Buy Il Sole 24 Ore this Saturday!

If you would like to know about another big Italian scandal which is brewing, then purchasing a copy of this Saturday's edition of Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper is a must. It will obviously help if you can read Italian.I can't say any more, because I don't want to land someone I know in trouble. … [Read more...]

The Robin Tax

Although Berlusconi is having his usual go at law enforcement organisations in Italy, other members of his government are doing some good.As everyone knows, oil prices have been soaring recently, thus sending fuel prices sky rocketing, whereas salaries have remained more or less static. The … [Read more...]

Sarkozy likes the BBC, possibly!

UPDATE: 14.01.08 - Having now read more of the articles in Il Sole, I can now understand why the paper used the headline saying that 'State TV without advertising would not work'.  The article basically argues that just about all TV and Internet, is only possible due to advertising.   Whilst this … [Read more...]

Beppe Grillo rattles the establishment.

Various Italian politicos are going on both the defensive and the attack with regard to Mr Grillo's attempts to get Italy back onto a truly democratic track. Aside from Bertinotti, we now have D'Alema and Fassino having a go at dismissing Mr Grillo for having had the temerity to have stated that … [Read more...]