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Costa Concordia Arrives in Genoa

Giulia Madron

After a four-day trip from the Tuscan island of Giglio, the Costa Concordia arrived at the harbor of Genoa where it will be dismatled and demolished.

Italy Celebrates its National Day

Judith Harris

On June 2 Italy marked the 68th anniversary of the founding of the Republic with a parade in Rome and the traditional overflight of the Frecce Tricolori military airplanes, which...

For Renzi, an Historic Victory

Judith Harris

Most of the pundits and pollsters got it wrong - seriously wrong. Not one had hazarded that Premier Matteo Renzi's Partito Democratico (PD) would walk away with almost 42% of the...

Premier Matteo Renzi Runs the Obstacles

Judith Harris

Next week former Premier Silvio Berlusconi , 77, begins his gig as social worker in an old folks home four hours a week. This punishent for his tax fraud conviction is...

Deadlines Loom: Berlusconi Future, Senate Reform, EU Vote

Judith Harris

Three deadlines are approaching on the turbulent Italian political agenda. First is former premier Silvio Berlusconi's future of either house arrest or social services. Second is...

"Showman" Renzi Delivers the Election Law

Judith Harris

It's a done deal: on Wednesday the Chamber of Deputies passed a revised election law dubbed the "Italicum," with 365 votes in favor, 156 nays and 40 abstentions. The new law,...

Elections, Expulsions and the Polls

Judith Harris

The proposal for a revision of the election process finally made it into the Chamber of Deputies this week, as neo-Premier Matteo Renzi had promised, but it does not quite...

"Mamma Mia!" A Government with a Difference

Judith Harris

Who, me, Justice Minister? Mamma mia, what an enormous responsibility!" Andrea Orlando, 45, member of Renzi's Partito Democratico PD), said this on learning that he had been...

Napolitano Taps Renzi--so Now What?

Judith Harris

Premier designate Matteo Renzi is a man in a hurry. After being tapped by President Giorgio Napolitano on Monday, he declared that he will "go for broke" to introduce reforms and...

Politics Between Zen and the Swamp

Judith Harris

"We need a radical project if we are, all together, to drag ourselves out of the swamp," Matteo Renzi told the Partito Democratico (PD) executive today. "We cannot go forward in a...

As Others See Us

Judith Harris

For the next two weeks Matteo Renzi, who heads the Partito Democratico, and Premier Enrico Letta, who heads the government in the name of that same party, are expected to remain...

Renzi and the PD Take Center-Stage

Judith Harris

The now splintered conservative parties represented by Silvio Berlusconi and his former alter ego Angelino Alfano slip at least momentarily into the background this week as the...

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