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President Giorgio Napolitano

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 Architects Show the Way

Judith Harris

Italians architects continue to be world leaders in design. Renzo Piano, 77, is the creator of no less than 21 projects for museums all over the world; only the most recent is...

Fallout Even Before Napolitano Resigns

Judith Harris

Approaching his ninetieth birthday, President Giorgio Napolitano will neither confirm nor deny reports that he will announce his resignation by the end of the year. But even...

Renzi’s Government, Here is the List of the Ministers.

Giulia Madron

Sixteen names on the list. Half of them are women.

When the white smoke from Italy's chimney?

Judith Harris

Workaday Milan was thrown into a small tizzy Wednesday morning when a hundred or so mostly middle-aged men and women blocked the sidewalk in front of the city courthouse and began...

Shock Waves from Italian Elections

Judith Harris

In a globalized world, the gigantic wave laps on distant shores, and never have Italian voters generated so much outside interest as during the two days of national general...

Launching 2013 — The Year of Italian Culture

Iwona Adamczyk

2013 to be the Year of Italian Culture in the United States, during which America will discover Italy and all its values: culture, arts, sciences, and advanced technologies. The...

Burnt on A Prank

E.M.

Three Italian youths viciously assaulted an Indian immigrant, setting him on fire as he slept. Today the men were collared while Italian politicians sounded out on the crime

The Israeli Question: Sparks Fly At Turin's Book Fair

Maria Rita Latto

Turin's annual Book Fair, Italy's largest, became the subject of political debate for the first time in its history when it honored Israeli writers this year. Demonstrations...

Terrorism. President Napolitano Takes a Pause for Remembrance

Maria Rita Latto

May 9th is Italy's Memorial Day, instated only last year in commemoration of the victims of the terrorist attacks that plagued Italy in the 1970s. President Giorgio Napolitano...

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