Articles tagged ‘berlusconi’

Naples Garbage Crisis Continues

By Jessica | May 27th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

For months now, there’s been no end to the news stories with the words “Naples” and “garbage” in the same sentence, and it’s not like a garbage crisis in Naples is something that’s never happened before this year. Still, it seems to be dominating the news coming out of Italy lately, and although it looked [...]

 

NPR Story on Upcoming Italian Elections

By Jessica | February 15th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

As I’ve mentioned, I’m going to be in Italy for the next six weeks, during which there is likely to be lots of campaigning for the upcoming April election. I keep reading articles I find about the election, but the whole process still kind of eludes me. I get it on a grand scale, from [...]

 

Italy to Hold Elections in April

By Jessica | February 12th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Maybe you’re reading this from someplace in the United States, and you’re overwhelmed enough with the upcoming US election - but I’m here to tell you that you’re not the only one with an election looming. Most of the news coming out of Italy these days it about last month’s collapse of the Italian government, [...]

 

Italian Government Collapses. Again.

By Jessica | January 25th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

Well, it’s official. The 61st Italian government since World War II has finally collapsed. Prime Minister Romano Prodi lost a vote of confidence on Thursday, and former PM Silvio Berlusconi is calling for a new election. Italy’s President, Giorgio Napolitano, has said he won’t call new elections until the election law is reformed. The current [...]