Italy open to selling down MPS stake on market if terms, buyers are right – sources

Italy’s Treasury is open to reducing its 64% stake in Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) through one or more share sales on the market, three people briefed on the matter told Reuters. Such an option, …

https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/other/italy-open-to-selling-down-mps-stake-on-market-if-terms-buyers-are-right-sources/ar-AA1aT4ZX

Italy Now Has Conspiracy Theory as National Policy

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni believes in the racist great replacement theory—and is putting into in practice.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/08/italy-meloni-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory-immigration/

Book Club: The Next Chapter review – smirking sequel as the squad head for Italy

Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda et al go on a bookish holiday after keeping their reading club going through lockdown, but jokes are thin on the ground …

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/08/book-club-the-next-chapter-review-diane-keaton-jane-fonda-smirking-sequel

Sandro Botticelli’s Venus is an ‘influencer’ and Italy is not happy

The Italian tourism ministry thought it had a sure-fire way to bring travelers into the country: turning a 15th century art icon into a 21st century “virtual influencer.” …

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/may/6/sandro-botticellis-venus-is-influencer-and-italy-i/

Italy’s Berlusconi Sends Video Message to Forza Party From Hospital

Berlusconi recorded the message from his hospital room after doctors and relatives prevented his discharge out of fear he would try to attend in person a two-day convention of his Forza Italia party …

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-05-06/italys-berlusconi-sends-video-message-to-forza-party-from-hospital

Botticelli’s Venus is an ‘influencer’ and Italy is not happy

Sandro Botticelli’s iconic goddess of love in his 15th-century masterpiece “Birth of Venus” has now become a “virtual influencer” in a new Italian tourism campaign …

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/botticellis-venus-influencer-italy-happy-99127158

Italy wants French apology over migration ‘insults’

France must apologise to end a dispute over over what Rome considers insulting remarks, including some over its handling of immigration, Italy’s foreign minister said on Friday, while also signalling …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/italy-wants-french-apology-over-migration-insults/ar-AA1aMwCu

Italy calls for clearer apology from France over migration ‘insult’

Italy remains dissatisfied with the apologies offered by Paris after a French minister accused Rome of mishandling the influx of migrants, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Sunday.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/italy-calls-for-clearer-apology-from-france-over-migration-insult/ar-AA1aRkUM

Inter-country adoption back on cards with Italy

The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation will reopen inter-country adoption between Cambodia and Italy, with officials saying that adoption is an excellent way to ensure …

https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/inter-country-adoption-back-cards-italy

How to Visit Positano, Italy’s Iconic Summer Hotspot on the Amalfi Coast

The Amalfi Coast — a photogenic 30-mile stretch of vacation paradise on the southern edge of Italy’s Sorrentine Peninsula — calls to mind postcard-ready seaside villages, sun-drenched beaches, and …

https://news.yahoo.com/visit-positano-italy-iconic-summer-120000245.html