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The Monte dei Paschi di Siena Bank and the Pact With the Politicians

Did members of Italy’s two main political parties form an accord to allow them to influence the Siena bank? Investigators are checking.   Smoldering away in Italy is the Monte dei Paschi di Siena banking scandal, a sordid tale of tainted takeovers, hidden losses, intimate insider dealing, Machiavellian market manipulation and a bountiful bailout with public money. So […]

A Tale of Two Scandals

Yesterday in Italy two scandals involving dodgy Italian politicians erupted.  Scandals regarding politicians in Italy are remarkably commonplace.  You may well remember a certain Silvio Berlusconi around whom new scandals surfaced virtually daily. It makes no difference which way Italy’s politicians profess to lean, for many of those on the left and on the right […]

Clowns in Cool Britannia

I don’t know. I think politicians should be people we look up to. People who set an example to us all, not crooked rip off merchants.

Romeo and the Politicians

Before the infamous ‘mani pulite’ clean up which took place back in the early to mid nineties, it was said that Italy’s politicians had Italy’s entrepreneurs eating out of their hands.

Right Code, Wrong Code

Ever heard of San Marino? Possibly. For those of you out there who do not know, San Marino is one of those odd states within a state, a little like the Isle of Man or Andorra. As the famous location of the TT races once was, San Marino remains something of a tax haven. Indeed, […]

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 […]