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Greece welcomed home a Parthenon marble, after nearly 2 centuries

September 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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It was characterized as a historic day for the New Acropolis Museum. A big step for the repatriation of the Parthenon marbles. The return of the Palermo fragment, a foot from a sculpture of the ancient Greek hunt goddess Artemis, which was originally [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · History · Photo

“Swinging” times in Italy

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

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 Swinging in English, echangisme in French, scambio in Italian. An article in the conservative newspaper La Stampa revealed this week that an estimated 500,000 Italian couples are officially exchanging partners at private sex clubs, with thousands more doing it in car parks, specially designated beaches [...]

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Tags: Sexuality · Society

Manifestation de Rom et Sinti

June 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Le 08 juin 2008 il ya eu à Rome la première manifestation nationale contre la répression menée par le gouvernement, les municipalités et beaucoup de citoyens aussi, envers Rom et Sinti qui sont devenus LE PROBLEME de la sécurité. La situation est grave [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Politics · Video

La bellezza d’ Italia

May 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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Tags: Photo · Travel

Silvio is back….

April 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments

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Silvio Berlusconi promised to give at least four women cabinet posts. If he fulfils his promises, remains to be seen. Until then, ” il Cavaliere ” didn’t lose time to make comments on the newly Spanish cabinet. « Too pink», he characterized the new government [...]

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Tags: Gender · Politics · Society · women

Encore lui?

April 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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En regardant la photo de Zapatero et sa nouvelle (et enceinte) ministre de la défense, je rêve d’un pays normal.
Demain c’est les élections en Italie et cette fois, cela peut se faire.
Le candidat du parti démocrate, Walter Veltroni, a mené un brillante campagne électorale, [...]

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Tags: Personal · Politics · Society

After a century, a woman at the wheel of Italy’s Confidustria

March 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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The “steel” lady of Italy, Emma Marcegaglia, was named the head of Italy’s Confidustria National Employers’ association in a major first for her country’s male – dominated business elite. The new president received standing ovation from her peers and a large bouquet of red roses [...]

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Tags: Economics · Gender · Profile · Society · women

Les ordures de Naples, un mois après

February 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Dans province de Naples, en Italie, les ordures ont vieillie et commencent à pourrir. Celle que vous voyez c’est une photo de hier; les ordures sont encore la, seulement le centre ville de Naples a eté nettoyé. Dans toute la province par contre la situation [...]

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Tags: Environment · Photo

Acte de vandalisme ou oeuvre d’art?

January 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

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Vous vous rappelez des images de la Fontaine de Trevi teintes de rouge? Grâce aux caméras de surveillance un homme fut suivi et arrêté, un certain Graziano Cecchini qui a tout de suite déclaré: “Ce n’est pas moi qui l’ai fait, c’est un génie, [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Humour · Society

Saudi Prince has run out of money but don’t worry: Italian welfare system will help him out

December 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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This is the story of a prince and his employees, but it’s not one with a happy end. It’s the story of HH Prince Khalid Bin Fahd Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud, owner of the Mawarid Group, a large Saudi Arabian multinational (as [...]

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Tags: Economics · Photo · Society