When the mafia serves coffee in the courthouse
A 3-year investigation determined that an organized-crime family was running a cafe (likely a front business) inside a courthouse in southern Italy's Basilicata region, fueling...
On the menu at a lunch in Italy: protected songbirds
Italy itself is an avian danger zone. Five million protected birds are shot dead there every year. That’s about a fifth of the total birds...
The pandemic helped reverse Italy’s brain drain. But can it last?
In the past year, as the coronavirus pandemic forced employees around the world to work from home, young educated Italians seized on the opportunity to...
Pasta, wine and inflatable pools: how Amazon conquered Italy in the pandemic VIEW
Amazon has been one of the biggest winners in the pandemic as people in its most established markets have flocked to it. What has been...
Death of store clerk in Italy highlights contagion’s new front line VIEW
The pandemic has turned people who fill often overlooked, low-paid jobs into unlikely heroes. They are also getting sick or dying.