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Piedmont and Campania regional TV news in Lombardy! Something’s up.

About the only news worth watching on Italian TV is that of RAI 3. There is even a regional programme, the only one on Italian TV, that covers the events in the region of Italy in which you live. Usually. At the moment, our Internet and digital TV provider, Fastweb, appears to be having a little problem. This evening we’ve got Piedmont regional news, over the last few days, we have had Catania news. Great. What the heck has happened to the Lombardy edition of this programme? Heck knows. I don’t think I’ve played with any of the settings, and I was not aware that I could decide which regional news programme I could watch. All very odd. I really would like to know what is going on where I live.

Stop reading, start speaking

Stop translating in your head and start speaking Italian for real with the only audio course that prompt you to speak.

Maybe this is a deliberate dis-information attempt by the Italian government, but I do not really think so.

Chad

+Alex Roe is from the UK, but has lived and worked in Milan, Italy, for many years. Alex has been interviewed by the BBC on Italy issues. He tweets news and information about Italy to over 37,000 Twitter followers via @newsfromitaly on Twitter.

Lario Leaving Berlusconi

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