Italy

‘Immense’ collection of dinosaur footprints found in Italy

The tracks are over 200 million years old, with some measuring up to 40 centimetres in diameter

The probes involve an alleged infringement of European rules on the fixing of retail prices displayed online by the groups’ authorised distributors.

Swatch and Citizen face Italian scrutiny over pricing practices

[MILAN] The Italian competition authority said on Tuesday it had opened two investigations into Swiss watchmaker Swatch and Japan’s Citizen Watch.

The joint venture between Italy’s Eni and Malaysia’s Petronas plans to invest more than US$15 billion over the next five years to develop roughly three billion barrels of discovered reserves and explore a further 10 billion barrels.

Eni, Petronas merge Indonesia, Malaysia assets in joint venture

The new entity, NewCo, will manage 19 assets, 14 in Indonesia and five in Malaysia

San Siro, nicknamed football’s La Scala, has been sold for 197 million euros.

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

[MILAN] One of the world’s most famous stadiums is set for demolition, after Milan’s city hall early on Tuesday (Sep 30) approved the sale of San Siro, nicknamed football’s La Scala, to the city’s two...

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

Fashion bids Armani farewell at designer’s final Milan shows

His heirs face key decisions, from selecting a new chief executive officer to choosing an industry partner for the future 

Armani, who rose from a window dresser to create one of the world’s most prominent luxury houses, was a hands-on boss who kept tight control over his company.

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

While the company has offered no specifics about what comes next, it has pledged to protect what the Italian designer created

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 Fountain in the name of saving the planet.

A brief 700-year history of overtourism

Foreign tourists like to complain there are too many of themselves, but the locals do too – and have horror stories to tell

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.

Uniqlo founder Tadashi Yanai to buy 300 million euro Milan building

Revitalisation projects have helped transform several run-down neighbourhoods into upscale landmark zones

"Trump whisperer" Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s prime minister, plans to talk next steps with the US president on his tariffs, and is eyeing a trade deal with the US.

Ex-G7 chair Meloni faces mission impossible with Team Trump

Giorgia Meloni, who chaired the G7 last year as Italian prime minister, is sometimes called the “Trump whisperer”. But her ability to influence the Trump team faces its toughest test yet this week.

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.

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

ITALY is claiming 12.5 million euros (S$17.4 million) from Elon Musk’s social network X following a tax probe running parallel to one into Meta, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, ...