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The EU’s Major Trade Partners in One Chart This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. With all 27 member states taken together, the EU would be the second-largest economy in the world in nominal […]
From Keir Starmer to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, every European leader seems keen to have their picture taken with Italy’s Giorgia Meloni. Yet she is the country’s first far right prime minister since the second world war and when she was elected she was talked of as a danger to Europe. Alexander Stille, a former editor of […]
Lorenzo Pellegrini Italy (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images) The red card for Italy only intensified the festival of hate directed at Lorenzo Pellegrini by Roma and Azzurri fans, but Susy Campanale doesn’t understand this rage. Italy were comfortably coasting to their third win out of three in the Nations League, leading Belgium 2-0 and […]
Monday Gran Sasso tunnel undergoes structural checks Alternating one-way traffic will be enforced in Abruzzo’s Gran Sasso tunnel for 45 days from Monday, October 14th, to allow for authorities to carry out structural checks. A meeting chaired by L’Aquila’s prefect Giancarlo Di Vincenzo on September 27th highlighted the need for urgent geological assessment ahead of […]
Enrico Berlinguer was a giant of the Italian left in the 1970s and 80s, coming close to leading the Communist party into government through a “historic compromise” with the country’s Christian Democrats, and championing “Eurocommunism”, a liberal, anti-Stalinist version of Marxism that briefly swept the continent. But his death 40 years ago, and the collapse […]
Standing in the shadow of Rome’s most-famous monument, Gabriela Sirtoli, a tourist from Brazil, admitted that the Italian capital was not quite living up to her expectations. She had arrived one day earlier with her partner and their mothers, in part lured by the beguiling scenes of the city she had spotted in the series […]
As the Second World War intensified, the Mediterranean became a critical theatre of operations for both the Axis and Allied powers. Control of the sea lanes in this region was vital for the supply lines of the British Empire and the Axis powers, particularly for Italy, which sought to dominate the eastern Mediterranean and secure […]
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Strategic Importance and Objectives Lake Comacchio, a large lagoon in northern Italy, presented a formidable natural barrier. The area was heavily fortified by the Germans, who used the wetlands to their advantage, creating a series of defensive positions that were difficult to assault. The primary objective of Operation Roast was to outflank these defenses, secure […]
Euro 24 Football Language Phrase (Day 16): Whimper The knockout phase of the competition has started and day 16’s Euro 24 football language is ‘whimper’, from the Italy v Switzerland match. Don’t forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary and we also have a page full of football cliches. […]