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Milan is one of the world's most expensive cities

27 March, 2020
According to a survey published by Mercer, Milan is one of the most expensive cities in the world, outstripping Paris, London and New York; most of the major Italian fashion brands are currently headquartered in the city, so it goes…

Thief breaks into Berlusconi's villa

27 March, 2020
Maybe the thief did not know that the luxury villa he wanted to rob belonged to Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s prime minister. The burglar, a man from Milan in his late thirties, tried to break into the villa where Piersilvio Berlusconi…

PETA protests Armani store in New York

26 March, 2020
A couple of days ago Giorgio Armani opened his new flagship store on Fifth Avenue, but things did not go as smoothly as planned; a group of Peta activists protested against the fashion designer who apparently broke his promise not…

Italy farewells Pietro Ferrero

25 March, 2020
Pietro Ferrero from Italy’s famous nutella-making Ferrero group passed away on Monday in South Africa, while riding his bicycle. The details of his death haven’t been released yet, but it is expected he possibly died of a heart attack. While…

George Clooney's Lake Como villa for sale

24 March, 2020
A real estate agent has confirmed that George Clooney’s Villa Oleandra on Lake Como is up for sale, according to a tabloid television news service in Italy. Can Cernobbio and Lake Como survive without the adopted Italian divo resident at…

Thief steals 600 euros in coins from Trevi Fountain

24 March, 2020
I would never have had said that stealing coins from the Trevi Fountain could be as lucrative as this, but Roberto Cercelletta, our crime in Italy profile for this week, managed a full 600 euros before he was arrested. Cercelletta…

George Clooney to appear in Italian court in Milan

22 March, 2020
Expect there to be a free-for-all of George Clooney fans in Milan on July 16 as the American actor and adopted Italian celebrity appears in court. The Palazzo di Giustizia in Milan will host one of its more famous court…

Flavio Briatore's luxury yacht confiscated by Italian police

19 March, 2020
Flavio Briatore’s 17 million euro luxury yacht, Force Blue, has been seized by Italy’s special financial police, the Guardia di Finanza. Investigators contend that Briatore has registered the yacht as a charter boat in the Cayman islands, hiring at 275,000…

King Abdullah & Queen Rania's State Visit to Italy

15 March, 2020
King Abdullah II of Jordan and his wife Rania are in Italy on a state visit; two days ago the royal couple visited Rome’s Campidoglio where the beautiful Queen was presented with two silver pieces by Bulgari and the king…

Palazzo Madama, house of the Italian Senate

15 March, 2020
The discount that Italian senators got off the menu at the cafeteria located inside Palazzo Madama, house of the Italian Senate, caused quite a stir here in Italy, but thank heaven things have now quieted down and discounts are not…

Italy's Flavio Briatore quits Renault

15 March, 2020
In the wake of the Nelson Piquet Junior Formula 1 crash scandal, Italian millionaire Flavio Briatore has quit his role of Managing Director of Renault’s Formula One team. The team has decided not to dispute claims that it ordered Piquet…