Venice often floods this time of year. Not so Rome. Torrential rains have lifted the Tiber to the tops of the arches of bridges slamming barges into 2,000 year … [Keep reading >>]

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“Driven by strong winds, the sea level rose to 1.56m above normal on Monday, submerging nearly all of the city, including St Mark’s Square, officials said.

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“A long-delayed trial of C.I.A. operatives and former top Italian intelligence officials moved forward here on Wednesday, as a judge ruled that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi could be called to … [Keep reading >>]

Over the next five years, Italy will increase its reliance on coal to 33 percent from 14 percent. Power generated by Enel, [Italy’s major electricity producer,] from coal will rise … [Keep reading >>]

“Silvio Berlusconi was poised last night to storm back into power at the head of the most rightwing government in Italy since he first came to office 14 years ago.

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Beppe Grillo seems like a character many of us would like, even if we can’t quite get his name right. A clown, a provacateur, perhaps the honest man Diogenes … [Keep reading >>]

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9 months ago Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s richest man and head of Italy’s center-right coalition of parties, was sent packing by new elections in which … [Keep reading >>]

Well Italy beat Germany in the semifinals of the 2006 World Cup. More vital news is coming out of the courts, however.

Italian spy director arrested over CIA kidnap

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This is quite a remarkable tale. A law designed in Italy under Berlusconi’s reign, with roots deep in the fascist mythologies of race, has come back to bite Mr. … [Keep reading >>]

Next time someone thinks out loud about the sweet natured Italians remind them of Burlesque-oni.

“You Thought You Had Got Rid of Me?”

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After extensive investigation, testimony and fact finding by Italian prosecutors regarding a foreign kidnapping ring on Italian soil the Justice Minister of the Berlusconi government has decided not to forward … [Keep reading >>]

Stratfor, a business oriented intelligence group sent this out yesterday. I have posted articles previously about alerts in Italy for election disrupting terrorist attacks. If Stratfor is right the immediate … [Keep reading >>]