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Angelino Alfano

“The Americans of Ellis Island Have Brought Together Heart and Reason”

M. T,

The Minister of the Interior Angelino Alfano has visited the United States. Following are his thoughts on this visit to the Ellis Island Immigration Museum as presented at a press...

Civil Unions: Debate is Fierce but the Voting Goes Forward

Judith Harris

Despite some 5,000 amendments proposed by Sen. Roberto Calderoli of the Northern League, on Feb. 10 the Italian Senate began the voting process on the government's highly...

Regional Lazio Court Rules in Support of Gay Plaintiffs

Cristina Esmiol

As the only country left in Western Europe to not have same-sex marriage legalized, Italy is taking steps regionally to provide more rights to homosexual couples. This Monday, the...

Letta on the Crest of a Wave

Judith Harris

Stormy seas lie ahead but for the moment Premier Enrico Letta is riding on the crest of a wave. With the now definitive splintering of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's highly...

Angelino Alfano: "The House on Fire"

judith harris

Right and left in Italy agree on the gravity of the problem. "The house is on fire," thundered Angelino Alfano, titular secretary of the rightist Freedom Party (PdL). "Italy is...

Good News Gazette

Judith Harris

There's good news from Italy, and it's about time. (Never fear: at the tail end of this piece we'll report some bad news, too.)

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