http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147498/Italian-father-throws-14-month-old-son-daughter-death-leaps-despair-losing-job.html Marco Turrini, 41, pushed 14-month-old Benedetta and Samuele, four, to their deaths after row with wife He tried but failed to throw his wife off six-floor balcony in Brescia before leaping to his death Father died instantly but children perished in hospital Mother who watched in horror being treated for shock By Nick Pisa […]
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Mafia is now Italy’s ‘biggest bank’ – and they’re squeezing the life out of small business (quite literally)
Jan 12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085209/Mafia-Italys-No-1-bank-profits-100bn-year.html By Nick Pisa Last updated at 2:09 AM on 12th January 2012 Organised crime is the biggest earner in Italy – with a turnover of more £100 billion a year – according to a report by business chiefs. Extortion and intimidation is used to extract millions from shopkeepers, restaurants, cinemas, construction companies and thousands […]
Rick Santorum’s Communist Clan in Italy
Jan 11
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/11/rick-santorum-s-italian-family-speaks-out.html by Barbie Latza Nadeau Jan 11, 2012 6:36 AM EST Back in Italy, the ultraconservative has a family full of liberals and communists. Barbie Latza Nadeau on their reaction to his surprise surge—and their advice now that he’s sinking. In the tiny town of Riva del Garda in northern Italy, 83-year-old-Maria Malacarne Santorum keeps […]
Collapse of the eurozone ‘will start this year’ as countries pull out of the single currency, leading think tank warns
Jan 2
Eurozone is ’99% likely’ to break up in next ten years, suggests CEBR 2012 will be ‘full of danger and risk’ warn Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel in their New Year messages http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2081088/2012-danger-risk-warn-Sarkozy-Merkel-New-Year-messages.html By Ruth Sunderland Last updated at 2:57 PM on 2nd January 2012 The stricken eurozone will start disintegrating this year and will […]
