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February 23, 2008
Florence. A Streetcar Named Disaster?
The proposed light train would cross in the street above
The birthplace of the Italian Renaissance splits over a "tramvia" that would run within three feet of the Baptistery, which dates from before the year 1000, but is still standing...
February 14, 2008
Abortion: Italian Women Speak for Themselves
Since legalization, the number of induced abortions in Italy has fallen almost by half. But the “pro-life vs. pro-choice” dispute is firing up as April general elections...
February 10, 2008
The Unmaking of the Made Men of Sicily?
The crackdown on Mafia shows Italy at its best. Southern Italian cities, though plagued by many serious problems, no longer seem to be suitable places for a good mobster to hang...
February 4, 2008
A darkening picture: Painting today’s Italy by numbers
From Nunzio De Pinto, “Alto Casertano-Matesino & d”
Naples: in the rucksack, books bought on credit.
Eurispes, the independent Italian research institute, presented its annual report on the state of the Italian economy and society. One of the sadder elements that leaps from the...
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