As happened in various European cities over the last fortnight, in Italy a number of high-profile protests took place against the Israeli bombardment and invasion of Gaza which to-date has resulted in the death of up to 1,3001 Palestinians.
In cities like Rome, Bologna, Milan, and Florence, amongst others, parades took place that included the [...]
Fannulloni is a word much in vogue in Italy at the moment, in part because of a headline-grabbing crusade by the Minister for the Public Sector, Renato Brunetta, against this seemingly large and well-deployed group. Fanulloni put simply means a layabout - and there’s plenty of evidence that the public sector is full of them. [...]
Maurizio Gasparri, former communications minister and currently senate leader for the Pdl party, didn’t mince his words - for once.
Referring to the high-profile decision by German Athlete, Imke Duplitzer, to boycott the opening ceremony - though not the games themselves - Gasparri said today:
“The gesturee of the German athlete Imke Duplitzer, who has announced she [...]
A welcome on board to Three Monkeys’ newest blogger - Brendan Coffey - whose Between Boston and Berlin blog is now online. One of Coffey’s first pieces is a thumbs up for the new Christopher Nolan Batman Film - The Dark Knight. The film, though, has a radically different context here in Italy, under the [...]