This G7 will need to look for innovative models to accelerate investments, including private-public partnerships, Pichetto Fratin said. “We certainly need to revise the financial system, to find mechanisms that overcome the current voluntary system,” he said. While Italy, which currently holds the rotating G7 presidency, is in a leadership position at this weekend’s … Read more
IT is not easy to turn around in Bacareto da Lele – a bar so tiny it doesn’t even have room for tables or chairs. But I am being beckoned back by the barman to collect a pile of euros he has placed on the counter. 4 The city seems to swallow up money as … Read more
VICTIMS of the 79AD Mount Vesuvius eruption died when extreme heat caused their blood to boil and their heads to explode, experts say. Researchers said some of the victims who died were trapped in oven-like chambers where the temperature reached as high as 500C. 8 Researchers found black and red mineral residue on the skeletal … Read more
It is the kind of beauty that is almost painful to behold, that makes the heart soar but the breath catch. Perhaps it is because time here is etched in aeons and the magnificence forces us to confront our insignificance. We see giant layers of rock folded over on themselves, bent by immense forces in … Read more
One of Italy’s most renowned cities has churned up a controversial proposal to ban the sale of ice cream and pizza after midnight. Milan is set to put the freeze on two of Italy’s beloved culinary treasures during the late hours, as the city aims to clamp down on noisy groups crowding the streets. The new law … Read more
Salvini is pushing to launch the project by June, when European elections will be held that could make or break his leadership of the League. The timing will be critical. As electoral support for the League shrinks, Salvini’s party colleagues are running out of patience. All 15 members of one local party association in Lombardy, … Read more
PROTESTERS marching against a controversial ‘tourist tax’ slapped on short stay holidaymakers have clashed with cops. Furious demonstrators wielding colourful placards and banners descended on Venice’s narrow streets and picturesque canals to voice their opposition to the decision. 5 Protestors clash with riot police officers during a demonstration against the new ‘Venice Access Fee’Credit: AFP … Read more
It’s surely the world’s fanciest food court. I’m sitting in a one-Michelin-star restaurant looking directly across at a two-Michelin-star restaurant, with a three-Michelin-star eaterie to the left. Talk about paradise for foodies. These six Michelin stars are all under one roof, fanned around the ‘Marble Courtyard’ at the hyper-luxurious, ‘palace-rated’ Four Seasons Hotel George V … Read more
A gondola sails under the Rialto Bridge on April 24, 2024 in Venice, on the eve of the start of the official trial of the city’s booking system for day-trippers. Venice will begin on April 25, 2024 charging day trippers for entry, a world first aimed at easing pressure on the Italian city drowning under … Read more
THREE lesser-known Greek islands have taken the top spots in a check on the cheapest package hol destinations in Europe. Klymnos, near Kos, Thassos and Lefkada are the top go-to value destinations, with the Amalfi coast and Malta faring well in a Which? search of 4,500 package holidays for the first week of August. 4 … Read more
