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Berlusconi's very public divorce
Monday, May 4th, 2009Silvio Berlusconi has always vaunted two major talents – an ability to control the media (both his own – a substantial slice of tv and print – as well as those supposedly independent), and a masterful ability to keep together seemingly shakey partnerships. It’s against this backdrop that his second wife, Veronica Lario, dropped a [...]
The Sheriff leaves town – Cofferati won't stand for re-election
Friday, October 10th, 2008The Mayoral election in Bologna next year was always going to have a certain national relevance, despite the city’s relatively small size. The very real possibility that a centre-right candidate could be elected by this ‘red’ city would obviously be another blow to Walter Veltroni’s opposition PD party. The relevance of the race was bolstered [...]
Fighting for Peace – against the Pacifists
Monday, September 20th, 2004Gianfranco Fini, Italian deputy prime minister and leader of the right wing party Alleanza Nazionale, has pinpointed a new enemy in the never ending ‘war on terror’: pacifists. At the annual meeting of AN’s youth brigade, Fini urged his members to be the “”vanguard of a great battle for peace against pacifism”. He continued, “Pacifism [...]
