Protests over the construction of the TAV (Treno Alta Velocità) have spread all over Italy, with people blocking highways and city centers. Let's see what are the CONS and what are the PROS.
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Despite a raising tide of discontent, Monti's all-encompassing proposal to level the economic playing-field was ratified. Will it start Italian economy anew?
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As a culmination of this year’s celebrations of 150 years of Italian unification, the monumental doors to a series of magnificent halls, which overlook the main square on one side and the interior court of honor on the other, are being opened to visitors for an unusual exhibition, free of charge to all comers, to last just three months
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Meeting some new citizens Napolitano said the main reform should concern minors and young people in the country. Children born in Italy of immigrant parents should get citizenship.
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Premier-Designate Mario Monti is often described in the media as Super Mario or Sober Mario. His government has had the support of banks, universities and the Roman Catholic Chruch
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As Berlusconi submitted his resignation, neo-Senator Mario Monti prepares to be Premier Designate
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ROME - The front page of Il Sole-24 Ore, Italy's leading financial daily, said it all today, in a gigantic headline with just two words, written in 6-inch-tall letters: FATE PRESTO - Do it fast. And fast is what is happening today. President Giorgio Napolitano's appointment yesterday of the prestigious Mario Monti, front-runner to replace Berlusconi as premier of a government intended to stop the dithering, paved the way. Things are indeed speeding up, and today the political know-it-alls were already putting together a guess list of possible ministers to serve with Monti. This weekend is shaping up as crucial, and when I phoned the Quirinal Palace to see about a possible visit (the palazzo (it's open every Sunday), I was told that it will likely be closed for consultations with party leaders. Berlusconi's resignation, following a vote--due this weekend--over the budget as presented to the EU, is moving closer.
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New York University awarded Giorgio Napolitano with the NYU Presidential Medal on March 29, 2011, and immersed the audience in history, political idealism and many different sides of Italy
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The President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano received the Presidential Medal from New York University. The focus was on Italian politics, Libya and the European Union.
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Op-EdsGiorgio Napolitano will be in New York to celebrate the unification of Italy. We reflect on his meeting with President Obama last year and his first visit to the U.S. in 1978, along with Professor Joseph LaPalombara and with some words from the late Italian American journalist John Cappelli
