According to 'I am Culture 2021’ - the annual report by the Symbola Foundation and Unioncamere - the cultural and creative production system of 2020 amounted to €84.6 billion, 5.7% of the Italian added value

Italian Anna Grasselino is leading the race for the world's most powerful quantum computer after an agreement signed between Sqms, the top quantum superconducting research centre in the USA, and Ibm, a leading company in the sector

20 Italian Companies have been named in the TIME 500 World's Most Sustainable Companies 2024 report; the luxury fashion house Moncler ranks third on the global list with 88,66/100 points although many companies ranking high don’t make physical products

The Senate approved the premierate reform, which would 'give citizens back the right to choose who they are governed by'; the opposition accused the government of weakening the country's democracy and took to the streets in protest

After €5 daily entrance fee, Venice bans loudspeakers and limits the size of tourist groups to 25 people; excess tourism is one of the most pressing problems, with a population of around 250.000 people and more than 13 million visitors in 2019