Italy rocked by corruption‚ drug scandals By Claudio Lavanga‚ NBC News ROME – Franco Fiorito‚ a member of the regional council of Lazio‚ the Italian region that includes Rome‚ was known ironically among his friends as Batman. It was a nickname he earned when he managed to fall off a Harley Davidson still on a kickstand. But rather than a superhero‚ he looks like an actor out of “The Sopranos” with his slicked-back hairstyle‚ striped double-breasted suit‚ bulky figure and bigger than life personality
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The Major Elements and Dimensions of Culture in Italy Introduction The world is made up of over one hundred countries. Those countries are what make the world a melting pot of diversity‚ creativity‚ productivity‚ and fun. Of all the countries a person could explore‚ one would like to present an introduction of Italy. This paper is intended to give the reader insight on the culture‚ business‚ and international relations of Italy. Those International relations are specifically in comparison
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MACROECONOMIC SITUATION AND FORECAST - iTALY (Seminar work) In view of current economic situation in European Union I choose for my seminar work Italy‚ which is one of the most affected countries by financial crisis. Coupled with three more southern European states that are known by term PIGS. First time became this unflattering term in 1990s as name of countries with similar economic environments and it originally referred to the economies of Portugal‚ Italy‚ Greece and Spain. The acronym became
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the regime: ethnic nationalism‚ genocidal violence and‚ of course‚ the character of Hitler himself. I believe‚ however‚ that some of the points he has indicated as “unique” were simply the transformation of a phenomena already existing in Fascist Italy‚ as the two regimes came to influence each other at some point of their history. I will first introduce the article; second‚ I will address the flaws of Kershaw’s argument - what aspects deserved a better explanation and what is not unique compared
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Unification of Italy and Germany By 1871 both the kingdom of Italy and the empire of Germany were united. Even though both countries used popular trends to that time‚ both liberalism and nationalism‚ the process unifying these two countries was very different. The end result was Germany emerging as a strong nation and Italy appropriately‚ the weaker. Italy’s problems started with the fact that it didn’t have one main ruler‚ but two people and a concept‚ resulting in a different approach to
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Italy is located in southern Europe‚ bordering France and Switzerland to the north. The important cultures that thrived in Italy and that defined civilization in ancient times are the Romans and the ancient Italy Etruscan civilization. Etruscan refers to the culture that existed in prehistoric times and stretched over to the foundation of Europe. Roman culture generally refers to a form of civilization that originated from the Italian Peninsula that would later grow and become the Roman Empire with
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reflected by the cultural change in Italy during the Renaissance period which led to the explosion of the arts and new inventions. In the late medieval period‚ just before the Renaissance‚ north Italy was becoming very urbanized and contained some of the largest cities in Europe. Italy’s economy greatly benefited from trade‚ which allowed some big cities to become much more industrialized. Trade allowed for great amounts of exported goods which generated wealth for Italy. According to Clinton Sandvick
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• It was appealing and gave hope to many people because Fascism was centered around improving living conditions and the economy as well as gaining land and being superior to others which is what many strived for in this period of time • Modernized Italy and served as the posterchild of what other countries could look like Hitler • Impact out of State: His rise to power in Germany inspired the rest of the world to solve its problems with violence. • The European Union as a political entity was his
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Ponte Gobbo‚ Italy I was going about my mundane daily routine. Cross the bridge to get to school and cross the bridge to come home. Everything was as orderly and as natural as usual. I started to cross the bridge on my way home from school. As I was crossing it I heard a peculiar noise. I looked beneath me and I saw many immense fractures in the bridge. I looked around‚ but not a soul was in sight. I was all alone‚ on a bridge that was seconds away from crumbling into a million tiny pieces
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influence of other European states important to the creation of a united Italy? Introduction Italy was unified in 1871. There were three important individuals who had shown extreme efforts in unifying Italy. They were Mazzini‚ garibaldi and Cavour. Cavour was considered to be the most important person in unifying Italy‚ Eventhough he only ends the steps of Mazzini and garibaldi who initially started the idea of uniting Italy. However‚ it had been claimed that the assistance of foreign power was
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