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How Matteo Renzi Broke Every Rule Of Italian Politics

(And why that’s a good thing)

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Lampedusa, Already Forgotten: Victims Buried In Obscurity After Vows Of State Funerals

LAMPEDUSA — Yesterday, they buried those remaining of the 385 victims from the Oct. 3 shipwreck off Lampedusa. There were no flowers. No gravestones. None of the ceremony that so many had promised. That first day, as the death toll mounted, various political leaders, including Prime Minister Enrico Letta, had called for some kind of […]

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Why All Of Italy Continues To Pay For Berlusconi’s Legal Troubles

-OpEd- ROME – Italy’s entire political establishment is working together to avoid the collision between addressing the urgent social and economic problems that are engulfing the country, and the personal and judicial destiny of Silvio Berlusconi. Every time there is a political statement, and on the regular talk-show circuit, it is repeated over and over […]

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Report: Rome Gunman Says He Wanted To Strike Politicians

CORRIERE DELLA SERA, LA REPUBBLICA, LA STAMPA (Italy) Worldcrunch ROME – A day after a dramatic shooting outside Italian government headquarters, one of the two injured Carabinieri police officers remains in critical condition Monday as Italy’s entire political system attempts to begin its own recovery with a key confidence vote in Parliament. Sunday morning’s shooting […]

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Five Things To Know About Italy’s Likely Next Prime Minister

A mild-mannered centrist, Enrico Letta has a well-placed uncle.

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