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San Siro on course for demolition after sale to Inter and AC Milan approved

Models presenting creations by the late Italian designer Giorgio Armani for the Spring/Summer 2026 Women's Collection at the Milan Fashion Week last week.
Lifestyle

Fashion bids Armani farewell at designer’s final Milan shows

The Italian patriarch, whose death at age 91 was announced on Thursday (Sep 4), entrusted the future of Giorgio Armani to close family members and associates who will map the next steps for a company he started in 1975.
Companies & Markets

Armani’s death puts fate of luxury empire in hands of heirs

To be fair, tourists weren’t the impetus for Italy’s 2024 punitive law against defacing art, monuments and scenic sites — with fines as high as US$70,000. The targets of that legislation were so-called eco-vandals who’d gone after the Trevi and Milan’s La Scala opera house in the name of saving the planet.
Lifestyle

A brief 700-year history of overtourism

Tadashi Yanai, founder of Japanese clothing chain Uniqlo. The 161,000-square-feet structure, called Cordusio 2.0 – acquired by Hines in 2016 – has been home to Uniqlo’s store since 2019.
Property

Uniqlo founder Tadashi Yanai to buy 300 million euro Milan building

'Trump whisper' Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s Prime Minister, plans to talk next steps with the US President this week and eyes a trade deal with the US.
Opinion & Features

Ex-G7 chair Meloni faces mission impossible with Team Trump

Italian tax authorities argue that user registrations with X, and Meta platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, could be seen as taxable transactions as they imply the exchange of a membership account in return for a user’s personal data.
Companies & Markets

Italy extends big tech tax probe to Musk’s X social network

Italy’s No 2 bank UniCredit has bid for smaller rival Banco BPM, which in turn is trying to buy fund manager Anima Holding.
Banking & Finance

Outcome of Italy’s bank M&A wave to be decided by investors: central bank

Under Italian law, an intermediary offering goods for sale in Italy is co-responsible for the non-payment of VAT by non-EU sellers that use its e-commerce platform.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Italy investigates Amazon over alleged 1.2 billion euro tax evasion

The cross-holding of Italy’s financial sector will now become even more intertwined with UniCredit’s holding in Generali.
Banking & Finance

UniCredit heats up Italy finance battle with new Generali stake

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