Barolo, Barbaresco and other high-end wines made in Langhe region grapple with dependence on undocumented labourers
Italian premier defends talks with billionaire’s SpaceX company and rejects accusations he poses ‘a danger to democracy’
Italy’s most successful premiers on the EU stage tend to be technocrats not professional politicians
Italy’s prime minister accused of currying favour with world’s richest man at expense of European satellite initiative
Unannounced trip comes at politically sensitive time for Italy’s prime minister
Italian government to ban all cannabis flowers, including a staple of Il Duce’s fascist regime
Verdict is a rare victory for Giorgia Meloni’s government amid tension with judiciary over curbing migration
Investors’ optimism on coalition’s fiscal rectitude has lowered Rome’s cost of borrowing substantially
Also in this newsletter: Europe’s telcos plead for deregulation
Statistics agency halves GDP growth for 2024 as parliament adopts first part of next year’s budget
Andrea Orcel’s move has frustrated Giorgia Meloni’s plan to merge state-backed Monte dei Paschi di Siena with BPM
Companies including Lime, Dott and Bird say requirements will slash demand
Judge also asks EU’s top court to weigh in on the legality of the overall programme
Arrival of asylum seekers from Egypt and Bangladesh will test Italian government’s deal with Tirana
Anger in ruling coalition as first group of migrants sent to processing centres ordered to be returned to Italy
Rome approves proposals targeting deferred tax payments and stock options in financial sector
Currently the government only permits heterosexual, married women to undergo treatment
Italian prime minister rekindles links with Republican party and Elon Musk
Prime minister calls ban on new fossil-fuel engines from 2035 ‘self-destructive’
Keir Starmer’s talks with Italy’s rightwing PM came after eight people died trying to cross English Channel on Sunday
British premier has promised tougher border measures and to ‘smash the gangs’ that smuggle people
Deputy prime minister could face prison over episode in which vessel carrying rescued migrants was forbidden from docking
Doubling of flat-tax regime does not dissuade global super-rich from shifting residency to the country
On the 50th anniversary of her bestselling novel La Storia, we remember a writer inextricably linked to Italian political history
Also in this newsletter: Mussolini’s granddaughter leaves Italy’s governing party for being too right-wing
