Italiafile – for italophiles.
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And its only Saturday
Another bad day for Italy. Marcello dell’Utri had his conviction confirmed and the extradition from Lebanon becomes formalised. He decides he is a political prisoner. Scajola – the ex economy minister who had a flat bought for him in Rome without him knowing about it has been arrested for helping a wanted man get from…
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Its not quite CSI
An ugly week even without politics. There was the shooting of a fan at the football final on Saturday by an unknown hand. He is in intensive care, and a copper was shot in the hand apparently. Noone knows whether there was one gun or two and whose finger was on the trigger. In…
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Hubble Bubble
With the elections on 25 May things are turning nasty. Renzi is due to play in a charity football match with various VIPS which will be televised on Rai, except that the 5Star have decided that its against election rules about equal tv time for politicians – and have banned the televising of the…
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Fans being hit
Silvio went to see the President yesterday – superficially to discuss reform, but he actually wanted a bit of help from Napoitano to get off the hook. His sentence is due on the 10th, and he wants a pardon, and now he will lick anything and anyone to get it. So desperate is he,…
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Decline and Fall
One of Silvio’s magazines published the above photo, showing Silvio and Vladi best of chums, at Silvio’s pad. It’s unsurprising that Berlo has therefore come out against the EU and US stance against Putins expansionism – after all he will have quite a lot to lose personally if the rumours are true. SB…
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Almost there
Francesca Pascale – the almost too pleased with herself girlfriend of Berlusconi is alienating most of the diehard Forza Italia brigade. She says she asks Silvio to marry her every day – and is happy to signa prenup giving her no money, so why she is so keen to get Silvio’s ring on her…
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Its not fair
Poor Silvio, word has got out that he may be getting wed to the ex Olgettina, Francesca Pascale in June. A bit problematic this one, as it seems the wedding (will he never learn?) is planned for Ischia, and technically Silvio should be under house arrest by June so wont be able to go to…
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It’s all going horribly wrong
The fallout from Beppe Grillo’s unseemly tantrum in live streaming with Matteo Renzi doesnt stop. Going back a week or so, it all started with Renzi being PM elect and inviting all the opposition parties for consultations, as one does. Grillo announced he wouldnt go, and there was a bit of shuffling in the ranks.…
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It’s all over, it is now.
A mere 4 hours and forty minutes later, we have a winner. Am i talking about San Remo, or Matteo Renzi’s swearing in ceremony – they were both about the same on entertainment value. At San Remo, an old actor pretended to marry off hte presenters, which as you can imagine was hysterically funny. Then…
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The day the world changed
Hard to believe but the big news from San Remo was that a lady guest wore a black dress that was a tiny bit see thru, and another had high heels. If that doesn’t make you choke on your cappuccino, what will? We endured anohter 4 and a half hours of live tv to…