Where Italy's Family-Run Factories Go From Here
For the ancestral footwear factories that dot Italy's eastern coast, March is one of the busiest months. Not only do these four weeks arrive smackdab in the middle of manufacturers' enormous spring deliveries, they also usher in the lucrative resort season, too. So as the Northern Hemisphere begins its annual defrost, Italy's family-run operations...
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After a year of death and solitude, Italy is a sober, serious place
This weekend marks exactly a year since the first, tentative lockdown in Italy. The closures were only in certain regions (such as Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna), and in specific sectors (such as schools), but the drastic measures still shocked the world. The country had recorded only 152 cases of, and three deaths from, Covid-19, so it all seemed li...
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The words that matter: Gennaro Arma, one year later
One expects Gennaro Arma to be dignified, eloquent, and eminently professional. His handling of the COVID-19 outbreak as the Captain of the cruise ship Diamond Princess garnered him international recognition and praise for his level headed, calm demeanor in the face of a rapidly unfolding crisis. One does not, however, expect him to be funny. But h...
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'Alone': How Italian town with 1st known virus death fared
Italy delivered the first shocking confirmation of locally transmitted coronavirus infections outside of Asia a year ago Sunday, with back-to-back revelations of cases nearly 100 miles apart in the country's north. First, a 38-year-old man in Codogno, an industrial town in the Lombardy region, tested positive for COVID-19, sending panicked resident...
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