The sanctions imposed on Russia are hardly having any visible effect on Putin’s belligerent decisions, and the war is costing tens of billions of euros. In part, these are cynical investments, because Europe and the United States, if (as we all hope) Ukraine wins, will get significant
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On 20 September 1870, not only was the capital of the new Italian state conquered, but a secular theocracy, comparable to the one currently in power in Iran, which made arbitrariness and corruption the oil needed to run the apparatus of a despotic and inefficient state, was
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Among the many secret stories of united Italy, there is one that never seems to end: that of the Banco Ambrosiano, which was the crossroads of the interests of the Holy See, Freemasonry, the DC, the Mafia and Opus Dei. It never ends, because the Ambrosiano’s money
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We often hear about global warming, the greenhouse effect, rising seas, without giving due weight to these phenomena. Living in the part of the world that depends on the whims of the fossil fuel magnates, we rejoice in recent months if man-made climate change causes longer summers
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When Napoleon Bonaparte took power in Paris, one of his first statements was to express his admiration for San Marino – a unique example of freedom and democracy in the history of Europe[1]. Something of which the inhabitants of Mount Titano are justifiably proud, but which has
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He is one of the most powerful men on earth. But he does not want to lead a country, and it is ridiculous (as well as untrue) to accuse him of wanting to dominate the world. Peter Thiel believes in the right of each individual to freely
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For over a century and a half, the Mafia organisation terrorised Sicily and, from there, the whole of Italy. It has corrupted dozens of politicians, prelates, bankers, magistrates and humiliated good people who were only trying to work. He brought drugs to an island that, also due
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Italy is approaching the vote: one of the top ten economies in the world finds itself in a serious crisis of credibility of its political class and, consequently, of democracy. A situation that is the same as in all other western countries, bar none. And yet, even
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Castles and lighthouses in the sunset, pure romance: Jersey is an island off the coast of Normandy, at the exit of the English Channel, half the size of Elba Island. A wad of flat green meadows, disputed for centuries between French and English aristocrats, and then attaining
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In three months, four top managers closely associated with Russia’s largest gas company, Gazprom, have died. They died atrociously, often together with their families. This ‘curse’ also affects businessmen from non-oil circles. Is it an unbelievable coincidence of fatal accidents or is there a plan to eliminate
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