Lusty libertine meets austere Italy at La Scala open
Opera’s most famously reckless and doomed libertine opens the season at Milan’s opulent La Scala theatre on Wednesday only weeks after flamboyant former Italian prime […]
Italy loses its favourite punchbag
Italian comedians are in mourning after the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi, whose gaffes and scandal-prone profile provided satirists with easy pickings for nearly two decades. […]
San Remo Song Festival
For anyone who has wondered where the contestants for the Eurovision Song Contest are unearthed, the answer is here – so far as the Italian […]
Report: WabiSabiLabi founder arrested in Italy
InfoWorld: A founder of security start-up WabiSabiLabi was among those arrested by Milan police in connection with an ongoing spying scandal at Telecom Italia , […]
Scandal pushes Italy's government to brink of collapse
International Herald Tribune: The Senate was expected to vote late Wednesday on the case, in which Prime Minister Romano Prodi's deputy finance minister has been […]
Giro champ Basso denies doping
BBC: Italy’s Ivan Basso denies doping, the day after admitting he was involved in the Operation Puerto blood doping scandal. … leggi tutto (read all)
Referees suspended in Italian scandal
USA Today: Seven referees were temporarily suspended by the Italian referees association Thursday in Italy’s ongoing soccer scandal. The … … leggi tutto (read all)
New match-fixing charges in Italy
BBC: Investigators probing a football match-fixing scandal in Italy say they have evidence to charge 48 people. … leggi tutto (read all)
New team implicated in Italy soccer scandal
Toronto Star: Messina’s former general manager, Mariano Fabiani, faces accusations of involvement in Italy’s match-fixing scandal which could result in the Sicilian club being penalized. […]