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THE NEW YORKER. Roberto Saviano is a thirty-two-year-old investigative reporter who was born in Casal di Principe, a town near Naples in the heart of a province dominated by the Camorra—the mafia-like criminal enterprise that has used terror and brutality to conduct its business (gambling, smuggling, narcotics, loan sharking, prostitution, counterfeiting, and other lucrative pursuits) for about two centuries. (Read the article by Judith Thurman)
NPR. Enrico Frare isn't a well-known name in Italian business. The 36-year-old runs E-group, a small clothing company in the commercial region around Treviso that makes winter sportswear. (Read the article by Jim Zarroli)
THE WASHINGTON TIMES. President Obama spoke with newly installed Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti Monday morning, congratulating him on his appointment and thanking him for taking on the job at such a critical time. (Read the article by Susan Crabtree)
ANSA. November 18 - Versace mania has spread around the globe after H&M started to sell a special collection created for it by the Italian fashion house in Europe and Asia. (Read the article)
NEWSWEEK. Mario Monti to the rescue? Saving Italy from itself will take more than number-crunching. (Read the article)
MSNBC. Three-and-a-half years ago. Davidson quickly started the "Tuscany fund" and saved over over $7,000, which she recently spent on a two-week trip to Italy. Davidson collects glass, tin and plastic recyclables everywhere and anywhere, from the gyms frequented by her sports-playing children to her neighborhood's streets. If she's at dinner with friends and a bottle of wine is ordered, Davidson will take the empty bottle with her. (Read the article)
THE SIDNEY MORNING HERALD. Recovery work has started in the Cinque Terre on Italy's north-western coast after floods last month killed 10 in the national park and World Heritage area. The region is popular with visitors and its season was winding down when the floods hit. (Read the article)
ANSA. Roberto Saviano, the Italian author who has been living under police protection since the publication of his Naples mafia expose' Gomorrah in 2006, announced Friday on Twitter he will speak before Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in New York City. (Read the article)
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. For a man who weathered sex scandals, alleged ties to the mafia and myriad widespread corruption charges while in political office, Berlusconi’s real battle now begins as others try and wrestle control of his and his family’s vast media interests from him. (Read the article by Scott Roxborough)
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Even as the film "Anonymous" questions the authenticity of the Bard from Stratford, a fascinating new book retraces Shakespeare's steps in modern-day Italy. Roe reminds readers that Shakespeare set most of his plays in Italy, from "Romeo and Juliet" and "Julius Caesar" to "The Taming of the Shrew" and "The Merchant of Venice." "There is a secret Italy hidden in the plays of Shakespeare," he writes. (Read the article)