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James Walston updates his readers on the difficult choices faced by Italy over the next few weeks, following the general elections on 24-25 February.
To read his blog click here.
For a foreign observer one of the mysteries about Beppe Grillo is that as a comedian he never seems to laugh. Take his photos for a start: has anyone seen a smile behind his angry scowl? Or try to understand his jokes; c...
Genoese comic-turned-politician Beppe Grillo will conclude his election campaign in Rome’s Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano at 18.00 on Friday 22 February.
Organisers are predicting up to one million people, and t...
James Walston updates his readers on the state of Italian politics in the runup to the general elections on 24-25 February. To read his blog with all the links click here.
We reprint the article below. There is a spec...
A capacity crowd of approximately 700 people attended the Italian premiere of the controversial documentary “Girlfriend in a Coma” at Rome’s Teatro Eliseo on the evening of 13 February. There was a heav...
The president of Ireland Michael D. Higgins is making an official visit to Rome on Wednesday 6 February.
The Irish president will be accompanied by his wife Sabina on the trip which is being carried out in line with I...
James Walston looks at the banking scandal at Monte Paschi di Siena (MPS) and the effect that it is having on the Italian elections.
The article follows below but you can also read it on Walston's blog
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The producers of a highly-critical documentary about the direction of Italy’s politics, economy and society claim they are victims of censorship after the film's Italian premiere in Rome was cancelled during the ru...
James Walston explains the ins and outs of Italy's controversial electoral law, which was not amended in time for the February general elections even though all parties agreed that it was unjust and should be changed....
James Walston examines the alternatives ahead for Mario Monti as Italy prepares for general elections. What follows was first posted on Walston's blog on 16 December.
Politics is about power and policy, the two motiva...
James Walston answers some questions about the political situation on his blog.
This was a question that came in today, similar to many others: Do you think that Mario Monti might run as a political candidate? If yes...
On Thursday, Berlusconi said that he was going to stand again and his party secretary Angelino Alfano said that they would withdraw PdL support from the government… but responsibly, after passing the budget which...
Rome's security forces are on high alert for the scheduled "No Monti Day" protest at 14.30 on Saturday 27 October. The demonstration, which involves trade unions, students, left-wing parties and various protest groups, h...
Renata Polverini has handed in her resignation as governor of the Lazio region as the result of a money scandal involving the use of slush funds by a section of the governing party, the Popolo della Libertà (PdL)...
Three parties that make up the opposition in Lazio’s regional government have resigned in protest about what could be a million-euro scandal involving expense accounts, short-term employment contracts and extensive...
The Rome branch of Democrats Abroad is holding a voter registration event for American citizens on Monday 24 September at St Stephens School in Rome from 18.00-21.00.
The event is open to any US citizen who needs to r...
“I was shocked and deeply saddened when I heard of the horrific murders of US Ambassador Stevens and his colleagues. I have sent my personal condolences to his family and to the families of the other victims...
Italian prime minister Mario Monti has condemned as a "brutal act" the 11 September attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in which the US ambassador, Christopher Stevens, three other US embassy staff and at leas...
The Rome branch of Democrats Abroad announces the following voter registration sessions for American citizens in Rome: 3 September, 12.00-15.00. University of California/ACCENT Rome Study Cente, Piazza dell'Orologio 7.5...
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