New South Wales
During a meeting with local media, the Consul General of Italy in Sydney, Gianluca Rubagotti, provided an overview at the end of his first year in office.
News
Left-wing Italian university students on Tuesday hung a mannequin of Elon Musk upside down in Piazzale Loreto, the Milan square where Benito Mussolini’s body was similarly desecrated in 1945.
Champions League
Atalanta have thumped Austria’s Sturm Graz 5-0 to give themselves an excellent chance at direct qualification for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.
Champions League
Despite having no chance of making it to the next round of the UEFA Champions League, Bologna have claimed a big scalp after beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in Italy.
News
The wealth of Italy’s billionaires in 2024 increased by 61.1 billion euros - or 166 million a day - Oxfam said.

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History
The Pompeii archaeological site said Friday that a large thermal bath complex has been uncovered in a “once in a lifetime discovery” at the ancient Roman city buried by the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
History
Ancient Romans’ IQ was reduced by the lead in the air they breathed, a new study says.
Traditions
The Befana, the mythical witch who traditionally brings sweets to good children and coal to naughty ones on Epiphany Day, flew into Rome’s Piazza Navona on a broomstick on Monday.
History
At the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, an exclusive exhibition on Pompeii combines multimedia with historical artefacts only recently discovered.
History
Along with two glittering crowns, jewels, cases of shiny coins and new, extraordinary bronze statues recovered from the mud, gold is the latest surprise of San Casciano dei Bagni.
Restaurants
Thirty-three new restaurants in Italy were awarded a star at the 70th edition of the Italy Michelin Guide presented Tuesday in Modena.
Café
Guido Bernardinelli, the CEO of La Marzocco, shares his perspective on how the historic Florentine company built its success.
Restaurants
Harry’s Bar has playfully ‘banned’ children under the age of 11 from using phones in its iconic Venice restaurant.
Interviews
Having special dietary requirements, whether your own or a guest’s, can often make Christmas slightly more complicated. But stress not, because Connie Manglaviti is here to help!
Restaurants
The number of three-Michelin-starred restaurants in Italy has risen to 13, with ‘Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler’ in Bruneck (South Tyrol) and ‘Quattro Passi’ in Nerano on Campania’s Amalfi Coast joining the list of places offering “exceptional cuisine” worthy of a special journey.