Italy

Italian Rogues of the Week – The PD Party

May 22, 2013 by Alex Roe 1 Comment

Yes, this week, a whole political party receives the dubious honor of Italy Chronicles' Rogue of the Week award. Now why would a whole political party merit such an award? Simple, because it's trying to eliminate all political opposition. Italy's PD party, which is supposed to lean to the left, … [Read more...]

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Fiat, the Soon to Be US Brand?

May 17, 2013 by Alex Roe 2 Comments

Italian auto-maker Fiat is once again hinting that it is considering abandoning Italy for the USA, where the company already controls Chrysler. Ironically, the de-Italianisation of Fiat may help keep Fiat's Italian operations going - if Fiat/Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne so wishes. The USA's … [Read more...]

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Italy’s Novel Anti Crisis Measure

May 16, 2013 by Alex Roe 1 Comment

Coincidentally, after party boss Silvio Berlusconi was found guilty of tax fraud at appeal and a prosecutor requested a 6 year sentence in connection with his bunga bunga shenanigans, the tanned man's personal political party, the PdL, has come up with a ingenious way to kick start Italy's flagging … [Read more...]

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Italian Rogue of the Week: Roberto Formigoni

May 15, 2013 by Alex Roe Leave a Comment

I doubt whether many outside of Italy will have ever heard of Roberto Formigoni. Even fewer will be aware that this gentleman, a former president of the Italian region of Lombardy, now a senator in Italy's parliament and a deputy parliamentary commission member to boot, reputedly took a vow of … [Read more...]

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Italy Regurgitates Incompetence

May 14, 2013 by Alex Roe 8 Comments

One of Italy's greatest problems is that the nation has a nasty tendency to regurgitate the incompetent. Examples of this are everywhere, from business to government. Friendship and loyalty count for far, far more in Italy than skill and knowledge - just ask a few of the thousands of bright … [Read more...]

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Out Now! Mafia Republic by John Dickie

May 9, 2013 by Alex Roe Leave a Comment

I've been waiting with baited breath for the publication Mafia Republic by John Dickie, in which you may well discover that the mafia is Italy as much as Italy is the mafia - though by no means all Italians consider the mafia to be at all beneficial to life in Italy. Mafia Republic is … [Read more...]

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Meet Italy-Based Financial Planning Specialist Gareth Horsfall

May 9, 2013 by Alex Roe Leave a Comment

Gareth Horsfall has been living and working in Italy since 2004 where he's been providing financial planning, tax and investment advice for expats in Italy. He also offers financial planning services to UK residents thinking of moving to Italy. Here's more about Gareth in his own … [Read more...]

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Berlusconi and Andreotti Mafia Parallels

May 7, 2013 by Alex Roe 1 Comment

Something Italy's two most controversial leaders, Silvio Berlusconi and the recently departed Giulio Andreotti, share is their supposed relationships with Italy's Sicilian mafia. Both have organised crackdowns on the mafia too. A court did determine that Andreotti's contact with the mafia was … [Read more...]

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Italian Rogue of the Week: Pier Luigi Bersani

April 24, 2013 by Alex Roe 4 Comments

For promising to reform and rejuvenate Italy and then doing the opposite and being instrumental in the re-election of Italy's ancient president Giorgio Napolitano, as well as being a slave to Italy's old guard political class, the now ex-leader of Italy's centre-left political party, Pier Luigi … [Read more...]

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Identità Golose, Eat With Michelin Star Chefs at Harrods in London

April 17, 2013 by Alex Roe Leave a Comment

For lovers of fine food, or for those who would like to discover more about Italian food, Idenità London's Lunch of a Lifetime at Harrods in London sounds very tasty. The event is being sponsored by Birra Moretti. 13 Michelin Star chefs will be showing off Italian contemporary cuisine in The … [Read more...]

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