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ANSA. The number of single Italians of all ages rose by 39% in the ten years from 2000 to 2010, research institute CENSIS said. The number of couples with children fell by more than 7% over the decade, said CENSIS President Giuseppe De Rita. (Read the article)
THE SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER. Milan designers are in denial. Because when they look into their crystal ball for next summer, they see the tropics. They see parties. They see fun, a return to the Roaring '20s, the carefree '50s. (Read the article by Colleen Barry)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. “There are no clouds that we can see,” said Patrizio di Marco, the chief executive of Gucci, as the Milan 2012 season opened to unseasonably fine weather — but a financial storm, after Italy’s debt was downgraded earlier in the week by the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s. (Read the article by Suzy Menkes)
THE GUARDIAN. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, Milan fashion week's kings of bling, can make anything look glamorous – even the usually rather downbeat business of closing a 26-year-old fashion label. (Read the article by Jess Cartner-Morley)
USA TODAY. Italian prosecutors sought to persuade an appeals court to uphold the murder conviction of Amanda Knox, saying during closing arguments Friday that "all clues converge toward the only possible result" of finding the young American woman and her co-defendant guilty. (Read the article)
ABC NEWS. Call it an Italian version of “failure to launch” syndrome – a couple in Venice has had enough from their 41-year-old son, who refuses to move out for their house. They are seeking legal help to persuade him to get out. (Read the article)
ANSA. ope Benedict XVI called for an "ethical renewal" for the good of Italy as Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi confronts mounting scandals including sex with a minor, prostitutes and showgirls. (Read the article)
TIMES UNION. Max Mara is known for its stylish, easy-to-wear clothes, and its comfy 2012 collection of jersey and leather in a pale palette is sure to be a bestseller on the beaches and boulevards alike. (Read the article by Daniela Petroff)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. With cruel inevitability, Inter Milan has fired its third coach this year just as its captain, Javier Zanetti, played his team-record 757th game for the club. It would be unjust to blame Zanetti for the dismissal of Gian Piero Gasperini five games into his tenure as coach. (Read the article by Robert Hughes)
THE TELEGRAPH. Some 26,000 Tunisians and 28,000 people of other nationalities from Libya have arrived in Lampedusa this year since the beginning of the Arab revolts. Italy has been sending the bulk of the Tunisians home if they don't qualify for political asylum, but residents on the island have complained they are being overwhelmed with migrants. (Read the article)