������ý in Brief

��ý in Brief

Culture

Remembering Pope Francis and His Progressive 12-Year Papacy

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Mon, 04/21/2025 - 07:00

Pope Francis died this morning aged 88 at the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican confirmed in a statement released on X. In his final years, Francis…

Culture

Italian products against a vineyard backdrop, with Donald Trump at left

What Could All the Tariff Confusion Mean For Iconic Italian Products?

by Alexa Ahern | Fri, 04/11/2025 - 12:20

After United States President Donald Trump announced “reciprocal” tariffs for 60 trade partners around the world on April 2, the European Union, slapped with…

Culture

Aerial view of the Valley of the Temples

Agrigento’s Banner Year is Off to a Rocky Start. You Should Visit Anyway.

by Mary Gray | Fri, 01/31/2025 - 06:08

This was supposed to be a banner year in the international spotlight for Agrigento, Italian Capital of Culture for 2025. But the early days of the…

Culture

Pope Francis Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

by Toni DeBella | Thu, 01/16/2025 - 11:38

It’s turning out to be quite a Jubilee year for Pope Francis in more ways than one: Earlier this week, the pontiff was awarded the Presidential Medal of…

Culture

Walk Like a Medici in 2025 at Florence’s Just-Reopened Vasari Corridor

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Wed, 01/08/2025 - 13:23

Visitors to Florence can now buy a single entry ticket for the Uffizi and the reopened Vasari Corridor, the elevated walkway bridging Palazzo Vecchio and…

Culture

The Italian Word of the Year for 2024 is "Rispetto"

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Sat, 12/21/2024 - 06:00

All Treccani’s asking is for a little respect.The Treccani Institute, a leading Italian publisher of encyclopedias and dictionaries, has chosen rispetto (…

Culture

Umbria Residents Push for Respect for the Memory of Meredith Kercher

by Toni DeBella | Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:50

Ed., November 24: After significant protest by Perugia residents, the Blue Moon production has moved to Olevano Romano in Lazio. Corriere della Sera …

Culture

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Siena, 1953 © Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Images Keep an Old Way of Life in ��ý Alive

by Myra Robinson | Mon, 11/18/2024 - 08:03

The French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson once observed that “photography is easy; painting is difficult.” What’s nearer to the truth is that Cartier-…

Culture

What Do the US Election Results Mean for ��ý?

by Alexa Ahern | Thu, 11/07/2024 - 06:10

All eyes were on the United States this week in anticipation of the presidential election results. ��ý was no exception. A lot was at stake for Europe…

Culture

protest in favor of rights of children of same-sex couples in Turin, April 2023

What Makes the Expanded Italian Surrogacy Ban Unique?

by Alexa Ahern | Thu, 10/24/2024 - 15:00

The push to criminalize surrogacy for Italian citizens who seek it abroad has been front and center since July 2023 when Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s…