Italy’s Five Star Movement dims.
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Mafias on the move: Northward creep
In Italy Mafia-organised crime is no longer only a southern phenomenon.
Briton beaten by Genoa police wins €350,000 compensation
Mark Covell successful following 11-year legal battle waged after 2001 Genoa assault.
Italian town remembers man with no name
Mystery man died on the tracks near Roseto degli Abruzzi 15 years ago, but his memory is kept alive by a local pensioner.
Catalan independence march takes place in Barcelona
Over 1.5 million took part in a mass rally in Barcelona to support Catalonia’s independence from Spain.
Italy’s tax authorities target art world
Semi-militarised revenue guard identifies 24 galleries and auction houses it believes may be behind €2m in unpaid taxes.
Truth and power in Italy
Cash will do nicely, Silvio
He may have heard that phrase before, but at least we kept our clothes on.
First pictures published of Berlusconi’s secret Sardinian grotto
Controversial flamboyant facility enables visitors to reach former prime minister’s hideaway by sea.
Migrants feared dead off coast of Italian island
Coastguards rescue 54 Tunisians who say the boat on which they were travelling with up to 150 others sank in Mediterranean.
Benedict XVI receives electric car
Pope Benedict airs his green credentials again, taking delivery of an
electric car.