Italian Riot Police

Last week, the Italian authorities, acting as per Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s instructions, have made major education cuts.

This law has not remained without an answer. Tens of thousands of people affected by it (teachers, students, even parents) have demonstrated against it on the streets of Italian cities like Milan, Turin, Venice, Naples and Rome. Read More…

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Meredith Kercher

Meredith Kercher was a British young woman who was studying at the University of Perugia, Italy, as an exchange student.

Last November, she was found dead in her room and the examiner’s office established her death had been a murder. She had been stabbed in the neck while unwillingly engaged in sexual games. The killer wanted to make it look like burglary and subtracted some of the victim’s money, credit cards and cell phone. Read More…

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Milan, Via Montenapoleone

Milan, Italy. At midday, Via Montenapoleone- one of the city’s fanciest shopping streets – is very crowded. People are coming in and out of stores; surveillance cameras watch their every move.

One would think that in such conditions the less probable thing to happen would be a robbery in a jewellery store. Yet, that is not true.

On Friday, 24th of October a thief has managed to steal jewellery worth one million dollars from a shop owned by Gino Pederzani. He did all that in broad daylight, Read More…

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Superenalotto Ticket

Playing the lottery has turned into a national sport for Italians, especially in the last few months in which nobody has won the big prize.

The jackpot now stands at 95 million Euros, which is determining more and more Italians to buy lottery tickets.

As much as this prize attracts the population, there are some who are against it; the Codacons group, a consumer rights organizations, is Read More…

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Parmigiano Reggiano

In view of the financial crisis affecting the world’s economy, Italy is faced with a crisis of its own. The Parmesan cheese (Parmigiano Reggiano) producers are extremely discontent about the ever higher production costs and the ever falling prices.

They have decided to appeal to the government for help and they ask for higher selling prices for their products, as according to them, are much lower than the fabrication costs. Read More…

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Tamoil

A few months ago the youngest son of Muammar Gaddafi was arrested in Switzerland for a short time, under assault charges. As a result, starting now, there will be no more Libyan oil delivered to Switzerland until further notice.

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