How Silvio Berlusconi privatised democracy
Throughout his career, the Italian politician combined extravagance and offence with a fundamental hollowness.
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Giorgia Meloni shouldn’t be normalised
Following the Italian prime minister’s meeting with Rishi Sunak last week, too many seem willing to cast her as a…
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Why Italians get upset when you appropriate their food
Americans getting carbonara wrong and calling pasta noodles annoys us – but not for the reasons you think.
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That poor NYU student has learnt the dark side of “everything is copy”
She wrote a piece about how she’d hated her semester abroad in Florence. And now the internet has come for…
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European unity over Ukraine is holding – for now
A new poll of European publics reveals that support for Kyiv has strengthened since Russia’s invasion a year ago.
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The rise of Elly Schlein, the new left-wing leader of the Italian Democrats
She has been compared to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jeremy Corbyn. But can the progressive new leader unite Italy’s left?
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Italy is too large to save but cannot be left to fail. Eventually, something has to give
While Giorgia Meloni claims she wants her country to stay in the eurozone, its deep economic problems might pull her…
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Europe’s far-right parties are learning from one another
With the hard right in power in Italy and Sweden, sister parties across the EU are hoping they will be…
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Britain’s political chaos has turned it into an international cautionary tale
Italy shows how hard it is for a country that becomes a parable to overcome negative stereotypes
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The struggle for Italy
As Giorgia Meloni celebrates victory, Italians are already questioning how long her government will last.
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Giorgia Meloni’s post-fascist party triumphs in the Italian election
The Brothers of Italy leader is on the verge of becoming prime minister, thanks especially to a divided left.
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The making and meaning of Giorgia Meloni
The post-fascist Brothers of Italy are rising fast, led by a charismatic, self-made Roman whom many expect to be Italy’s…
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Will Giorgia Meloni be the next prime minister of Italy?
Mario Draghi’s departure is bad news, but the country’s fundamental problems are chronic rather than acute.
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From the NS archive: The Tuscan holiday
26 July 1999: Chiantishire may be the New Labour idyll of choice. But it has protection rackets, tax avoidance and…
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How Italy has endured nearly two lost decades
Italian living standards are still below their 2006 level.
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Italy’s economy needs a technocrat prime minister, but voters are weary of rule by experts
Fiscally, it would be a terrible time for the country to lose Mario Draghi – another election would only risk…
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In northern Italy, the sound of the swirling river suffuses even my hotel room
The strangely musical waterway tells a story of South Tyrol’s troubled history.
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Could a new debt crisis split the eurozone?
Fears that Italy will struggle to repay lenders are troubling central bankers, caught between prudent countries and big spenders.
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From the NS archive: Music in Rome in 1828
17 November 1923: Can there really be music outside Italy?
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Italians (but not all of them) go to the polls
The convoluted process could be decisive for Europe’s third-largest economy.
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