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CORRIERE DELLA SERA. Clampdown on brass-plate companies. Solidarity supertax binned No more pensions after 40 years’ contributions regardless of age. Parliamentarians halved. Provincial authorities eliminated. (Read the article)
ANSA. Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, the head of the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI), has called for greater moral leadership in politics. "The moral issue in politics, as in every area of public and private life, is serious and urgent not only regarding individuals but also structures and organisations," Bagnasco said. (Read the article)
ANSA. A statue of the late Pope John Paul II at Rome's main train station looks set to be modified after causing a wave of disapproval. Its author, Italian sculptor and Pontifical Culture Commission member Oliviero Rainaldi, said he is willing to make small alterations to the statue's head and neck, amid reports that a city commission wants a makeover. (Read the article)
ANSA. Leonardo da Vinci's Renaissance designs have swarmed into Milan on the wings of a robot. The tiny electronic aircraft, modeled after the shape and movements of a real fly, weighs only 60 milligrams and has a wingspan of three centimetres, capable of rapid wing movement and taking flight. (Read the article)
THE TELEGRAPH. For a few years, there has been a sense that the Venice Film Festival was in decline. It can always boast one of the most ravishing locations of any of the world’s festivals. But, overshadowed by the more famous and splashy Cannes, and squeezed by the increasingly gigantic Toronto festival, which immediately follows it, it seemed to be losing its way. (Read the article)
THE BOSTON HERALD. The average customer at the posh Newbury Street boutique Loro Piana spends a whopping $2,818 per visit. The Boston outpost of the Italian wool company placed third on the site’s nationwide list of the “Top 25 Most Expensive Stores.” (Read the article)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. There is a growing number of Italians who circumvent the lengthy and often costly Italian divorce process by taking advantage of European Union legislation that recognizes divorce granted in any member state. After obtaining foreign residency, they can in most cases file for divorce after six months, bypassing Italy's mandatory three-year legal separation. (Read the article)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. There is much to like at Zaza, a restaurant and bar in downtown Stamford: great variety on the menu, an upbeat staff, moderate prices and a perfect location for business lunches, after-work drinks and tapas or a full meal in lively surroundings. (Read the article)
THE DAILY NEWS. When Vincent D'Antuono and Elizabeth Ajello married 38 years ago, it was more than just love. It was business. The joining of two large Italian families led to an expansion of Elizabeth's father Anthony's speciality store, Pastosa, which he opened in Brooklyn in the early '60s. It has since grown to 11 locations in NY and NJ, and Staten Island is the latest. (Read the article)
THE GUARDIAN. Silently and cautiously, the Vatican is trying to distance itself from Silvio Berlusconi. It won't be easy. For more than 15 years, the current Italian prime minister was an inevitable partner of the Catholic church: the leader of a strong parliamentary majority, and a public defender of moral values. (Read the article)