Politics
James Walston takes a look at the latest actions of Italy
Security has been increased at the embassies whose countries are currently involved in military action against Libya: the US embassy on Via Veneto, the British embassy on Via XX Settembre and the French embassy in Piazza...
Despite Silvio Berlusconi's trumpeted victory on 14 December his government is just as fragile as it was before and the chances of a spring elections are just as high.
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James Walston is back in Rome and asking whether much has really changed in the political life of Italy since he left for a trip to Ghana at the beginning of January.
In a controversial ruling Italy
The three-vote victory of Silvio Berlusconi
As the fate of Silvio Berlusconi and his government hang in the balance James Walston looks at possible successors and what may happen after 14 December.
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In a series of events designed to promote the art of diplomacy between nations, 30 meetings, seminars and round table discussions take place as part of the Festival of Diplomacy between 16 and 24 October.
Internation...
With the United States mid-term congressional elections coming up on 2 November US oversees voters are reminded to register to vote or to make sure that their registration is up to date.
The deadline for registration...
James Walston finds something profoundly depressing about the recent visit of the Libyan leader to Rome for the fourth time in just over a year.
He continues his political observations about Ghedaffi and Silvo Berlusco...
James Walston continues his political observations from his blogsite.
To read more about the Berlusconi-Fini breakup click here.
The campaign to hold a referendum against a recent law privatising water services in Italy has drawn to a close with over 1.4 million signatures deposited at the supreme court of cassation in Rome. This is nearly one mil...
On 1 July journalists across the country will be staging protests against government plans to limit the use of phone taps in criminal investigations and clamp down on newspapers and broadcasters that publish them.
In...
For British ex-pats in Italy watching the results of the 6 May parliamentary elections at home via satellite, the polls close at 23.00 Italian time and the first results are expected soon after midnight.
Those without...
Centre-right parties have taken 7 out of the 13 regions that went to the polls on 28 and 29 March, including four regions that were previously governed by the centre-left. They are Lazio, Piedmont, Campania and Calabria....
On 13 March supporters of the main opposition parties and members of the non-party political anti-government Popolo Viola (Violet People) movement will be gathering in Piazza del Popolo at 14.00 for a demonstration in fa...
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