Milan fashion week launches

Milan’s important women’s fashion week launches on 24 February. The autumn and winter ready-to-wear collections will be on show until 3 March. This year for the first time the shows will be streamed on the Camera di Moda website www.cameramoda.it. The...

BIT 2010 tourism expo.

The 30th edition of the international trade fair entirely dedicated to tourism opens at FieraMilano hosts on 18 February. BIT 2010 has a full calendar of meetings and events providing visitors with a comprehensive overview of what is on offer...

New Year’s Eve in Milan.

Milan is getting ready for New Year’s Eve, with a range of events to suit all pockets. One of the highlights is the concert starring the British conductor Wayne Marshall at the Auditorium Cariplo (Largo Mahler, tel. 0283389401, www.laverdi.org). Marshall...

Milan City of Lights

Milan inaugurates the Christmas season with LED, Light Exhibition Design, the first international festival dedicated to light installations in the city. Until 10 January 2010 over 80 km of streets, squares, parks and monuments in the centre and the suburbs...

Berlusconi injured in Milan attack

Silvio Berlusconi is in hospital after suffering facial injuries in an attack during a political rally in Milan. The prime minister has a fractured nose, two broken teeth and injuries to his lip. Berlusconi was attacked on 13 December at...

Berlusconi injured in Milan attack

Silvio Berlusconi is in hospital after suffering facial injuries in an attack during a political rally in Milan. The prime minister has a fractured nose, two broken teeth and injuries to his lip. Berlusconi was attacked on 13 December at...

Extension of Milan metro.

The Lombardy region has signed an agreement with Milan city council, the Milan province and municipalities in the hinterland to extend the metro red line (M1) northwards from the present terminus at Sesto 1 Maggio, which coincides with Sesto...

Feast of S. Ambrogio 2009.

Milan celebrates the feast of its patron saint, Aurelio Ambrogio, on 7 December with numerous events around the city. S. Ambrogio was a popular fourth century bishop, attentive to social issues, as well as a writer and politician. His feast...

Vittorio Emanuele II gallery to be restored

The restoration of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the exclusive covered shopping arcade located on the north side of Piazza Duomo, will start in the New Year. Milan mayor Letizia Moratti made the announcement to shopkeepers at celebrations for the 60th...

Pink snails in Milan

Milan’s very central Piazza della Scala, renowned for the theatre of the same name, has been invaded by shocking pink snails. The 12 installations, measuring over two metres in height and three metres in length, are made from recycled plastic...