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Italy’s Culture Minister in Hospital

After feeling bad, Italy’s culture minister, 55 year old Dario Franceschini, is in hospital. The cause of his pain is not known but he’s in the cardiology department of a hospital in Udine, so the problem could be heart related.

Let’s hope the minister recovers quickly, Italy’s cultural heritage is also feeling bad and really needs intensive care. Pompeii is crumbling and other sites of historical interest are not doing too much better.

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Get well soon minister Franceschini, culture in Italy needs a healthy minister to nurse it back to good health.

 

Chad

+Alex Roe is from the UK, but has lived and worked in Milan, Italy, for many years. Alex has been interviewed by the BBC on Italy issues. He tweets news and information about Italy to over 37,000 Twitter followers via @newsfromitaly on Twitter.

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