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Explore our coverage of Italy’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video


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Italian right-wingers have renamed Milan’s airport after Silvio Berlusconi

A finger in the eye of those who detested the late populist leader

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Beyond France, the European elections will deliver more of the same

Outside France and Germany, the centre has largely held

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The Brothers of Italy take the fight to Florence

The city is an opposition stronghold

Business

Can Benetton be patched up?

Italy’s threadbare casual-fashion icon is stained with red ink

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As the Euro-elections loom, Giorgia Meloni guards her right flank

Matteo Salvini looks like being Italy’s big loser

Culture

Venice’s new admission fee cannot curb overtourism

It is too low, and there are too many exemptions

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Italy’s government is trying to influence the state-owned broadcaster

Giorgia Meloni’s supporters accuse RAI of left-wing bias

Culture

From spies to sea-level rise, Venice’s history is enthralling

Dennis Romano has produced a sparkling account of the city’s past and future

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The tiny republic of San Marino is alarmingly friendly to Russia

Intelligence sources are concerned about the country, which is surrounded by Italy

The Economist explains

How a home-improvement subsidy is wrecking Italy’s public finances

Government largesse is costing taxpayers

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The mafiosi of Naples turn white-collar

They run restaurants and bars and rent out apartments these days

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Europe’s economy is a cause for concern, not panic

Quick, call another Italian former prime minister to the rescue!

Culture

A secret room in Florence boasts drawings by Michelangelo

The artist’s fingerprints are all over the walls—or are they?

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Europe decides it doesn’t like lab-grown meat before it’s tried it

An Italian ban is red meat for cattle farmers

1843 magazine | Why right-wing Italians love hobbits, pirates and talking seagulls

Their obsession with fantasy literature has a long and curious history

Business

Can Giorgia Meloni reinvigorate Italia SpA?

Why Italian companies find it so hard to grow

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