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No immunity for top four
High court strikes down Alfano Law'
On October 7, Italy's
Constitutional Court
overturned a controversial immunity law that would have provided Italy's
top four political office holders immunity from prosecution while they held
office.
The immunity law, also called the Alfano law, was a
July 2008 reform of a version that was quashed …
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Historic visit planned
Pope to visit Rome synagogue
Pope Benedict XVI will visit the
Jewish synagogue in Rome on
Catholic-Jewish Dialogue Day, January 17, 2010, making him the second pontiff to enter the synagogue. Pope John Paul
II was the first with a visit in 1986.
Pope Benedict accepted an
invitation advanced by the …
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Rome vs Venice vs Palermo?
Multiple bids launched for the 2020 Olympics
Italy
is intent on holding the Summer Olympic Games in 2020, but three major cities
are competing to host them. With Venice, Rome and
Palermo
all vying for the high-profile international sports event, Italy's
Olympic Committee (CONI) has said that Italy
has a better chance if just …
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Cub reporters
Be a TV news reporter, delve into investigative journalism,
unmask scandals and scour for scoops. Kids
can sharpen their thinking skills and get a taste …
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Montecitorio live
Italy's Chamber of Deputies recently launched a new multimedia website
complete with web TV so citizens can follow the daily activities of …
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Taking the happy' out of happy hour
Milan gets tough on excess drinking
Although Italy
has no minimum drinking age, authorities recently sounded an alarm following a
perceived rise in youth drinking. Over the summer, several northern Italian
cities, including Monza
and the aperitif-loving business hub of Milan,
banned sales of alcohol to youth under 16 years.
Although the art …
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Sicily in the spotlight
Tornatore's epic nominated for an Oscar
Giuseppe Tornatore's latest film, Baarìa, was
near-unanimously voted Italy's
candidate for next year's foreign film Oscar. The jury voted 11 to 2 in favor of
Tornatore's Sicilian epic, over Michele Placido's 1968 student revolt movie Il
grande sogno, and Giulio Manfredonia's mental health tragicomedy, Si …
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Serenades and pearly whites
-Dental tourism' initiative launched in Venice
In an effort to compete with less costly dental
services in Eastern Europe, a group of Venetian dentists has opened a low-cost
dental centre, the Venice Dental Centre, which offers complete dental care packages that include a gondola ride or two.
For years, Italians …
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Environmental crime
Ex-mobster claims toxic' ships dumped in Calabria and Tuscany
Through the testimony of a
former mafioso, authorities have discovered a sunken ship allegedly carrying
tonnes of highly toxic waste, just 12 miles off the coast of Calabria. According to the informant, Francesco Fonti, the
ship was deliberately sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea in …
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Swap it, wear it
Exchanging style in Milan
Black Gucci cigarette pants for a D&G blouse. A
Miu Miu clutch for a pair of strappy Manolo Blaniks. Bartering took centre
stage during Milan's
September fashion week, when, following the trend that is sweeping the New
York and London
fashion scenes, Milan
launched its own …
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Tragedy in Messina
Twenty-four people lost their
lives and another 35 are missing in the province of Messina after a violent rain storm hit the Italian island of Sicily. On October 1 and 2, heavy rains dumped over 2.3m of
water on the Sicilian city in …
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Tenor and friends
Tuscan-born singer Andrea Bo-celli is set to
release a new album on which he will sing a Christmas classic with the world's
most famous puppets-the Muppets. The acclaimed tenor recorded a cover of Jingle
Bells with Kermit the Frog and pals, the puppets created …
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Jobless rate soars
In late September, the national
statistics bureau Istat reported that Italy's unemployment rate rose to 7.4 percent in the second
quarter of 2009, its highest level since 2005. Italy's less developed southern regions recorded the highest
rate of unemployment, representing 71 percent of the …
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Goodnight, Mike
Italy bids farewell to quiz show king
Thousands
of people gathered in Milan's Piazza Duomo on September 12 to pay their final
respects to one of Italy's most famous television hosts, Mike Bongiorno. Almost
15,000 people packed the massive piazza to follow the religious service held
inside Milan's cathedral. It was one …
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Solar-powered saint ,
Fund-raising initiative to put Padre Pio high in the sky
Catholic activists
from one of the smallest municipalities in the southern Italian region of
Apulia are working to erect one of the highest statues in the world. On
September 1, members of the association ‘A big statue for San Pio' launched a
fund-raising effort to …
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