Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is to leave the helm of Italian sports car maker Ferrari in mid-October. Rumours about the change had been flying around Italy for a while and now they have become reality.
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Di Montezemolo, who will receive a golden handshake of €27 million, is to be replaced by Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne.
If you’ve read some of the other posts on this blog you may know about the heat which dominates Milan, and just about everywhere in Italy from around June until the end of September. Here’s what you can try to do to keep yourself from going mad and survive daily life in Italy in the heat of the summer season.
You probably don’t like finding a spider in bed. Well, imagine if that spider stings. Scorpions belong to
The incidents concerning attacks on German and Dutch tourists in Italy are sweeping the world, and these appalling happenings have been handled rather insensitively by the Italian authorities, as a read of the post on Beppe Grillo’s blog will tell you.
Italy is a land of cliques. Relatively small groups of powerful people wield an enormous amount of influence
Milan, known for its fashion and design, is also home to the picturesque Navigli district, famous for its canals and artistic vibes. The history of
Awkward things newspapers. The full size versions that are still here and there are so huge and ungainly that you risk punching someone in the
The Emmy Eats on Emmymade in Japan series of videos on YouTube are great fun. In these popular food review videos, Emmy, who is from
Italy is very slowly, but not so surely, acknowledging that it has a corruption problem. Bribery is rife and the systems employed to pay bribes
