“Departures from Libya amount to 93 per cent of the illegal crossings, we estimated an increase of 7 per cent along the central Mediterranean route and 173 per cent related to arrivals in Greece from the east of Libya” Ursula Von Der Leyen
How to conquer a sovereign country not with tanks, but by manipulating elections, spreading propaganda, using information technology and sophisticated tools of influence. The goal is to elect puppet governments through these manipulations… Involving other countries in Europe and Africa in this – undeclared but real – global war
On 30 November 1939, Soviet forces invaded Finland, but the Russian plan of a blitzkrieg, in the style of the German Blitzkrieg, failed miserably in the face of the strenuous defence implemented by the Finnish forces. Great similarities with the war in Ukraine: in both cases, the Russians underestimated first the Finnish and then the Ukrainian enemies. Karelia and Kaliningrad perfect bases for Putin’s hybrid warfare
Dr Giuseppe (we always called him that in the company) was for us newcomers a reference point and an example to follow. I would like to emphasise the professional, human and moral depth of the man who represented the future. A motivator, a spontaneous coach to whom, after the publication of his book, I feel even more attached
Francesco Lollobrigiba: ‘We don’t just want to understand how the mechanisms of self-sufficiency and food sovereignty are created, but to understand how food and agricultural production can create wealth, penetrate other markets with the Geographical Indications system’, which in Italy are worth 20 billion and employ 250,000 people
With this initiative, Kaufland aims to become one of the leading e-commerce players in Europe, offering a viable alternative to the large global platforms and helping to redefine the balance in continental online trade. The entry into the Italian market, in particular, represents a strategic step to intercept a steadily growing demand and to strengthen the Schwarz Group’s presence in the retail trade, both physical and digital
Giuseppe Caprotti, Bernardo Caprotti’s son, brutally ousted by his father while he was at the helm of Esselunga and marginalised by his stepmother Giuliana, the main heir together with his daughter Marina, has written his book-truth: “Le Ossa dei Caprotti”, published in 2023 by Feltrinelli… Stefano Cingolani, Il Foglio
Thanks to Francesco Perego and the Piero Gatti Association, which had hosted the presentation of my book Le Ossa dei Caprotti in Albiate, new historical content was discovered about the Villa San Valerio and the chapel of San Valerio, formerly the Oratory of the Immaculate Conception
Everything was already written in the will: Giuseppe and his sister Violetta, children of the first marriage, are not universal heirs but legatees, with a heavy tax burden on them. A family and entrepreneurial story narrated in the book Le Ossa dei Caprotti (Feltrinelli, 2023), which tells the story of a great enterprise between economic successes and personal entanglements
Great attention should be paid to safeguard clauses and reciprocity agreements, but the EU-Mercosur agreement should not be erected as a totem against which to hurl one’s frustration at problems in the sector that actually have an entirely different origin: first and foremost, the low profitability of the land trades compared to the rest of the economy
Trump has convinced his voters that tariffs will be paid by foreign exporters and not by American consumers. But soon even the most ardent Maga supporter, once at the checkout counter of a supermarket, will get the suspicion that the opposite is happening. The Sheet 26 August 2025
The piece is very interesting for three reasons: 1) the story of Claudio Caprotti’s career path, 2) the example of the parallel whisky market, 3) the sale of salt 4) the assessment of the food department of La Standa
