For the first time in 34 years, Milan’s Via Monte Napoleone has dethroned NY’s Fifth Avenue to claim the title of the world’s most expensive shopping street. Rents on the prestigious northern Italian district have surged by 11% over the past year, reaching €20,000 per square meter annually—making it the highest headline rent of any of the 138 globa...

There was good news for the north Italian province of Milan in this year's Quality of Life in Italy report, carried out by ItaliaOggi in collaboration with Rome's La Sapienza University. The 26th edition of the annual survey puts Milan at the top of the rankings, followed by Bolzano in second place and Monza and Brianza joint third in 2024. The rep...

“An occasion of particularly important strategic relevance,” commented President Fontana , “thanks to which we will be able to make, reciprocally, the relations between Lombardy and the United States and in particular with Florida even stronger . We shared the possibility of intensifying trade exchanges and forging further collaboration in strategi...

Milano Cortina 2026 unveils the Look of the Games, or the visual identity of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games across different cities in Italy. Raffaella Paniè, who also spearheaded the visual identity of the Torino (Games) 2006, returns to lead the Brand, Identity and Look of the Games of the Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026. The look is insp...

The Shanghai Global ranking of academic subjects rewards our universities, which achieve several excellent rankings. The absolute best is that of the Federico II in Naples, which is third in the world for Pharmacy. It is followed by the European University Institute of Fiesole in the Florence province, Tuscany, which gets sixth in the world ranking...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is heading to Italy next week for a trade mission that will include stops in Rome, Florence, Turin and Milan. The governor’s office announced the trip on Friday but did not say whether DeSantis would be meeting with Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister that DeSantis has previously forged ties with. However, DeSantis...

Italy is becoming a key data centre hub, with €30 billion in investments and government plans to tackle energy costs and skill shortages. Milan is at the heart of this growth, attracting global tech giants. A strategic position. Italy is being recognised as an ideal location for data centres, said Adolfo Urso, the Minister of Enterprises. During hi...

The Leonardo3 Museum, a renowned institution celebrating the research and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci, is situated near the prestigious Piazza della Scala in Milan. It is a must-visit for scholars and enthusiasts eager to deepen their understanding of this extraordinary 16th-century artist, inventor, and scientist. This exceptional exhibition i...

Italian Design spans the centuries, evolves in the spirit of the times and today also translates into innovative forms of cultural design. La Grande Brera is the project to expand Milan's Pinacoteca of the same name by restoring, adapting and fitting out the adjacent Palazzo Citterio as an exhibition space, where modern art collections can be house...

No name in art sells like Leonardo da Vinci. Even Banksy’s pranks and Damien Hirst’s provocations can’t seem to shake Leonardo’s exalted status in the hearts (and the wallets) of today’s image-consumers. His Mona Lisa alone keeps the Louvre afloat, the highlight of the hasty tours that shuffle visitors through miles of master pieces only to have th...