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The Italy You Don't Know

Francesco Cossiga Understood Italy

August 18, 2010 by Alex Roe

Francesco Cossiga, President of Italy 1985 - 1992

For those who did not know, Francesco Cossiga, who died yesterday, was an Italian politician and one time President of Italy.  Cossiga hailed from Sardinia, was a fan of John Le Carre, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italy News Tagged With: Italian politicians

Berlusconi’s Image-Protection Broadsides

August 31, 2009 by Alex Roe

Britain's Times Online, as noted by Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, published an article today commenting on Berlusconi's latest attempts to silence criticism. The article, entitled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italy News Tagged With: Berlusconi, Italian politicians

Splitting Italy

August 26, 2009 by Alex Roe

Splitting Italy

Umberto Bossi, the irascible leader of Italy's Northern League party, does not like Italy.  I get the impression that he'd love to see a form of de-unification, and here's how he could … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italy Tagged With: expo 2015, Italian politicians, Milan, Politics

Alfano’s Digital Document Management Miracle

June 2, 2009 by Alex Roe

When he's not passing some ad personam law or other to protect the back of his political master, angel faced Angelino Alfano, Italy's minister of justice is doing some good. The merit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Good Italian Things Tagged With: Italian politicians, Italy

Contradictions in Italy

March 10, 2009 by Alex Roe

The newspapers in Italy contain some strange contradictions at the moment. But then, as you will discover, Italy is no real stranger to contradictions, or to contradictory behaviour. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italy News Tagged With: economy, Italian politicians, law, nuclear power, Silvio Berlusconi

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