Freedom of speech undermined in Italy

Italian bloggers went on strike in July to protest against government measures that they claim could kill [...] the rights of bloggers to express their opinions.
If the Alfano decree becomes law, it would put websites on a par with newspapers, giving a right to reply to anyone who believes their reputation has been damaged by [...]

Defeat! Defeat! Defeat!

Veltroni has admitted his defeat against the, yet again, Prime Minister Berlusconi… but some unusual news are coming in relation to the treatment of some voters during the latest elections and some missing ballot papers. If you can grasp a bit of Italian, I’d suggest reading the following article @ Il Corriere: Stranezze e drammi nei [...]

Italian Elections: Abstension? Oh My G**!!!

WHY? WHY? WHY?

Why are we a population of manikins? I have just gone googl(e)-ing my way to find out how the election went in MY OWN ****** COUNTRY and this is the first result I have read in google: Turnout low in Italian elections. I am so seriously upset. Is this real? We have [...]

Declining Italy

What’s going on in my country?
         
Sadly this is the portrait that everyone’s got of Italy during the past week.
The stupidity and irresponsibility of the former Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, who felt victim of his own media empire. He went on publishing and broadcasting irrelevant details of his flirting only to ‘apologise’ to the wife.
Yeah! [...]