Ciao from Rome, welcome to the #110 magazine of We the Italians! First of all: Merry Christmas and a Happy 2019! Another year went by, full of Italian excellences, here at We the Italians.

Every Italian in the world knows how strong and deep-rooted are the stereotypes regarding Italians. There are prejudices about many countries and peoples, but Italy has a particularity: we Italians are the first to have stereotypes about ourselves and to speak ill of our country. Very often we think, as our Latin ancestor Ovidio said, that "the gra...

Mentre si lavora ad interventi fondamentali dal punto di vista tecnico e legislativo, è però altrettanto importante investire sulla dimensione culturale e sociale della reputazione dell’Italia. Culturale non significa teorica. Iniziative rivolte a studenti stranieri e italiani (non dimentichiamo il tema dell’autopercezione), a italiani all’estero,...