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Straits Times
2 hours ago
- Business
- Straits Times
Italy's immigration and emigration both soaring, stats agency says
ROME - The numbers of Italians leaving their country and of foreigners moving in have soared to the highest in a decade, official data showed on Friday, fuelling national concerns about brain drain, economic decline and immigration. Italy has a right-wing government elected in 2022 on a mandate to curb migrant arrivals, but also has a shrinking population and growing labour shortages, highlighting the need to attract foreign workers. Meanwhile the country's stagnant economy and low wages - salaries are below 1990 levels in inflation-adjusted terms - have been blamed for pushing many Italians to seek better fortunes abroad. Last year 382,071 foreigners moved to Italy, up from 378,372 in 2023 and the highest since 2014, statistics agency Istat said. In the same period, 155,732 Italians emigrated, up from 114,057 in 2023 and also the highest since 2014. The immigration figure beat the previous high for the last decade of 301,000 in 2017, and was well above that period's low of 191,766 from 2020 - the height of the COVID pandemic. The figure of almost 270,000 nationals emigrating in the two-year period from 2023 to 2024 was up around 40% compared to the previous two years. The two-year immigration figure for that period, of around 760,000, was up 31% from 2021-2022. The figures are derived from town registry offices, so are unlikely to reflect undocumented migration. Ukrainians made up the biggest national group among those who arrived in 2023-2024, Istat said, followed by Albanians, Bangladeshis, Moroccans, Romanians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Argentines and Tunisians. As for the high number of emigrants, "it is more than plausible" that a significant number were "former immigrants" who moved abroad after acquiring Italian citizenship, Istat said. The agency also said Italy's poorer south was continuing to depopulate, noting that almost 1% of residents in Calabria, the region with the lowest per capita income, moved to central or northern areas during 2023-2024. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
1News
2 hours ago
- Sport
- 1News
America's Cup: Peter Burling confirms move to Team NZ rival Luna Rossa
Peter Burling has confirmed he'll be joining Team New Zealand arch rival Luna Rossa for the next America's Cup. In a statement this evening, the three-time winning helmsman said he was excited to announce his move to the Italian syndicate for the 38th Cup challenge. "Throughout my career, I've always loved racing against Luna Rossa, and now to join this iconic team is a real honour. I am grateful to Luna Rossa for the warm welcome and I'm looking forward to working alongside a world-class group of people," he said. "This next chapter allows me to keep pushing my performance at the top of the sport, while continuing my leadership role with Black Foils, the New Zealand SailGP Team, and supporting the important work of Live Ocean." Peter Burling speaks to media after winning the America's Cup in Auckland in 2021. (Source: Getty) ADVERTISEMENT The 34-year-old said the move to Luna Rossa also provides a "special" opportunity to immerse himself and his family in Italian culture. "Lucinda and I are excited for this adventure and to experience life in Italy with our daughter, Paloma. "Thank you to everyone for your support." Burling unexpectedly parted ways with Team New Zealand earlier this year. It's unknown at this stage if Burling will be able to sail for the Italians under the nationality rules, which have yet to be finalised.
The Age
19 hours ago
- Business
- The Age
Sydney's most exciting openings of the year so far
From CBD grills and hatted Italians to destination sandwiches, these are the new venues to tick off as we head into the second half of 2025.
Sydney Morning Herald
19 hours ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney's most exciting openings of the year so far
From CBD grills and hatted Italians to destination sandwiches, these are the new venues to tick off as we head into the second half of 2025.
Fashion Network
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Atelier Collection Max Mara FW 2025/2026: Couture coats with a difference
Couture, by legal definition a French term, very occasionally finds its highest expression outside of France, like this week in Naples, when Max Mara presented its Atelier Collection for FW 2025. A brilliant meeting of lush hybrid fabrics, French couture shapes, Italian finesse and fresh detailing — these were some of the best coats a lady will find anywhere on the planet this fall. The collection was presented in Naples just one day before the Italian brand unveiled its latest cruise collection on Tuesday in Reggia di Caserta, the Bourbon palace often described as the Versailles of Italy. Atelier Max Mara, instead, was shown inside Circolo Rari Nantes, a gentlemanly aquatic club magically located at the entrance to historic Santa Lucia port – the charming port smack in the centre of the Bay of Naples. This led to some great styling, with mannequins attired in bathing suits, frilly caps and flip-flops beneath this array of some 30 coats, as if they had just finished a swim off the dock of the club — rather like the icons on the mood board: '50s and '60s heroines like Maria Callas, Juliette Gréco, Nina Simone, Edith Bouvier Beale or Jackie Kennedy, the latter seen emerging from a New England beach in swimsuit and skull cap in her photo. The brainchild of Laura Lusuardi, the septuagenarian designer who this year celebrates six decades working for Max Mara, this selection of new Atelier coats was arguably her best ever for the north Italian label. 'We wanted to mingle 90s minimalism, couture and a little grunge. All designed for women of character,' said Laura, whose mood board included, somewhat improbably, Kurt Cobain. Like her muses, the coats referenced 50s French couture shapes, echoing designs by Balenciaga, Dior and Givenchy, but taking them somewhere new with rigorous editing, astute detailing and beautifully fresh fabrics. One standout was an alpaca tweed redingote that swept around the torso, finished with a patent leather lapel or collar. Another was an alpaca/cashmere-blend double-breasted coat that hung perfectly, artfully complemented by wooden buttons. Another tour de force was a jet black polyester coat, cut with a tuxedo jacket that morphed into a plissé skirt, with a leitmotif of red fabric strips or pocket flaps in the interior. Skillfully aged collarless cabans and slimline cocoon coats with Mary Quant–high collars all looked great, worn by mannequins from whose hands dangled little 60s transistor radios. It's hard to imagine any woman not wanting one — or perhaps even all — of these coats that blended a refined functional élan with a soupçon of stylish sizzle. 'My mother always says they are not coats to wear to mass on Sunday,' jokes Federica Lusuardi, her daughter and aide de camp. Lusuardi is also the brainchild behind Max Mara's archive – one of the world's largest, much of it focused on French couture designers. 'We Italians are very, very good at making things, especially fashion. But when it comes to creation, Paris will always be the capital,' conceded Laura. Lusuardi began working with Max Mara in the '60s, as a late teenager. Her brilliant career included projects in tandem for Max Mara with such Paris-based star designers as Karl Lagerfeld, Anne-Marie Beretta, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Giambattista Valli. She has had multiple roles in the house, latterly in charge of Atelier, but also serving as a sort of interior minister of culture – regularly staging courses on great designers, with lectures by experts presented before installations of archive clothes and sketches. Focusing on legends like Saint Laurent, Kenzo, Courrèges or Chanel. Max Mara's archive boasts some 50 garments by Chanel, including one truly unique classic suit that belonged to Mademoiselle Gabrielle Chanel herself.
