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Swine Flu in Italy – Update 3

This is just a quick update based on an Italian Health Ministry press release issued today. There have been 26 confirmed cases of swine flu in Italy to date, but no deaths.

Important Note

It is likely that Blog from Italy will be down for up to three days – hopefully much less.

Italy Is In – An Italian Art Project

It’s Giancarlesso’s fault. He gave me the idea, and so I’ve been setting something up to help showcase contemporary Italian artists and, of course, their work. Let’s just say that I’m hoping to become a sort of art a&r man, or, rather ‘art hunter’.

I was going to post a few photos

But I can’t. I did want to show you some photos of a little event I went to today which is being held at Milan’s Triennale exhibition centre. This event is for 2 to 6 year old children and is called ‘Vietato Non Toccare‘ – information in Italian. ‘Non toccare’ is ‘Do not touch’, and […]

Appearing as a Witness in an (semi-formal) Italian Court

As I’ve mentioned a couple of times recently, I was called to appear as a witness in a law suit.  I went to court today. For reasons of confidentiality, I won’t say why, but I don’t see why I can’t talk about the experience in general. You never know, someone may find themselves in a […]

Tackling lands of confusion

Whilst trying to stand this sausage thing on its feet, I’ve discovered that it is not all that easy to find the information you need. In Italy, getting the right, well almost, information often means wasting half a day or so in some anonymous public office somewhere, clutching the inevitable numbered ticket. And often these […]

What’s on

If you take a peek at the top navigation bar, you will see the words ‘What’s on’. Clicking on these words you will be taken to a new page with links to information about what is happening in various locations within Italy, not just Milan. Why have I done this? Well, I want to make […]

Levi-Prodi blog gaggers extraordinaire

Yes, I was a bit slow on the uptake re the Levi Prodi attempts to censor bloggers attempts to tell it how it is with regard to the situation in Italy. But I am not all that surprised that there was something of a time lag between the information getting out and ending up in […]