Better than James Bond … an Italian revenue guard patrol boat cuts off a high-speed cigarette smuggling launch from Montenegro and forces it into an ever-tighter spiral. This video was taken from a plane at night. The launch was eventually boarded and two men — both Italians — were arrested.
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Silvio’s back
How Silvio Berlusconi is at once powerful and highly vulnerable
The Genoa port tower disaster caught on camera
How a 170-foot concrete tower — and its occupants — were brought crashing down by the cargo ship, the Jolly Nero. The fatal seconds captured by a security camera.
Giulio Andreotti
Giulio Andreotti, many times prime minister of Italy, died on May 6th, aged 94
Several dead after cargo ship collides with Genoa port tower
50-metre tower at entrance to Italian city’s Old Port collapses, leaving several dead and missing
Italian women rise to positions of power under new prime minister
Enrico Letta continues the political revolution that began under Mario Monti by naming seven women in his 22-member cabinet
Italy’s new government: unanswered questions
No sooner is the new government approved than early strains emerge
Pope Francis welcomes Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI back to the Vatican
Emeritus pope and Pope Francis begin unprecedented period of co-habitation in tiny city state