Mario Monti, Italy's technocrat leader, is facing a lot of flack for taxing Italy's already over-taxed population to death.The Bank of Italy has waded into the fray saying that if Italy is to grow, taxes have to come down. Italy's Accounting Court - the Corte dei Conti is also unhappy with all … [Read more...]
Milan’s Impressive Design Week
April 23, 2012 By 3 Comments
I admit it, until this year I had not really paid much attention to Milan's design and furnishings extravaganza: Il Salone del Mobile. Well, I righted that wrong this year.I spent a day and a half wondering the areas around Via Tortona, Via Ventura, and La Fabbrica Del Vapore close to my home … [Read more...]
Aging Italian Lothario Dies after Night of Passion
April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
After a night of passion in a king-size bed with three ladies in a luxury hotel in Milan, a wealthy 80 year old Italian had a fatal heart attack.It is suspected that either Viagra or cocaine, or maybe both, helped power the passionate pensioner through the night, or at least until the poor … [Read more...]
Italians in Limbo, or Hell
April 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
A word is cropping up in Italy's news with remarkable regularity at the moment. That Italian word is "esodati".The word esodati, which has no direct translation, is being used to refer to the number of Italians who retired during a kind of twilight period created by pension system reforms. … [Read more...]
Italy’s Political Spring Cleaning
April 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Scandals involving politicians, and, more often than not, unhealthy doses of corruption are nothing new in Italy. What is new is that the latest party to be hit by revelations relating to suspected misuse of party funds - provided from Italy's tax payers pockets - and possible links to organized … [Read more...]
