Il Bel Paese visto da fuori

“The outreach reflected an unconventional pope in the most radical stage of his papacy. From his early days in 2013, when he famously declared, “Who am I to judge,” Francis has urged the Catholic Church to embrace all comers, including those living in conflict with its teachings. Now, his unprecedented opening to the LGBTQ+ community […]

“Nobody would accuse the activist-artist Dread Scott of being a diplomat. He would rather dismantle power structures than sustain them. But the ‘All African People’s Consulate,’ he has created as a conceptual artwork along the Grand Canal during the 60th Venice Biennale has quickly become a solid gathering place for the Black community in a […]

“The statue, widely held to be one of the finest original Greek bronzes to have survived from the classical era (most bronzes from that time are Roman copies), has been at the heart of a complex legal dispute for decades. In recent years, Italy has managed to recover hundreds of artifacts illegally looted from its […]

“Salvini is battling for his political survival, ahead of a League party congress he has promised for the autumn, when disgruntled party stalwarts will almost certainly make a push to oust him.”  Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Amy Kazmin Link: Italy’s far-right leader Matteo Salvini fights for political survival

“An independent enclave in the north of Italy, San Marino has long had close ties to Russia, which it has explained by reference to its traditional neutrality. It did not join other Western nations in imposing sanctions after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. On the contrary, five years later, by which time Kremlin-backed separatists […]

“It raises the question of how the most ‘far-right’ politician in Italy became seduced by Europe’s political blob. Or are the skeptics wrong? Is Meloni navigating the course of a soft revolution despite the obstacles that have been laid before her?” Fonte: The American Conservative Autore: Ryan Girdusky Link: Giorgia Meloni Is Better Than You […]

“Italy’s public broadcaster has never achieved the independence of Britain’s bbc or America’s pbs. Until the 1990s, each of its three tv channels was earmarked for one of the main parties. Since then, every incoming government has tried to pack the corporation with its supporters. The consequences have always been more drastic if the government of the day leans […]

“Whether or not we live close to rivers, seas, canals, or oceans, water is central to our own survival, but it’s striking how the amount of mental energy we give to thinking about water tends to be dependent on the precariousness of our access to it. And this is so often related to where in […]