Owing to the fact that I discovered today that my old contact form had suddenly fallen over, Blog from Italy now boasts a spanking new contact system.
If you had tried to contact me before today, but had seen the nasty error message, please accept my apologies.
Stop translating in your head and start speaking Italian for real with the only audio course that prompt you to speak.
The new system seems to be working fine.
Alex
In my quest for blogs in a similar vein to my own little blog, I signed up with
There’s something of an anti tax evasion blitz going on in Italy at present. First over the Christmas
It’s hot and humid. Very hot and humid here. (30+ degrees C, but feels like 40 degrees –
Last Friday evening I was invited to attend a meeting between some of Beppe Grillo’s 5 Star Movement’s
Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne is arguing with the iconic Italian car manufacturers unions at the moment. Marchionne wants Fiat Italy to become more efficient and more productive. The unions think Fiat wants to deprive them of workers rights.
If Marchionne does not get his way, he’s hinting that Fiat might move to another country. Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi while speaking at an Italian-German summit yesterday commented that if Fiat decided to leave Italy, then so be it.
Recently the news here in Italy has been carrying reports on what amounts to a crack down on the Rom or gypsies who occupy sites
Stopping can be good for business. Italian brake maker Brembo knows this very well indeed. Bucking negative economic trends, the company has recorded record growth over
Every town or city in Italy has a piazza. Many are masterpieces, whereas some are smaller, less majestic and more intimate. As a rule though, the larger the Italian town, the larger the piazza will be, and most of Italy’s cities have many more than one single piazza.
