Articles by Pat Eggleton

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 05:04
Singing star Eros Ramazzotti’s World Tour began last night with a concert in Rimini attended by 7,000 fans. The “Ali e Radici” [Wings and Roots] tour,…
Thu, 10/22/2009 - 04:48
In a CNN interview recorded in May but broadcast yesterday, Silvio Berlusconi has admitted that he doesn’t really like his job but stays in it out o…
Wed, 10/21/2009 - 06:51
Queen Rania of Jordan, who is accompanying her husband King Abdullah 11 on a State Visit to Italy, must be the most popular person in the country at t…
Wed, 10/21/2009 - 06:28
Whilst imitation leather goods and clothes purporting to be “made in Italy” have worried Italian companies and successive governments for some time,…
Tue, 10/20/2009 - 06:18
There were some results for Italy to ponder at Simon Anholt’s presentation of the 2009 Simon Anholt – GfK Roper Nation Brands Index at the TTG Incon…
Mon, 10/19/2009 - 03:56
The singer Carla Boni, the original Mambo queen, died at the age of 84 in Rome on Saturday. Born Carla Gaiano in Ferrara in 1925, the young Carla succ…
Mon, 10/19/2009 - 03:34
Last week the Infrastructure and Transport Minister, Altero Matteoli, announced that work on the Messina Bridge will begin on December 23rd this year…
Fri, 10/16/2009 - 03:54
Never one to be outdone, Benito Mussolini at last joins the long line of dictators who can lay claim to that prerequisite for the job – being in the p…
Fri, 10/16/2009 - 03:32
In a generous gesture, Santo Versace, Donatella’s brother and himself a Member of Parliament, has nominated fashion designer Giorgio Armani as a senat…