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Rome’s Right New Mayor

The left bashing trend continues in Italy, with Francesco Rutelli, the former deputy prime minister in the recently ousted Prodi government, being beaten at the mayoral polls by the neo-fascist Gianni Alemanno. Rome now has its first right-wing mayor in ages, and the fact that the Romans were ready to put someone like Alemanno in […]

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 […]

The day I met the president.

Yes, it’s true, I met the president the other day, while I was watching rugby at the 4-4-2 pub here in Milan. However, as you may have guessed, the president I met was not the famous guy who runs the States from a big white house. Instead this president, one Massimiliano Natale, heads the Italian […]

Australian Embassy and Consulates in Italy

Addresses and contact details. Australian Embassy in Rome via Antonio Bosio, 5 00161 Rome tel: (+39) 06 852 721 fax: (+39) 06 8527 2300 Opening hours: Monday-Friday, 09:00-05:00 (except for public holidays) website: http://www.italy.embassy.gov.au/ Public holidays In 2007, the Embassy will be closed on: 1 October, Monday – Labour Day (Australia – ACT) 1 November, […]

U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Italy.

Addresses and contact details. United States Embassy in Rome via Vittorio Veneto, 119/A 00187 Roma, Italy tel: (+39) 06.4674.1 (main switchboard) fax: (+39) 06.4674.2356 website: http://rome.usembassy.gov/english/ Opening Hours: U.S. Citizen services: Monday-Friday 8:30-12:30 Notarial services: Tuesday and Thursday, 14:00-15:30 American Embassy to the Holy See (Vatican) Via delle Terme Deciane, 26 00153 – Rome, Italy […]