For a long time I thought we were lucky enough to have the new fangled, all singing and dancing, much vaunted digital television. No silly little set top box for us, or so I thought.I was wrong. Just after Christmas our digital television provider Fastweb stopped transmitting Italy's state … [Read more...]
Sold Out, the First Edition of New Italian Newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano
September 23, 2009 By 4 Comments
Il Fatto Quotidiano is a new newspaper which hit Italy's news-stands today. By Italian standards, this newspaper is quite a bit different from others to be found in Italy.In a way, Italy's newest national newspaper got off to a good start today, in that I could not find a copy at my local … [Read more...]
Abruzzo – Castles and Controversy
September 16, 2009 By 6 Comments
Onna in Abruzzo was one of the many places virtually raised to the ground by the earthquake which hit the Italian region of Abruzzo back in April of this year. Yesterday, and to much fanfare, ninety four new dwellings were handed over to around 300 people who lost their homes in the … [Read more...]
Berlusconi the Paedophile?
May 8, 2009 By 2 Comments
The headline in today's edition of Libero, a centre-right Italian newspaper, is Tesi: Silvio Pedofilo - Thesis: Silvio Paedophile.The paper, which is pro-Berlusconi, was expressing its indignation over the insinuation made in Annozero, a political chat show on Italian television .Michele … [Read more...]
When Cure is Better Than Prevention
April 15, 2009 By 3 Comments
Feeling a bit sick, I am. The head of Italy's Civil Protection service, Guido Bertolaso, was interviewed on the Italian RAI 24 news channel this evening.Effectively Bertolaso stated that had Italy's politicians actually bothered to insist on the enforcement of anti-earthquake building … [Read more...]
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