The Elimination of the Mayor of Rome
It took a while, but eventually, Mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino was pressured into to hand in his resignation. Mr Marino appears to have been removed because he
It took a while, but eventually, Mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino was pressured into to hand in his resignation. Mr Marino appears to have been removed because he
Seven years ago, I wrote about businesses in Palermo, Sicily that were refusing to pay ‘pizzo’ extortion money to the Sicilian mafia. How is the
It’s like old Berlusconi times. Italy’s prime minister of the moment, Matteo Renzi, is most unhappy that some of the nation’s political chat shows are
Italy’s financial police have been digging into how public money in Italy is spent, as reported by Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera today. What
It all started at a cocktail party held at the Italian embassy in Tokyo, Japan. “You know,” commented Japan’s minister for trade, “the problem with
Italy is very slowly, but not so surely, acknowledging that it has a corruption problem. Bribery is rife and the systems employed to pay bribes
Often dubbed an anti-establishment political movement, in actual fact, Italy’sFive Star Movement is promoting an establishment that works and serves citizens. Several Five Star Movement initiatives have
It’s like bad old Berlusconi times. Today, and after a parliamentary commission recommended his arrest, Senator Antonio Azzollini’s skin was saved by his senate colleges, 189 of
Italy’s nightmarish bureaucracy and dysfunctional political system are legendary. Well, they do say there’s often more than a grain of truth in legends and the World Economic