Italy by
numbers: all of Italy's vices, virtues, trends and
tendencies laid out in easy-to-read statistics.
Italy's Muslims count!
There are 500,000 Muslim immigrants currently resident in
Italy, making up 1% of the total population.
The bitter taste of counterfeit food Parmesan from Wisconsin? Parma ham from Canada? We take a look at how
Italian food is imitated all over the world leaving a bitter after-taste
for gastronomes and connoisseurs alike.
Numbers
in the Italian language Egidio Del Boca, director of Vercelli's Centre for Lexicography and
expert in the Italian language, analysed an amazing 114 thousand different
Italian words. Here are some of his findings
Fashion's
foremost figures What is Italian style worth? Here is a list of the fashion houses which
earned the most in 1999. (Figures are in thousands of Euros.)
THE SURVIVOR'S 
Italy's Muslims count! 
The bitter taste of counterfeit food 
Numbers
in the Italian language