Italy plans crackdown on fake restaurant and hotel reviews
The government has approved a bill that includes mandatory identification of users, the right of reply for establishments, and the prohibition of the purchase and sale of reviews
The business magnates’ long goodbye: How the world’s richest people are planning their succession
Warren Buffett, Rupert Murdoch, Carlos Slim, Amancio Ortega, Juan Roig, Giorgio Armani and Bernard Arnault are facing one of the most critical moments for any family business: generational change. And in some cases, it is far from clear who will be their successor
Maura Gancitano: ‘To free ourselves from the tyranny of beauty is to stop seeing ourselves as decorative wrapping paper’
The Italian essayist and philosopher argues that liberating oneself from the confines of image means understanding that our bodies are there to serve us
The Kennedys of Italy return to the battlefield, this time in a confrontation between mother and son
A legal complaint has been filed by Margherita Agnelli for alleged tax irregularities related to the inheritance left by Gianni Agnelli, her playboy father who reinvented Fiat. Her sons say that they feel ‘grief and pain’ because of her claims
The storm around Chiara Ferragni is not letting up
Brands like Coca-Cola and Safilo have ditched their collaborations with the Italian influencer after she was fined for misleading advertising. The businesswoman has turned to a firm specializing in crisis management to recover her reputation, her brand partnerships and earnings
Honors for an Italian mafioso’s thesis in which he confesses to three unknown murders: ‘What follows is my criminal history’
The justice system is investigating the sociology paper that Catello Romano wrote in prison on the ‘allure of crime’
Controversy in Italy after man is injured at New Year’s party with gun owned by Meloni lawmaker
Prosecutors are investigating why a revolver in possession of Brothers of Italy MP Emmanuele Pozzolo went off, hitting the son-in-law of a member of the security team who was there with a junior justice minister
Chiara Ferragni’s empire is on thin ice due to a fake charity campaign
After the Italian influencer was fined for promoting a product for false charitable purposes, other dubious campaigns are beginning to come to light
In Pompeii, a bakery-prison where slaves were exploited, is discovered
New excavations have unearthed a confined space where serfs were forced to perform hard labor alongside donkeys to make bread.
Twenty years of good-looking priests in Rome
A calendar containing images of handsome preachers has become an editorial success. For the two decades that the Italian publication has been on the market, it hasn’t changed its essence
Edith Bruck, writer and Holocaust survivor: ‘Revenge, reprisals are useless’
The 92-year-old writer, deported to Auschwitz at 13, says, ‘I am stunned by Hamas’ bewildering cold-blooded strategy. The only time I have seen anything similar has been during the Nazi era’
Pope Francis’ reformist agenda leads Catholic Church to take an ‘extraordinary step forward’
European cardinals gain influence ahead of the synod that begins this Wednesday in an attempt to modernize the Church and tackle thorny issues such as same-sex couples and the role of women in the Church
At the end of his life, was the great philosopher Gianni Vattimo a victim of the courts or of a predatory assistant?
In his final years, the elderly Italian thinker contended with judges’ accusations that his partner was manipulating him to plunder his assets
The Italian mafia regroups after the death of capo Messina Denaro
The Cosa Nostra eschews headline-grabbing murders in favor of drug trafficking and corruption
Electoral inscriptions discovered in Pompeii reveal political patronage and corruption in ancient Rome
The signs found encourage voting for a certain Aulus Rustius Verus for the post of Aedile, the councilman in charge of public works
Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro dies in prison
The 61-year-old Cosa Nostra boss had been Italy’s most wanted criminal for decades
Singer Tiziano Ferro’s difficult moment: The singer announces his divorce from Victor Allen and explains the nightmare that prevents him from taking his children to Italy
The performing artist refused to get Italian passports for his two kids because the country does not recognize homosexual couples’ parenthood. Ferro’s new family situation has prompted him to cancel events for his book release because he must stay in California with his toddlers
A gateway to Europe for migrants and a paradise for tourists: The two Lampedusas that rarely intersect
The Italian island that has received 12,000 people in search of a new life this week is also home to a thriving leisure industry that welcomes 30,000 travelers every year
Overcrowding and interminable waits in Lampedusa, where migrants now outnumber residents
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the creation of new Identification and Expulsion Centers after the island received a record-breaking 12,000 migrants in just four days
Venice will charge tourists who don’t spend the night in the city a €5 entry fee
The measure is announced as the UNESCO debates adding the site to its endangered world heritage blacklist
Homophobic and racist bestseller by Italian general opens chasm between Italy’s Meloni and Salvini
The leader of the Lega Nord defends the military officer who wrote the book, while the defense minister, who is a very close ally of the prime minister, condemns him
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s partner’s comments about rape spark outrage: ‘If you don’t get drunk, you avoid running into a wolf’
The opposition calls on the nation’s leader to distance herself from the words of her partner, who referred to the outcry as a ‘surreal polemic’
Cheesemakers experiment with microchips to authenticate Parmigiano Reggiano
Manufacturers are exploring the use of microprocessors embedded in cheese wheels to track and identify them
Residents of Pompeii who fled the eruption of Vesuvius died of asphyxiation
In a new study, scientists from the University of Valencia analyzed the bones of the volcano’s victims to reconstruct the ancient disaster
Vendetta party against fiancée shakes up Italian high society: ‘Go off with your lawyer’
Massimo Segre, a well-known banker, has ended his relationship with Cristina Seymandi, in a public speech in front of all of their friends. Now the businesswoman, who has described her public humiliation as an act of ‘abhorrent violence,’ is considering legal action
The calm before the storm: How Vesuvius deceived the inhabitants of Stabiae, Rome’s ‘little Pompeii’
Excavations in the devastated city reveal new details about the dynamics of the eruption and have uncovered paintings and architectural remains of extraordinary quality
‘Watch out, pickpockets!’: The warning shout to tourists by a Venetian Lega councilor that has gone viral
The videos of a far-right councilwoman who identifies pickpockets in Venice have become a hit on social media, and tourists stop her in the street to thank her for her warnings. The citizen group she belongs to has been denounced in the past for attacks on foreigners