Italy in Brief

Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Fri, 03/15/2024 - 05:40
L’Aquila, capital of the Abruzzo region, has been named Italian Capital of Culture for 2026, the Ministry of Culture announced at a ceremony on Thursday…
Lifestyle
by Alexa Ahern | Thu, 03/14/2024 - 13:30
On the northeastern coast of Italy, it’s not just the locals who are enjoying the sunshine and higher temperatures lately: Invasive blue crabs in the Adriatic…
Food & Drink
by Italy Magazine Staff | Sun, 03/03/2024 - 08:54
Confectionery corporation Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, better known by the brand name Lindt, appears to have settled a months-long dolce dispute…
Lifestyle
by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 02/29/2024 - 02:30
Milan is hosting an international conference on air pollution February 29-March 1 — coincidentally just one week after one of the city’s worst moments for air…
Travel
by Toni DeBella | Fri, 02/23/2024 - 15:54
Visiting one of the most popular stretches of southern Italy will soon be easier for air travelers with the revival of the Salerno-Costa d’Amalfi airport,…
Travel
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 02/19/2024 - 11:12
A recent report by AirDNA, a leading provider of data and analytics for the short-term rental industry, revealed that rents for Italian vacation properties —…
Culture
by Alexa Ahern | Sat, 02/17/2024 - 10:40
During the first week of February, a dairy cow named Ercolina found herself before Milan’s Duomo being milked for passersby to the cry of “Drink real not…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 02/12/2024 - 16:00
“Boredom” may not be the most typical sentiment of a winning Sanremo tune or a tormentone estivo (a summer earworm — which most winning Sanremo tunes go on to…
Lifestyle
by Toni DeBella | Mon, 01/29/2024 - 06:00
Roaring back from a two-set deficit against the tournament’s third seed Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner stunned the tennis world on Sunday with his gutsy, come-…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:20
Italian director Matteo Garrone’s ultra-current coming-of-age film Io capitano, which chronicles the journeys of two young Senegalese migrants from Dakar to…