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Zaher Rezai: dead after eight kilometres of illegal immigration

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:48:04 -0000

In December 2008, the 13-year-old died under the wheels of a lorry after trying to evade Italian immigration officials. A year on, artist Gianluca Constantini's cartoon strip tells the story

Gianluca Costantini: 'the main topic of the comic underground was sex - now it's politics'

('Michelle Williams',) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:47:50 -0000

Gianluca Costantini, 37, is one of the focal points of the Italian and European comic world. He is also both an artist and an editorial director; with his Inguine Mah!gazine, created in collaboration with Electra Stamboulis, he is at the heart of all things 'underground comic'

The Sound of Silvio: 'I never understood what the satisfaction is when you are missing the pleasure of conquest'

('euro topics',) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:14:48 -0000

Escort girl Patrizia D'Addario, 42, told investigators that she spent the night of Barack Obama's victory at the Italian PM's private residence in Rome. In an interview with Chi magazine on 24 June, Berlusconi talks of defamation: 'I have never paid a woman'. Quotes from the Greek, Finnish and Italian press

Women on the verge of a political equality attack

('Darren Thompson',) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:45:00 -0000

The only country that has more female than male representatives in the European parliament is the Netherlands. Estonia and Sweden follows behind with relative equality. Weekly news

'Immigrants take bread from our mouths': racism adapts to the 20th century

('Kate Stansfield',) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:00:00 -0000

Discrimination has modernised to become more subtle and respond to the politically correct parameters that have spread throughout society

The Oscars, what a let down, blah blah

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:30:00 -0000

In 2008 the American cinema industry produced 573 films. On Oscars night on 22 February, as always, we won’t be seeing the best mentioned. Tirade

Italy's doctors 'report' illegal immigrants

('Fiona Herdman Smith',) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:59:28 -0000

A law passed on 5 February is part of the Maroni decree 'allowing' doctors to report illegal immigrants receiving medical treatment. Interview with Giorgio Contessi from the Doctors without Borders NGO

Turin in the Israel-Palestine crossfire

('Andrea Giambartolomei',) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:30:47 -0000

During the military campaign against Hamas on the Gaza Strip, a wave of Muslim immigrants across Europe, stretching from London, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Brussels as well as Milan and Rome – protested against Israel’s actions, supporting their Palestinian ‘brothers’. Perspective of the communities in Turin, a twin city of Gaza and Haifa

A decade of the euro - in cartoons

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:53:02 -0000

As the single currency celebrates ten years, cartoonists from Italy, Spain, Slovenia and France paint their visions of a euro which seems distant from its users

Telejato: family-run, mini-CNN in Partinico, Sicily

('Annika Thornton',) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:07:14 -0000

Pino Maniaci has created a family business through his miniature version of CNN. The ‘longest news programme in the world’, with its 150, 000 viewers, is a mini-broadcaster fighting against the local mafia, the Cosa Nostra