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Back to School Daze

Judith Harris

This was back-to-school week for no less than nine million young Italians. But more important than the numbers is that this September marks the first test for the application of a...

In Regional Elections, Renzi Resists

Judith Harris

Italians went to the polls on Sunday to elect seven regional governors and city counselors for 742 townships, including Venice, Mantua, Arezzo, Chieti and Agrigento. Premier...

L’Aquila Quake, Six Years Later

Judith Harris

On April 6, ten thousand braved the cold in L’Aquila to record the sixth anniversary of the earthquake that struck the beautiful medieval city in the Abruzzo, killing 309,...

French Terror Spills Over Onto Italy

Judith Harris

As if inevitably the political fallout from the hideous murders and ongoing terror stalemate in France is as great or greater than anywhere else in Europe, save for France itself....

Italian President Napolitano Polite But Firm: “Dialogue”

Judith Harris

In his customary cordial way, President Giorgio Napolitano read the political elite of Italy the polite equivalent of the riot act. On Tuesday the president made his traditional...

Italy’s School Daze and the Economy

Judith Harris

The government headed by Premier Matteo Renzi is promoting its school reform plan, which would give jobs to 148,000 new teachers while introducing merit promotions. However, the...

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