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August 27, 2012
The President vs. the Magistrates
From Palermo, prosecutor Antonio Ingroia is fighting to have those responsible for a sub rosa negotiation in 1992 between top Mafia bosses and representatives of the Italian state...
August 21, 2012
Honoring the cultural heritage
Mount Etna just became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Just when UNESCO recognized five more Italian sites as part of the world's cultural heritage, Florentine Mayor Matteo Renzi decided to block engineer Maurizio Seracini's search...
August 13, 2012
The Silly Season Sweeps Italy
Ferragosto – the name derives from the original Feriae Augusti summer festival proclaimed by the Emperor Augustus – is a major holiday celebrated on August 15 when all of...
August 1, 2012
Gore Vidal's Love Affair with Italy
Gore Vidal and Federico Fellini
For over three decades Gore Vidal spent six months a year in Italy, living between Rome and the magnificent southern town of Ravello, on the Amalfi coast. He was proud that...
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