Sage449 Posted August 10, 2022 Report Share Posted August 10, 2022 Sadly Italy is presented as no issues, good food n wine - without the rest of the world realizing it's share of issues and sadly politically driven. It is a beautiful country with warm everyday people. 💝💝💝 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Thanks for the kind words, Sage...We have always been full of problems and incapable of finding the right ( meaning fit) political / lay people to guide this country.....Bitter but true.... Plus ( which doesn't help) there's this inborn state of mind tendency (esp among the politicians) who want to argue all the time and never trying to reach some sort of deal ( beneficial to the people) Plus...We're No.1 in screwing things up most of the time...I know...I'm from here Edited August 10, 2022 by umbertino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) Giorgia Meloni (Fratelli d'Italia - Brothers of Italy) extreme right wing party boss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_of_Italy No thanks....Nieces of Benito Mussolini Edited August 11, 2022 by umbertino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 Getty Museum to send stolen terracotta statues back to Italy Along with Orpheus and the Sirens, four other relics are also likely to be returned to Rome from US Angela Giuffrida in Rome Fri 12 Aug 2022 13.52 BST https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/aug/12/getty-museum-to-send-stolen-terracotta-statues-back-to-italy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 Man rescued from tunnel in Rome after alleged attempted bank heist Firefighters take eight hours to free man buried in rubble after road collapses close to Vatican Angela Giuffrida in Rome Fri 12 Aug 2022 13.40 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/12/man-rescued-from-tunnel-in-rome-after-alleged-attempted-bank-heist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) Giorgia Meloni message in 3 different languages ( French, English, Spanish) English part starts at 1:46 I do not believe her nor trust her....She is and remains a fascist with fascist (sub)values...Nice try tho..... Edited August 13, 2022 by umbertino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) Giorgia Meloni may be no fascist. But she evokes grim memories of Italy’s past An election win for her Brothers of Italy would be a threat to democracy across Europe Sun 14 Aug 2022 09.30 BST John Foot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/14/georgia-meloni-no-fascist-evokes-grim-memories-italys-past Agreed for the most part....But she IS a fascist Edited August 14, 2022 by umbertino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sage449 Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Not just Italy's lake drying up, problems in the west USA from over use and waste. Gotta have that swimming pool and green lawns as the water runs down the street. A portent of things to come world-wide. Isaiah 19:5 The waters from the sea will dry up, And the river will be parched and dry. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 Italian actor Gina Lollobrigida, 95, says she will run in general elections Hollywood actor plans to run for senator with Eurosceptic party ISP, saying she is ‘fed up with quarrelling politicians’ Angela Giuffrida in Rome Mon 15 Aug 2022 13.18 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/15/italian-actor-gina-lollobrigida-95-says-she-will-run-in-general-elections I'm calling this ...Desperation ( on some politicians part) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sage449 Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 God bless Lollobrigida for thinking she can take on the stress and heartburn of a politician. No doubt she'll be successful or that she doesn't have a shot. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 Italy records a big increase in femicides over the past year Official data shows 125 women murdered, with the vast majority killed within a family context Angela Giuffrida in Rome Mon 15 Aug 2022 18.09 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/15/italy-big-increase-in-femicides-over-past-year-women-murdered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 The Guardian view on Giorgia Meloni: repositioning Europe’s radical right The Brothers of Italy leader has embraced EU integration and rejected her party’s neo-fascist roots. She remains a threat to what the European project stands for Mon 15 Aug 2022 18.06 BST Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/15/the-guardian-view-on-giorgia-meloni-repositioning-europes-radical-right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 Venice mayor hunts for ‘idiots’ filmed foil surfing along Grand Canal Luigi Brugnaro offers dinner to anyone who can locate duo who ‘make a mockery of this city’ Angela Giuffrida in Rome Wed 17 Aug 2022 14.19 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/17/venice-mayor-hunts-for-men-filmed-surfing-along-grand-canal As they say...The mother of the stupid (just to be elegant) is always pregnant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) Italy needs me: Berlusconi stages his comeback Aged 85, the former Italian prime minister is likely to be the kingmaker in the election on September 25, buying him another five years of relevance By Hannah Roberts August 16, 2022 4:04 am https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-needs-me-berlusconi-stages-his-comeback/ Leaked manifesto: Italian right-wingers will dump Euroskepticism in bid for power Draft program for government pledges Italy’s ‘full adhesion’ to EU integration, while seeking changes to recovery fund deal By Hannah Roberts August 11, 2022 5:07 pm https://www.politico.eu/article/italian-right-wingers-dump-euroskepticism-in-bid-to-win-power/ Edited August 19, 2022 by umbertino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) Italian parties pitch abroad in trilingual election videos Days after Italy's far-right leader made a multilingual appeal to foreign commentators to take her seriously, her main rival in September elections issued his own ***-for-tat video Saturday condemning her record Published: 13 August 2022 15:24 CEST https://www.thelocal.it/20220813/italian-rivals-pitch-abroad-in-trilingual-vote-videos/ Edited August 20, 2022 by umbertino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 Abortion rights at risk in region led by party of Italy’s possible next PM The Brothers of Italy has further impeded access to abortion in the Marche region – a policy it could replicate nationally if it wins power Angela Giuffrida in Ascoli Piceno Mon 22 Aug 2022 05.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/22/abortion-rights-at-risk-in-region-led-by-party-of-italys-possible-next-pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 Monday briefing: Italy’s political dysfunction opens the door to a far-right prime minister In today’s newsletter: After the collapse of Mario Draghi’s caretaker government, Giorgia Meloni’s post-fascist Brothers of Italy party look set for power. Why? Archie Bland Mon 22 Aug 2022 06.30 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/22/first-edition-giorgia-meloni-italy-election Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) What election promises have Italy’s political parties made so far? With Italy's general election scheduled for September 25th, here's a look at the campaign pledges the major parties have made so far Published: 22 August 2022 17:39 CEST https://www.thelocal.it/20220822/what-election-promises-have-italys-political-parties-made-so-far/ Edited August 23, 2022 by umbertino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2022 Italian tourist dies in Cuba’s first case of monkeypox An Italian tourist with monkeypox, the first reported case in Cuba, has died, the country’s health ministry announced on Monday By AFP 23 August 2022 | 10:20 am https://guardian.ng/news/italian-tourist-dies-in-cubas-first-case-of-monkeypox/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 Crash victim’s mother calls for US servicewoman to be tried in Italy American was allegedly driving car that fatally struck 15-year-old boy near Italian airbase Paddy Agnew in Rome and agencies Tue 23 Aug 2022 17.20 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/23/crash-victims-mother-calls-for-us-servicewoman-to-be-tried-in-italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 Inside Italy's Silvio Berlusconi: VICE News Tonight (HBO) 2017 Silvio Berlusconi - exclusive interview - Newsnight 2014 The very "best" of Silvio Berlusconi 2016 No comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 Hedge funds build biggest bet against Italian debt since 2008 Investors are worried about the fraught political situation and rising economic challenges Laurence Fletcher and Nikou Asgari in London 9 hours ago https://www.ft.com/content/5cef309f-9daf-4337-bdc6-f6b2ef8ffe02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Socialite who charmed Nato staff in Naples was Russian spy, say investigators GRU officer spent decade posing as Peruvian jewellery designer, say investigative journalists Shaun Walker Fri 26 Aug 2022 14.28 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/26/socialite-who-charmed-nato-staff-in-naples-was-russian-spy-say-investigators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Strong Russian interference to help right says Letta Right wd place Italy outside heart of Europe with Poland,Hungary Redazione ANSA ROME 26 August 202213:00 News https://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2022/08/26/strong-russian-interference-to-help-right-says-letta_e569a0c2-8d36-4e81-a454-5244b6cf2eea.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Lombardy glacier has shrunk 400m in 10 yrs Will retreat another 50m this year says Legambiente ( Private EPA) Redazione ANSA ROME 26 August 202216:53 News https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2022/08/26/lombardy-glacier-has-shrunk-400m-in-10-yrs_9b770b08-761d-49e4-828e-4b83ef215275.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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