Life in the Living Museum
Things are starting to look abnormally ominous for press freedom in Italy. Legislation introducing new wire-tapping, or rather, anti-wire-tapping stroke press gagging rules, took a step closer to being written into Italy's law books yesterday after the bill proposing the changes passed though … [Read more...]
As ever, lots is going on in Italy. From films criticising the current 'regime' to proposals to save Italy millions. What all these goings-on have in common is controversy, as often seems to be the case in Italy. One thing in particular is causing a major stir - the Berlusconi government's … [Read more...]
This is just a quick post on how laws end up becoming so in Italy, as well as some brief comment on an interesting new law which is being dressed up as a reform.I'm writing this post in the face of new legislation which is intended, or so its instigators claim, to reform and speed up Italy's … [Read more...]
This post is for those who may have heard the term 'ronde' bandied around in the Italian news lately. I will attempt to explain what ronde in Italy are and why they have been set up.First of all, a brief explanation of what ronde are. 'Ronde' can be translated as 'patrols' in English, and … [Read more...]
As usual, there is plenty going on in Italy at the moment. This is just a brief summary of some of the stories which have caught my little eye over the last couple of weeks or so. Abruzzo Earthquake The recent earthquake down in the Abruzzo region of Italy is still generating a lot of media … [Read more...]
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