What's on Italian minds?
September 13, 2012 9:23 AM Subscribe
Educate me about Italian current affairs.
We are leaving for Italy in a few days (we've never been), and I'd like to understand the issues that most Italians are concerned with, e.g., the economy, politics, religion, pop culture, crime, etc. I'm looking at various news sites, but I'd like to know more about the cultural context of current affairs.
Thanks in advance for your insights.
We are leaving for Italy in a few days (we've never been), and I'd like to understand the issues that most Italians are concerned with, e.g., the economy, politics, religion, pop culture, crime, etc. I'm looking at various news sites, but I'd like to know more about the cultural context of current affairs.
Thanks in advance for your insights.
Response by poster: We start in Venice, and the furthest south we go will be Orvieto. Not going to Rome or coastal areas. I understand that northern Italy has a different culture than the south. Is that true?
Thanks for the link.
posted by Gusaroo at 10:04 AM on September 13, 2012
Thanks for the link.
posted by Gusaroo at 10:04 AM on September 13, 2012
Here's a forum that discusses this--more anecdotes than data.
posted by Ideefixe at 10:31 AM on September 13, 2012
posted by Ideefixe at 10:31 AM on September 13, 2012
Some current affairs in Italy are:
posted by saeculorum at 10:51 AM on September 13, 2012
- Raffaele Sollecito, who had a love affair with American exchange student Amanda Knox and then (supposedly) murdered Meredith Kercher.
- Football club chief Massimo Moratti has been accused of a spying affair on other teams' players.
- Supermodel Heidi Klum has denied that she has been having an affair with her bodyguard.
posted by saeculorum at 10:51 AM on September 13, 2012
Three links to Italian newspapers, all in Italian, two national papers, the Venice one a local paper. You will get an impression of the daily concerns, since all three are updated daily. You might want to google key words for more details.
Corriere
Venice
Repubblica
posted by francesca too at 10:59 AM on September 13, 2012
Corriere
Venice
Repubblica
posted by francesca too at 10:59 AM on September 13, 2012
Resto a Roma was Roman comic Carlo Verdone's current take on last year's summer torment parody Ostia Beach. I think Verdone collaborated with the Ostia Beach creators, if I remember correctly; a friend of mine was tapped as one of the dancing extras for Resto a Roma.
Sollecito and Foxy Knoxy get brought up nowadays when it's a slow news day. The latest round of footie scandals are ongoing since the Euro cup this past summer. Not sure how la Klum shagging her bodyguard enters into the picture, unless that was what came up when you googled "Italy current affairs"....
An excellent political & current event analysis blog is Italian Politics with Walston, written I believe by a friend/acquaintance of our own aqsakal.
posted by romakimmy at 11:08 AM on September 13, 2012
Sollecito and Foxy Knoxy get brought up nowadays when it's a slow news day. The latest round of footie scandals are ongoing since the Euro cup this past summer. Not sure how la Klum shagging her bodyguard enters into the picture, unless that was what came up when you googled "Italy current affairs"....
An excellent political & current event analysis blog is Italian Politics with Walston, written I believe by a friend/acquaintance of our own aqsakal.
posted by romakimmy at 11:08 AM on September 13, 2012
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Where are you heading? It will be very different in Piedmont than it would be in Sicily.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 9:41 AM on September 13, 2012