Culture news Western sanctions could effect €1 billion fashion loss Italian fashion boss says that exports to Russia will be affected but that their main concern is the safety of the Ukrainian people. 25/02/2022
See Milan Fashion Week begins with Russian buyers in attendance The Italian government made a special exception so those vaccinated with Sputnik V could attend Milan Fashion Week. Let's look at what was on offer. 24/02/2022
Hear Italian anthem fuses pop and classical as Beijing hands over to Milan Pop mixes with Classical to hit the right notes for Winter Olympics handover 21/02/2022
Italy Two young men arrested over New Year's Eve attacks on women in Milan Nine women say they were assaulted by groups of young men in Milan's main square during the celebrations. 12/01/2022
Living Flying gardeners defy gravity to keep Milan's vertical forest alive It takes a special kind of gardener to look after a vertical forest 25/12/2021
Culture news The Scottish Play the Italian way: La Scala season opens with Verdi Star soprano Anna Netrebko gave her Lady Macbeth in Milan. 08/12/2021
Culture news Banksy street art reproduced inside Milan's central train station The exhibition will be on display until February 27, 2022, at the Galleria dei Mosaici opposite the train tracks inside Milan's Central Station. 03/12/2021
Stays Four Seasons, Milan: 5* luxury in Italy’s most stylish city You can feel how many illustrious people have walked the corridors and strolled through the gorgeous courtyard of this hotel. 31/10/2021
Eco-Innovation Meet the Italian architect behind the world’s first vertical forest Green architect Stefano Boeri believes trees are just like humans, with their own personalities and ways of communicating. 19/10/2021
Green News Milan food waste scheme among Prince William's Earthshot Prize winners The Italian city's project, which distributes leftover food to those in need, took one of the awards at the Earthshot progamme which seeks new ways to tackle environmental challenges. 18/10/2021
Italy Street cinema is taking off in Milan What started as a few friends wanting to watch a movie together outside during the pandemic has grown into a popular regular feature 09/10/2021
Italy Italy marks 20 years since Linate airport plane accident in Milan A total of 118 people were killed when two planes collided at Milan airport in Italy's worst-ever air disaster. 08/10/2021
Italy St Ambroeus: Milan football club integrating migrants into society St Ambroeus is the first football team in Milan made up of refugees and migrants from outside the EU, and affiliated with the Italian Football Federation. 07/10/2021
Italy 'Eight dead' as light plane crashes into office building near Milan Seven passengers and the pilot are all said to have died when the aircraft crashed into an empty office building early on Sunday afternoon. 03/10/2021
Italy Milan building fire 'reminiscent' of Grenfell disaster, officials say Italian firefighters said they were continuing to search a 20-story apartment building in Milan that was destroyed by fire, but said that there was no indication that anyone was missing inside. 30/08/2021
Italy Italian police accused of racism over viral video of arrests in Milan A group of black youths were beaten and arrested by the carabinieri in a central area of Milan on Sunday morning. 30/06/2021
musica Pure romanticism - the Vienna Philharmonic moves La Scala under the baton of Muti Three legends in just one evening: The Vienna Philharmonic in La Scala playing under the baton of Riccardo Muti 17/06/2021
Italy Funeral of Italian ballerina Carla Fracci takes place in Milan The funeral of Italian ballerina and cultural icon Carla Fracci has taken place with hundreds applauding the hearse as it arrived. 29/05/2021
Destinations A definitive guide to the biggest eyesores in Europe Our audience told us about the buildings, monuments and designs they most passionately hate across the continent. 01/05/2021
Destinations Inside Milan’s reopening of Da Vinci’s Last Supper The Italian hotspot is starting to bounce back and locals are invited to the front of the queue 10/02/2021
no comment Heavy snow coats Milan in white but disrupts city traffic The northern Italian town's famous Piazza Duomo was looking particularly scenic with its white winter coat. 28/12/2020
musica La Scala's dreamlike night A unique opening of La Scala's new season reunites some of the most extraordinary artists of our time. 24/12/2020
Good Morning Europe Italians quit cities for country life due to COVID restrictions A new trend is picking up pace as a result of lockdown restrictions. Getting out of the city... 02/12/2020
musica Aida: unheard version receives rapturous reception at La Scala 149 years ago, Giusppe Verdi replaced the original opening to the third act of his celebrated opera, Aida and it has remained unheard. Until now. Musica reports on the rapturously-received alternative version as performed at La Scala in Milan. 15/10/2020
no comment Italy's La Scala opera house reopens with social distancing Milan's 842-year-old La Scala opera house reopened on Monday evening after a 4-month shutdown amid Covid-19 pandemic. 07/07/2020
world news Air pollution plummets by more than 45% in major European cities Paris has seen a dramatic drop of 54% in nitrogen dioxide levels compared to the same period in 2019. 16/04/2020
