How would you like to have your very own a country retreat in a quiet medieval village in the heart of Italy?
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A House and all that Jazz For Sale in Umbria, Italy
I’ve been a bit too snowed under with work recently to write much about what’s going on in Italy. Meanwhile though, little storms have been blowing up all over the place in the Living Museum. To kick off, we’ve got the allegations of corruption leveled at Guido Bertolaso, the head of Italy’s civil defence organisation, still fizzling away, although Bertolaso seems to have evaded most of the flack. The Bertolaso affair, though, was merely the tip of an iceberg
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Little Storms in Italy
If you have not been to Venice, then you really should. If you like the idea, but are put off by the expense, then how about seeing Venice by hiring your very own floating self-catering appartment? Although a floating self-catering appartment might sound an expensive way to see this magical Italian city, it’s not as expensive as you might think, especially if you travel as a group. Plus you get to see Venice from the best place imaginable – the water
I like the idea of doing something different on holiday, and although I’ve never done it, I can think of nothing quite as appealing as the idea of floating silently over Tuscany in a balloon. Unsurprisingly, I am not the first to have thought of this interesting way to see Italy, and on YouTube there are quite a few videos of balloons over Tuscany
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Ballooning Over Tuscany
In some areas of hilly and mountainous Italy, landslides are not uncommon. Indeed yesterday in Maierato in the Calabrian province of Vibo Valentia the earth moved. Someone was there to catch the event on film and a video of this landslide made it onto YouTube, and I’ve added it for you to see. I found it frightening.
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Landslide, Maierato, Calabria, Italy
Facebook remains as popular as ever here in Italy, much to the chagrin of Italy’s powers that be. Hence indirect an attempt to steer Italians away from social networking sites, such as Facebook. Whereas here in Italy friendly editors, chat show hosts, and the odd newscaster or two can be persuaded to cast certain things in a specific light, it is darn difficult to control what goes on within the virtual corridors of Facebook. This, for some, is a huge problem
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Side Swipe at Facebook
Guess where this place is in Italy -both the name and the location – and get an Amazon Gift Voucher or an upgrade to a Yahoo Flickr Pro account. Yes, the first person to place the correct answer in a comment, will receive a €25 giveaway (c.
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Guess Where in Italy? – Part 11
If you did not know, Forza Italia was the Italian political party which proceeded what is now Berlusconi’s People of Freedom party. Recently in Italy two convicted criminals have stated during court hearings that the Forza Italia party was the product of an agreement between Berlusconi and the mafia. Initial claims, by mafia turncoat Gaspare Spatuzza, that Forza Italia was closely liked to the mafia were dismissed on the grounds of the reliability of the person who made such accusations. After all, would you believe a convicted criminal? When the mafia boss for whom Spatuzza had supposedly worked would not corroborate Spatuzza’s words, the validity of his claims became distinctly questionable.
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Was Forza Italia Formed by the Mafia? Part 1
If you follow the Italian news, then you will know something of the amnesty designed to recoup the billions Italians have stashed out of the reach of Italy’s taxman in comfy offshore accounts. Said amnesty has, so far, seen some 80 billion Euros return to Italian banks. A not inconsiderable sum, I’m sure you will agree. As a consequence of its success, the amnesty has been extended well into 2010 to encourage even more of Italy’s tax dodgers to bring their gains back within the grasp of Italy’s cash starved taxman. Offshore Banking Now, the odd thing is that some of those who have taken advantage of Italy’s amnesty will be more than a little relieved to place their dosh in the coffers of honest Italian banks. Indeed, from what I have heard, some are literally scrambling to move their offshore fortunes onshore
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Offshore Piracy?
Italian music blog ChartItalia which follows the contemporary Italian music scene, recently published a list of the top 100 hits in Italy for 2009. So what, I asked myself, was the top Italian music hit of 2009? Interestingly, for me anyway, it is not an Italian track which made it to the top of the top 100 for 2009, it was instead, those Black Eyed Peas people with their number ‘I gotta feeling’.
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Top Italian Music Hit of 2009