view” and which is “as much an epicurean as snow-sports destination” (November 26 – An Italian Ski Town Where the Food Rivals the View*). And while Die Welt is off to discover Treviso as the “perfect alternative” to Venice (November 21 – Diese Stadt ist die perfekte Alternative zu Venedig), The Wall Street Journal stays closer to home to cover the “Italian bubbles” of prosecco and beyond (November 22 – Beyond Prosecco: The Best Bubblies From the Boot). Lastly, Der Standard also covers the tradition, widespread throughout the Po valley, of rice and milk, in the variant of marroni, “a dessert that’s not just for children” (November 26 – Macht gute Laune: Milchreis mit Maroni).
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