As their American brethren celebrate considerable success in the mid-term elections, Italy’s ‘Democrats’ – who so far only exist in theory – are having considerable difficulty forming a single party of the centre-left. Repubblica has run two articles in the past two days on the prospects of the Partito Democratico. They outline the positions of [...]
I was at a departmental retreat this weekend, and talk turned to careers. We realised that it might be a good idea to pool information about the academic job market in our own countries, especially in those still-rare cases where vacancy notices are posted on the internet and genuinely competitive. So, for anyone who’s interested [...]
Whilst the BBC struggles to clarify its position on news-readers wearing the veil, Rai nominates a number of office-holders. In short, business as usual. For completeness’ sake, here are the nominees: Luigi Meloni (Unione, allegedly) – vice-director, HR; Alessandro Zucca (CdL, allegedly) – vice-director, HR; Valerio Fiorespino – vice-director, TV Resources; Giancarlo d’Arma – vice-director, [...]
One can tell something about Italian journalism by the way in which Italian newspapers and television news bulletins treat editorials from the Financial Times and the Economist, two papers with deserved reputations for straight-talking. Yet when these editorials reach Italy, they quickly become sensationalized. And so, when the Financial Times published on its website a [...]