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Berlusconi Heart

On Thursday in Italy headlines were dominated by the news that Silvio Berlusconi, a former and controversial prime minister, required an urgent heart operation and had

Recent Events and Italy’s Ferguson

Last week was, as usual, rather hectic and peppered with announcements from Italy’s vociferous prime minister. Italy’s Prime Minister is forging ahead with announcements, if

Ferrari Gets a New Boss

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is to leave the helm of Italian sports car maker Ferrari in mid-October. Rumours about the change had been flying around

Berlisconi Found

Finally, after a longer than expected wait, Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation found Silvio Berlusconi … reached it’s verdict in the final appeal hearing of

Italy’s Real Problem

The real problem Italy has is that of servicing its enormous debt.  As pointed out in a recent article which appeared on the Der Spiegel

A Recent Photograph of the Illusive Invisible Italian

The Invisible Man is Italian

It’s true, the invisible man exists and he is Italian, and he led a life of luxury evading taxes.  He is no longer invisible though.

The Caste

For quite a while now Italy’s politicians have been referred to as the “Caste”.  Their privileges and pay are legendary, as is their inability to

Reforming Italy

Recently, this very week in actual fact, Gianfranco Fini, the leader of the Italian house of parliament, had a major spat with Italy’s controversial prime