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Walter Veltroni – again.

Rob, over at his interesting bi-lingual blog, Wind Rose Hotel, has written a couple of posts on Veltroni, in Italian. In the first of his posts back in June last year, Rob observed that although Veltroni is no great orator, he does appear to be an effective communicator, and is possibly good enough to counter […]

Walter Veltroni – saviour, or same old, same old?

My brief profile of Walter Veltroni led to a couple of unexpected reactions. First, I received an email in Italian in support of the man, saying that he really is a great hope for Italy. And then, someone from Stateside asked, very nicely, how to contact Veltroni. No reason was given. I have to admit […]

Walter Veltroni – regurgitation?

There appears to be a new kid on the block – and it is one Walter Veltroni. I thought some of my readers may like to know a little more about this leader of the newly formed Italian Partitio Democratico – Democratic Party. Veltroni a former journalist who was editor-in-chief of the Italian left leaning […]

Italy has No Government…well, not quite

Cara Jo, a fellow blogger from over the pond, was a little disappointed to see that I had not written about Italy’s current state of non-government. Well, I’ve decided to attempt to explain the current political situation in Italy.

Italy from the Inside

Whilst hunting about on Technorati, I came across this blog – Italy from the Inside, and there is some interesting stuff there. It’s also written by an Italian Microsoft employee, in English. Yet more proof that a) Italian’s go places and b) they certainly can, and do, learn English. I shall be pointing my Media […]

Italian Paragraphs

I don’t know if others have noticed this, and I imagine they have, but many Italian writers construct some of the longest paragraphs I have ever seen. These paragraphs, which are seemingly never ending walls of text, tend to put me off reading Italian newspapers and books.

I was going to post a few photos

But I can’t. I did want to show you some photos of a little event I went to today which is being held at Milan’s Triennale exhibition centre. This event is for 2 to 6 year old children and is called ‘Vietato Non Toccare‘ – information in Italian. ‘Non toccare’ is ‘Do not touch’, and […]

Appearing as a Witness in an (semi-formal) Italian Court

As I’ve mentioned a couple of times recently, I was called to appear as a witness in a law suit.  I went to court today. For reasons of confidentiality, I won’t say why, but I don’t see why I can’t talk about the experience in general. You never know, someone may find themselves in a […]

Man of Roma

Man of Roma writes a thoughtful blog. And he writes it very well, in my not so humble (see previous post) opinion. I wish I could write in Italian as well as he writes in English. One day, one day. He even knew Montezemolo and says he is a good chap. This is interesting because […]