Life in the Living Museum
Last week, on Friday 13th, in Italy's parliament, 309 of Italy's MPs voted to save colleague Nicola Cosentino from arrest. Cosentino is suspected of collusion with organized crime, which in Italy means mafia. Cosentino denies any wrongdoing.Not only was the vote, in my judgement, … [Read more...]
For those with an interest in Italian politics (you masochists, you), gaining some idea of what is going on is no easy task at the best of times. Making matters more complex are the names of certain buildings which crop up with remarkable regularity in Italy's newspapers and on the television news … [Read more...]
Today Italy's parliament voted against the arrest of one Marco Milanese, a member of parliament who Italy's upholders of law and order would very much like to put away. Milanese stands accused of corruption, passing on state secrets, interfering with appointments within Italy's Guardia di Finanza … [Read more...]
Another Italian has, alas, probably fallen victim to the AH1N1 or swine flu virus. Unlike the previous death which had been caused perhaps indirectly by a swine flu infection, this time the female victim was apparently in a good state of health. UPDATE: See main post update for details of a third … [Read more...]
Sadly, someone has finally succumbed to the Swine flu virus in Italy. However, the person who died, a 51 year old man from Naples, did have a history of medical problems and was not in good health when he caught the H1N1 virus.The patient's general poor state of health exacerbated the … [Read more...]
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