The amendment tabled by the Radical Party against the tax exemption for the Church was rejected. The Berlusconi government, with the support from the great majority of the opposing parties, has expressed its opposition. The Italian austerity plan, approved by a vote of confidence in parliament, does not...

"I'm leaving this shitty country of which I'm sickened". Who would say something like this? An honest taxpayer after reading the last fiscal package presented by the Italian Government? An investor? A researcher who remained out of work because of cuts to education? Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi? The...

In Italy the last tax maneuver (45 billion euro) announced by the Berlusconi's government to deal with the economic crisis has revived the old controversy about tax exemption of ecclesiastical bodies. The dispute between State and Church concerning the municipal property tax (ICI) lasts for many years. According...

In Italy the tension continues to rise around the high-speed project Turin -- Lyon (Tav). "Outside forces" is the writing that on July 30 opened the last protest against the Tav. For years the discussion about the usefulness of this project, born in the 80s, divided Italian public opinion. While...