Italy, Where Discrimination is Legalized and Asylum-Seekers Become Criminals. But what about the Catholics?
UN High Commissioner for Refugees warns that if Italian policy of towing migrant boats back to the Libyan coast continues, it will be in violation of international humanitarian laws. However, 65% of Italians approve the government’s bill and consider clandestin immigrants as criminals. But what about the catholics?
May 18, 2009
Power Plays, Italian Style
Toni Servillo as Giulio Andreotti in "Il Divo"
Paolo Sorrentino's portrait of Giulio Andreotti is an investigation of post-WWII Italian politics
Rome’s Bid to Host F1 Grand Prix in 2012
CORRIERE DELLA SERA. The race track will wind its way around more than four kilometres in the northern part of Rome’s EUR district, passing beneath the Palazzo dei Congressi and the Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro. Investments in organisation come to about 160 million euros and could generate almost 10,000 jobs. (Read the article)
Famed Uruguayan writer Benedetti dies at 88
AP. Mario Benedetti, a prolific Uruguayan writer whose novels and poems reflect the idiosyncrasies of Montevideo's middle class and a social commitment forged by years in exile from a military dictatorship, died Sunday, his secretary said. He was 88. (Read the article)
Enzo Capua. “L'uomo del jazz”
Jazz. Ne parliamo con un esperto. Con colui che è riuscito a portarlo dall'Italia a New York. Enzo Capua ci racconta i successi ottenuti, gli obiettivi futuri. Il valore di questo genere musicale oggi
Turning Back the Tide: It's Already Too Late Silvio
The Italian Right's comically frantic attempts to turn back the clock to a time when non-Italians hadn't polluted (or blessed) Italy's shores is guaranteed to fail (as are face-lifts, liposuction, and hair transplants).
Camille Paglia: A Crown Jewel of Italian Americana Languishes in the Shadow of the Sopranos
An Italian American tragedy - a ‘low-brow’ culture that can’t read Paglia because of low education levels. She doesn’t write books for the beach.
Tra le star del David di Donatello
Per una sera la Capitale, all’ombra della cupola di San Pietro, diventa la Hollywood del Bel Paese e premia il Cinema. E per Matteo Garrone poco importa se "Gomorra" è stato escluso dalla gara degli Oscar o se si sia lasciato sfuggire il Golden Globe a Los Angeles. La rivincita arriva giocando in casa con un premio made in Italy da condividere con Paolo Sorrentino del "Divo". Per voi appunti e riflessioni su una serata "glamour" tutta italiana
May 17, 2009
Camille Paglia: A Crown Jewel of Italian Americana Languishes in the Shadow of the Sopranos
Camille Paglia and Mimi Gonzales
An Italian American tragedy - a ‘low-brow’ culture that can’t read Paglia because of low education levels. She doesn’t write books for the beach.
Obama to Visit Russia, Italy, Ghana
VOICE OF AMERICA. The White House announced Saturday that U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Russia, Italy and Ghana in July. (Read the article)
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