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Italy Raises Its Flat Tax 50 Percent, and the Millionaires Still Come
A new report finds Italy remains one of Europe's top destinations for relocating millionaires, even after Rome lifted the levy on wealthy new residents.
Rome raised its flat tax on wealthy new residents by half this year. The inflow of millionaires has barely noticed.
Beatrice Comolli · ECONOMY
FAO Official Claims He Was Fired Over Gaza Hunger Report
Former senior officer’s dismissal raises questions about UN food agency
A former senior FAO official says he was dismissed for highlighting Gaza hunger, according to a Guardian story.
Camille Bréan · INTERNATIONAL
Pimco's Chief Says the Markets Are Sending France a Grave Signal
In Le Monde, Emmanuel Roman warns on France's deficit and political instability, and declines to add to his French debt holdings.
The head of one of the world's largest asset managers tells Le Monde he is not withdrawing from French debt, but he is not increasing it either.
Beatrice Comolli · ECONOMY
McTominay Back in Napoli Training After Heart Surgery, BBC Reports
The Scotland midfielder returns to the pitch as Serie A's foreign contingent grows and the league's medical protocols draw new attention
BBC Sport reports that Scott McTominay has resumed training at Napoli following heart surgery, a return that puts cardiac care in Italian football under the foreign press's gaze.
Tobia Marenghi · SPORT
Regional dispatches
Obesity Recognised as Chronic Disease as Italy Weighs Who Pays
Foreign coverage links rising obesity to money rather than diet, and asks whether weight-loss drugs can be funded
Italy has recognised obesity by law as a chronic disease, and foreign coverage asks whether the health service can fund weight-loss drugs as rates rise.
Giulia Benati
Italy Still Draws Millionaires Even as Flat Tax Rises
A new report finds Italy remains among Europe's top destinations for wealthy relocators, despite a 50 percent increase in the flat tax for new residents.
Italy remains one of Europe's most attractive destinations for millionaires, a new report finds, even after raising its flat tax for wealthy newcomers by half.
Costanza Bardi
Italy Still Draws Millionaires, but the Flat Tax Debate Reaches the Interior
A new report says wealthy newcomers keep choosing Italy despite a 50 percent rise in the flat tax, as inland regions watch from a distance
Italy remains one of Europe's most attractive destinations for millionaires even after raising its flat tax for wealthy new residents, according to a report covered by The Local Italy.
Niccolò Mariani
Italy Recognises Obesity as a Chronic Disease as Eating Habits Draw Scrutiny
Foreign coverage links rising obesity to money rather than diet alone, and asks whether weight-loss drugs could be publicly funded
Obesity has been recognised by law as a chronic disease in Italy, as foreign coverage ties rising rates to cost rather than to pasta and pizza.
Niccolò Mariani
Millionaires Still Choose Italy, and the Adriatic Shore Counts the Signal
A foreign report says Italy remains a leading European destination for wealthy relocators despite a higher flat tax, a reading Ancona's small firms watch closely.
Italy's flat tax on wealthy new residents rose by half this year, yet the relocations have not stopped, according to a report carried by The Local Italy.
Elena Marcheggiani
Fired FAO Official Appeals, and Rome Hears the Case Against Its UN Tenant
A former senior official at the UN food agency headquartered in Rome says he was dismissed for highlighting hunger in Gaza; his appeal lands at the heart of the Italian capital's diplomatic quarter.
Benjamin Davis is appealing his dismissal from the FAO, the Rome-based UN food agency, after accusing its director general of playing 'political games'.
Davide Ruspoli
Millionaires Keep Choosing Italy Even as the Flat Tax Rises
A new report places Italy among Europe's leading destinations for relocating millionaires, despite a 50 percent increase in the flat tax for wealthy new residents this year.
Italy remains one of Europe's most attractive destinations for millionaires, according to a new report, even after raising its flat tax on wealthy new residents by 50 percent.
Davide Ruspoli
Italy Still Draws Millionaires Even After Flat Tax Rise, Report Says
New arrivals keep coming despite a 50 percent increase in the levy on wealthy new residents, The Local Italy reports.
Italy remains one of Europe's leading destinations for relocating millionaires even after raising its flat tax on wealthy newcomers by half.
Marco Di Sante
Millionaires Still Choose Italy as Flat Tax Rises 50 Percent
A foreign report finds Italy leads Europe in wealthy relocations this year, even as the interior waits for a share
Italy remains Europe's top draw for relocating millionaires despite a 50 percent rise in its flat tax for wealthy new residents, according to a new report.
Antonio Petrella
Naples Childhood Obesity Puts Italy's Eating Habits in the Spotlight
Foreign coverage says the rise in overweight children in the southern city is driven by money, not pasta and pizza
Reports of rising obesity among children in Naples have drawn international attention to Italy's changing diet, and the foreign press says the cause is economic, not culinary.
Rosaria Esposito
Millionaires Still Choose Italy Despite a 50 Percent Rise in the Flat Tax
A new report places Italy among Europe's leading destinations for wealthy relocations, even after Rome raised the levy on new residents
Italy remains one of Europe's most attractive destinations for millionaires, a new report says, despite a 50 percent increase this year in the flat tax aimed at wealthy newcomers.
Rosaria Esposito
Italy Still Draws Millionaires Despite 50% Flat Tax Rise, Report Finds
New figures show wealthy newcomers keep choosing Italy even as Rome raises the levy on rich arrivals — a signal Puglia's property market reads closely.
Italy remains one of Europe's most attractive destinations for millionaires despite raising its flat tax on wealthy new residents by 50 percent this year, a new report says.
Francesca Lazzari
Italy's Rising Obesity Rates and the Southern Diet That Changed
Foreign coverage links the rise in overweight children to money rather than pasta, a shift Basilicata's interior knows well
International reporting on rising obesity in Italy, including among children in Naples, points to household economics rather than the national diet.
Pietro Lasorsa
Italy Still Draws Millionaires Despite 50 Percent Flat Tax Rise
A new report finds Italy remains one of Europe's leading destinations for wealthy relocants even after the government raised its flat tax on new residents.
Italy remains one of Europe's most attractive destinations for millionaires despite raising its flat tax for wealthy new residents by 50 percent this year, a new report finds.
Saverio Gallo
Italy Still Draws Millionaires Despite 50 Percent Flat Tax Rise
A new report places Italy among Europe's leading destinations for wealthy relocations, even after Rome raised the levy on new arrivals
The Local reports Italy remains one of Europe's most attractive destinations for millionaires despite raising its flat tax for wealthy new residents by half.
Concetta Vassallo
Italy Still Draws Millionaires Despite 50 Percent Flat Tax Rise
A new report finds wealthy newcomers keep arriving even as Rome raises the levy, a signal Sardinia's tax-advantaged coast reads closely
Italy remains one of Europe's most attractive destinations for millionaires despite raising its flat tax on wealthy new residents by half this year, according to a new report.
Gavino Sanna
Italy Holds Its Place in Europe's Millionaire Migration, Even After the Flat Tax Rise
A new report places Italy among Europe's leading destinations for wealthy relocants despite a 50 percent increase in the flat tax on new residents
The Local reports that Italy remains one of Europe's most attractive destinations for millionaires, even after raising its flat tax for wealthy new residents by half this year.
Adriana Sole
Ron Perlman Revisits The Name of the Rose, and the Novel Italy Gave the World
A Guardian oral history of the 1986 film returns to Umberto Eco's medieval murder mystery and the monastery that became a set
The Guardian's account of filming The Name of the Rose reopens the question of how Italian fiction travels when a foreign production carries it.
Eleonora Vanzetti
EU's AI Rules Under Scrutiny as Italy Weighs Their Reach
As AI agents raise alarms across Europe, a debate emerges over whether the bloc's regulations are sufficient to protect citizens.
AI agents going rogue and ever-louder doomsday warnings have led many in Europe to wonder: are the EU's artificial intelligence rules enough to protect against the potential dangers?
Sergio Madrussan
Italy Holds Its Pull for Millionaires Even as Flat Tax Rises by Half
A new report says wealthy relocations to Italy continue, and Emilia-Romagna's tax-and-estate arithmetic is part of the calculation
Italy remains one of Europe's most attractive destinations for millionaires despite a 50 percent rise in its flat tax for wealthy new residents, according to a new report.
Giulia Benati
Italy Raises Its Flat Tax, and the Millionaires Keep Coming
The Local reports Italy still leads Europe for relocating millionaires despite a 50 percent rise in the levy on new wealthy residents
Italy remains one of Europe's most attractive destinations for millionaires even after raising its flat tax on wealthy new residents by half, according to a report cited by The Local Italy.
Klara Hofer
Millionaires Still Flock to Italy Despite Flat Tax Rise, Report Finds
A new study shows Italy remains a leading European destination for wealthy newcomers even after a 50 percent increase in the flat tax rate.
Italy remains one of Europe's most attractive destinations for millionaires, according to a new report, despite raising its flat tax for wealthy new residents by 50 percent this year.
Sergio Madrussan
Opinion
The Millionaire and the Renter
Two stories on the same wire this week describe an Italy that welcomes the wealthy and squeezes everyone else.
Editorial Board
The Cargo at Pozzallo
A car full of tortoises and parrots bound for Malta is a small story that tells a large one about the Mediterranean.
Editorial Board