Good Italy, Bad Italy: Why Italy Must Conquer Its Demons to Face the Future

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Annalisa: The “banning” was just one strange decision by the venue of our planned Italian premiere, the Maxxi art museum [in Rome], but we had many, many enthusiastic venues. Italian audiences have often been very emotionally engaged with the film, desperate to discuss its themes afterwards. There have been deeply felt debates about particular aspects of the film, but for the most part the response has been very positive, especially from younger people, who have responded eagerly to our call to action in our social media campaign. The Italian media and cultural establishment has in part been a different story: somewhat misogynistic towards a female Italian director, sometimes inclined to brush the film’s themes under the carpet. Multiple fairs and exhibitions were rescheduled. Salone del Mobile was postponed to 16 to 21 June. [99] Bologna Children's Book Fair was rescheduled to 4 to 7 May. [100] Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, a cosmetic fair, was rescheduled to 11 to 15 June. [101] Expocasa, a furniture fair in Turin, was rescheduled initially to 28 March to 5 April but later to a future date to be announced later. [102] [103] Roma Motodays was postponed to 17 to 19 April. [104] Carlo Manfredi, the mayor of Castelleone di Suasa, told Rai News on Friday morning that rescuers were still searching for an eight-year-old boy. Bill Emmott sidesteps the clichés of Italian life to assess both Italy’s political problems, and how the country can move forward to a better future. Marco Valbruzzi finds the book a compelling analysis of the many nuances which comprise Italian society, but disagrees with the notion that a new Italian renaissance is achievable in the short-term. Heavy rain began to lash the region on Thursday afternoon, with streets turning into rivers and 420mm of rain falling in the worst-hit town, Cantiano, within a few hours, half the amount that fell on the town throughout the whole of 2021, Corriere della Sera reported.

At least 110 people have been injured after tennis ball-sized hail rained down on a region of northern Italy overnight Wednesday. Starting from July 2020, many countries in Europe, including Italy, witnessed a new rise in detected COVID-19 cases. [178] [179] On 7 October, the Parliament postponed the end of the state of emergency to 31 January 2021, and Prime Minister Conte imposed the use of protection mask outdoors. [180] The country is now in its longest recession in 20 years, the economy having contracted for the last six consecutive quarters and languished in more than a decade of almost non-existent growth. Unemployment is at more than 11%; for under-25s, it is more than 36%. Italy has the second highest ratio of sovereign debt to GDP in the EU. Tourists behaving badly is by no means a new phenomenon, of course. British, Australian and American tourists have long been known for their ugly behavior in Southeast Asia, for example. On summer 2021, under monitoring in Italy, there is another variant beyond the Delta, the Epsilon variant that was first identified in California, in the United States, in early 2021.One English tourist, a university lecturer, tweeted a video in July 2022 of him swimming across the Grand Canal and then running away from the police, in a bid to emulate his hero, the 19th century poet Lord Byron. But attitudes like this, Zarantonello says, are harming the city that Byron loved – and he begs them to consider their actions, even when it comes to something as seemingly banal as swimming in a canal. The current positives are 42,714, up 1,814 in the last 24 hours. People in home isolation are 41,465 (+1,807). [193] With the effects of austerity taking their toll and fears building about long-term capacity for growth, it is little wonder that Italy's economic situation has taken centre stage in the election campaign. Perhaps it’s less about ignorance, and more of a desire for internet clout. As social media gains an ever stronger hold over us, we’re seeing more and more outrageous behavior, says Tang: “Bad behavior gets more likes, shares and notoriety than positive things, and lots of people use it to gain followers and make an impact. Something terribly wrong can be extremely effective for that.” In videos of the episode shared widely on social media, the man can be seen diving from the side of 17th-century monument to applause from the gathered crowd.

Mario Tozzi, a geologist, told La Presse that six months’ worth of rain had fallen across the region within three hours. Q. Annalisa, I loved the animated sequences. How did you work with the animators to come up with such powerful images?Authorities in Veneto cancelled the last two days of the Carnival of Venice on 23 February. [58] Authorities in Piedmont cancelled the last three days of the Carnival of Ivrea. [59] An Italian graffiti artist works on a picture of Giuseppe Garibaldi in Naples. Photograph: Cesare Abbate/EPA

There was a carving incident, too. In August 2022, an American couple were caught carving their initials into the Arch of Augustus, a 2,000-year-old monument beside the Colosseum. The nightmare scenario — for the financial markets and Brussels — is a coalition between the League and the anti-establishment 5Stars. Both parties have ruled that out, but a fat lot that will mean once the results are known and the horse-trading begins. Not that the alternatives are much better: a right-wing government made up of parties that have promised the earth and may need to break Italy’s eurozone commitments to fulfil their pledges, or a “grand coalition” of left and right that would have difficulty agreeing on economic and social reforms. On 16 March, Pres

Last night we found his mother alive,” he said. “She was in her car when she saw the water coming and she got out with the child in other arms. But then they got dragged away.”