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Zaher Rezai: dead after eight kilometres of illegal immigration
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, venezia, immigration, europe, afghanistan, human rights, travel
Gianluca Costantini: 'the main topic of the comic underground was sex - now it's politics'
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'
gianluca costantini, italy, underground, comics, brunch, politics, ravenna
The Sound of Silvio: 'I never understood what the satisfaction is when you are missing the pleasure of conquest'
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
gianluca costantini, italy, sex, silvio berlusconi, press review, cartoons, news
Women on the verge of a political equality attack
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
gianluca costantini, the elections in numbers, european elections 2009, men and women, discrimination, eudebate2009, european parliament
'Immigrants take bread from our mouths': racism adapts to the 20th century
Discrimination has modernised to become more subtle and respond to the politically correct parameters that have spread throughout society
gianluca costantini, gay rights, feminism, racism, men and women, immigration, discrimination
The Oscars, what a let down, blah blah
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
gianluca costantini, cine, los angeles, oscars, razzies, scarlett johansson, hollywood
Italy's doctors 'report' illegal immigrants
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
gianluca costantini, italy, lega nord, immigration, discrimination, society
Turin in the Israel-Palestine crossfire
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
gianluca costantini, protest, middle east, turin, palestine occupied territory, world affairs, israel
A decade of the euro - in cartoons
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
gianluca costantini, humour, life cost, anniversary, euro, comics, dessins de presse
Telejato: family-run, mini-CNN in Partinico, Sicily
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
gianluca costantini, freedom of speech, saviano roberto, mafia, television, best of cafebabel.com, culture
