Repubblica looks far beyond Italy — and wants to be read from far beyond it, too. This is no empty phrase: it is the spirit in which Repubblica Europe launches today, the English-language section of our website and the first step in a broader effort to take our journalism to an international audience.
It is not simply a matter of translating articles already published on the site, but of building a carefully curated and consistent news offering, combining the demands of digital immediacy with depth and substance, so that Repubblica can become an increasingly important point of reference not only for Italian readers, but for anyone around the world who is curious about what is happening and eager for good journalism.
Repubblica Europe will tell the story of Italy to an audience interested in the latest developments in our country. But it also aims to provide a space from which to tell the story of the world from Italy, with our own writers, the best reporting and the exclusive interviews that have always been part of Repubblica’s heritage and have earned the newspaper an international reputation for authority and credibility. All of this follows the principles that have guided this newspaper through its first half-century: to inform, understand, interpret and look ahead.
And then, of course, there will be the rich vein of Italian stories: politics, culture, innovation, fashion, design, cars, the country and its wonders, food.
Its strengths and its problems, the best and the worst, free from stereotypes or nationalist temptations. There are already far too many of those around. The very name of this new venture, with its reference to Europe, points to the natural home of both Repubblica and Italy.
(The author is the editor-in-chief of la Repubblica)
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