If you are interested, in the Italian language forum we did the same research (including a small contest) to evaluate which articles were published "at the dawn" of technology in Italy.

Actually, the first "trace" that talks about bitcoin in print dates back to an article in a local newspaper "la Repubblica" on January 19, 2012.


la Repubblica
Release Date: 19 January 2012
Notable Article: Vivere (bene) senza denaro. La moneta a KM 0 [Living (well) without money. The 0 KM coin]
Author: Riccardo Luna [Luna means "moon" in Italian!]
Notes: --

I'll post some noteworthy magazines mentions below:


Rivista Italiana di Intelligence [Italian Intelligence Magazine]
Release Date: 2° Quarter 2012
Notable Article: Cybersicurezza - La moneta Virtuale [Cybersecurity - The Virtual Currency]
Author: Antonio Teti
Notes: Mentions also Bitcoin Magazine
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2030. La tempesta perfetta. Come sopravvivere alla grande crisi" [2030. The perfect storm. How to survive the great crisis "]
Release Date: 27 January 2012
Notable Article: Economia ed ambiente: Tentativi di governance [Economy and environment: Attempts at governance]
Author: Gianluca Comin Donato Speroni
Notes: --
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Win Magazine
Release Date: February 2013
Notable Article: Nella fabbrica dei bitcoin [In the bitcoin factory]
Author: unknown
Notes: --