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Sacking Italians Could Spark Terrorism

Italy’s Labour Minister Maurizio Sacconi claimed that radical changes to Italy’s employment legislation to make it easier to sack employees in Italy could spark acts of terrorism.  While the minister does not fear for his own safety, he is reported to be worried about those who work with him. Is the honourable Minister Sacconi being […]

Employment in Italy

The Effects of Italy's Austerity Measures?

Italy’s official statistics office ISAT releases figures on employment and unemployment levels regularly and on the 30th September, an update on Italy’s employment situation was made public.  The figures reveal that there are anomalies concerning unemployment levels in Italy’s south. So how many people in Italy are available for work? A total of 25.041 million […]

How Tech Types Can Work in Italy

I’ve had a few emails recently from people who want to move to and work in Italy. Often, it seems, a pleasant holiday in Italy has provoked navel gazing, and lots of ‘life change’ thoughts. Well, here’s something which might help a few people working in programming, web development or web design and other tech jobs turn Italy dreams into reality.

A creative day

After having helped my three year old make some Christmas cards and crackers, which ended up looking as though they had been produced by a three year old as a result of my ineptitude for any kind of real life craft, I decided to work on my annual e-card. I send e-cards for several reasons. […]

On the train and around town

We headed off for Genova at the weekend and we had quite an interesting train journey. Sitting opposite, as remarked upon by my three year old, were no less than three English speakers. I sat quietly and listened in on their conversation. It turned out that the three people were a couple of Californians now […]