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Tic Toc

The EU bigwigs have decided that by 2021 all member countries can decide if they want to…

I Millibandi

Italy has finally caught up with the UK.  These two unlikely brothers (could they be related?) are…

Black and white bread

There’s a mystery in Italy to Italian bread, and Ive heard so many reasons behind it, it’s…

Reasons to be cheerful (part Diciotti)

You may remember a ship called the Diciotti which Salvini denied permission to dock in Catania, thronged…

Eating words

The Powers that Be have a rather annoying habit of announcing new laws before they have been…

Montalbano lost at sea

The threat of an episode of Montalbano dealing with immigrants meant that Salvini took a break from…

Norman Wisdom to head the IMF

While Salvini eats more pies and pitches himself headlong into the European election campaign by calling France…

Annus orribilis

Brexit may be the car crash we all expected, but in Italy we’re in the midst of…

A strange way to celebrate an anniversary

Its 80 years since Italy passed the racial laws against the Jews and other minorities.  To celebrate…

Unteachable

Salvini, who is eating too many pies, has announced over the last few days that he won’t…