Is the centre-right government being held hostage by powerful bureaucrats? Some clear signs suggest it might be. One example is Article 112 of the current budget bill being debated in Parliament. This ...

Istat has released data on GDP for the third quarter, showing zero growth compared to the previous quarter. Meanwhile, industrial production has been in decline for eighteen straight months, and gains ...

The collapse of the M5s (which in 2013 was supported by 25.5% of Italians) can be compared to that of the Uomo Qualunque movement, which reached 14.6% in the Sicilian regional elections in 1947 and ...

Something doesn't add up in the poverty data for Italy. It's puzzling how, despite the substantial funds provided by the State and the aid offered by charitable organizations, Italy seems to have ...

For once, malicious espionage seems to have only touched politics, revealing that managers and manufacturing companies are fully engaged in computer-based illegality. If, in the past, political ...

From a centre-right government, one might expect a shift toward liberal policies, especially in economic matters. Instead, some recent measures are moving in the opposite direction: toward a powerful, ...

The BRICS summit, an intergovernmental organization of emerging economies, took place recently in Kazan, Russia. Originally formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, BRICS has expanded ...

According to the latest CNN poll, the outcome of the presidential election in the United States is set to be decided by a narrow margin. In four key states, the difference is just one to two ...