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'Milan is the true capital of the ‘Ndrangheta'
21 March is not only the official first day of spring. Since its foundation in 1995 by Father Luigi Ciotti, the Libera association organises an annual national day in Italy for ‘anti-mafia’ protest and the commemoration of mafia victims
roberto saviano, 'ndrangheta, libera, milan, politics, society, italy
Loretta Napoleoni: 'UK risks decade-long recession'
The London-based Italian economist, 55, is an expert in the financing of terrorism. We take a taxi to her book launch in Rome and discuss why the financial crisis was a missed opportunity for Europe to have a single voice
roberto saviano, economy, 11. september, economical crisis, fiscal paradise, world trade center, osama bin laden
Claudio Stassi and Giovanni Di Gregorio 'didn't want to show people being killed in Brancaccio'
The 2006 comic book has been already been translated into French and Spanish. Both the author and scriptwriter are based in Barcelona, having escaped Sicily because 'the mafia culture is gaining strength'
roberto saviano, brunch, silvio berlusconi, sicily, comics, saviano roberto, mafia
2008, war and independence: our ‘best’ of some of the worst events
January. Franco-German MEP and former student activist Daniel Cohn-Bendit tells the collective conscience to get over the 1968 riots. August. Russian bombs pepper Georgia. February. Kosovo becomes the world’s newest country with amidst divisions within the EU, a fact which was consolidated by the Irish people’s ‘no’ vote to the Lisbon treaty – September. It hasn’t been the most sparkling year for the EU
- Read the special edition 2008, war and independence: our ‘best’ of some of the worst events
- Roberto Saviano on the Italian Camorra
- The 2008 economic crisis explained
- Dublin: why 862, 415 Irish voted no to the Lisbon treaty
- Daniel Cohn-Bendit: 'Stop the comparisons with 1968'
- Giulietto Chiesa on Russia-Georgia war: ‘Europe is responsible too’
- Barack Obama inspires art and fashion in Paris and Barcelona
- Kosovo independence: your reactions
Videos: documentary overload at the European Film Awards, Copenhagen
Four out of six films nominated for the Best European Film on 6 December are either documentaries or documentary-style fictions. Are European directors lacking inspiration? Plus trailers from Italy, France, Spain, Israel, Germany and the UK
roberto saviano, film review, european film academy, cinema, gomorra, culture
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
roberto saviano, gianluca costantini, best of cafebabel.com, freedom of speech, television, saviano roberto, mafia
Video: Paris protest for death threat-writer Roberto Saviano
On 22 October French citizens came together to support the Italian author, 29. Italian daily La Repubblica reports that the Camorra mafia, who inspired his 2008 spill-all book, say his days are numbered
Gomorrah – mafia and southern Italy on Europe’s big screens
Roberto Saviano’s whistle-blowing book first hit the headlines in 2007. Before its October UK film release, a report from southern Italy, where the underground mafia systems are a firm part of daily life
roberto saviano, 'ndrangheta, sud italia, camorra, mafia, gomorra, culture
No English or eastern flicks at the 61st Cannes Film Festival
The absence of eastern European titles is the main story at Cannes from 14 – 25 May, amidst well- known western names including the Dardenne brothers, Wim Wenders and Italians Sorrentino and Garrone
roberto saviano, jean-pierre e luc dardenne , gomorra, film, cannes, george soros , festival de cannes
Roberto Saviano: Spain in mafia hands
From investments in the Costa del Sol to French suburbs – the second part of an interview with the author of ‘Gomorra’
roberto saviano, politics, western eu, society, italy, mafia, gomorra
Video: Roberto Saviano's low profile in Paris
The Italian author of 'Gomorrah', 28, on the Italian mafia and Europe, the Camorra paradox and the 'white oil' that is cocaine
