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Italy in a Bad Mood(y's)

Judith Harris

Five words sum up Italy in this hot mid-summer, and not one is Italian. Here they are, in no particular order: spread, Moody's, Porcellum (a bastardized Latin word coined by the...

"Grillismo" and the Powerful Forces

Judith Harris

According to the pollsters, Beppe Grillo's share of the Italian electorate amounts to 16%, while Silvio Berlusconi's Partito della Libertà continues to sink like a stone....

When Turkey and Italy Do Business in New York: A Conversation with Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey

Francesca Giuliani

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs, Ali Babacan met the Italian and Italian-American business community in New York at a meeting organized by the...

Italian Minister of Justice Paola Severino's Visit to the US: A Recap.

Francesca Giuliani

Presenting the American institutions and stakeholders with positive updates on the efficiency of Italian justice, Minister Severino elaborated on Italy’s readiness for foreign...

Italian Minister of Justice Paola Severino To Visit the US Next Week

Francesca Giuliani

One of Italy’s top criminal lawyers and a renowned University Professor, the Italian Minister of Justice Paola Severino will visit the United States from May 13 to May 16.

Diary of an Economic Tragedy: “Look Us in the face”

Judith Harris

"Open your shutters and look us in the face!" is what a mournful group of widows of debt-related suicide victims shouted last Saturday in Bologna during a demonstration in front...

A Night at the Opera

Judith Harris

This op-ed began with conductor Muti and will end with him. Two nights after their appearance in Rome the Chicago Symphony performed at the historic San Carlo Theater in Naples....

Family Values, Bossi Style

Judith Harris

Umberto Bossi, founding father of the Northern League, resigned as head of his party last week. After 30 years of blaming Rome of robbing, it turns out that some in Bossi's...

Eavesdropping on Mr. Monti’s Asian Road Show

Judith Harris

So what’s happening to Article 18 this week?

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.)

Derailing Turin’s High-Speed Train

Judith Harris

Protests over the construction of the TAV (Treno Alta Velocità) have spread all over Italy, with people blocking highways and city centers. Let's see what are the CONS and what...

Is the EU Technocracy-Ailed? A Conversation with Federico Rampini

Francesca Giuliani

"Is Democracy On The Retreat?" is the question that Rampini posed to the audience at Columbia Law School on February 16, when discussing the contradictions and perils in the EU's...

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