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Italian cultural attractions go on strike over cuts
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12 November 2010
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Most of Italy's major cultural attractions are closed because of a strike over government plans to cut their funding.
Hundreds of museums, art galleries and heritage sites are affected. The Italian government wants to cut 280 million euros (£237m, $380m) from the culture budget over the next three years as part of an austerity drive. Italy has more World Heritage Sites than any other country, a fact that has put even greater strain on funding.Read 0 Comments... >>
Pompeii collapse row hits Berlusconi ally Sandro Bondi
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11 November 2010
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A close ally of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is under pressure to resign after a building collapsed at the 2,000-year-old Pompeii site.
Staff at museums, libraries and other institutions plan to strike on Friday over budget cuts to culture
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Silvio Berlusconi's sex antics disgust me and other Italian women
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07 November 2010
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for his dalliances with young women.
Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP
One of Italy's leading journalists bemoans the prime minister's philandering and the culture of machismo that celebrates his habitual womanising
I feel trapped. I try to get on with my life, but he finds me everywhere. On my couch, when I turn on my computer, and in my office, where he dominates all discussion. He's there in the morning, when I drink my cappuccino at the Ruschena bar in Rome and my fellow customers make jokes about him. He's there at parents' evening, where apparently conservative parents stop and ask me whether we should start a revolution.
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Berlusconi government to ban street prostitution
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06 November 2010
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Mara Carfagna, the equal opportunities minister, said a package of measures will include banning prostitution in public places
o ban prostitution in public places. Photograph: Rex Features
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Silvio Berlusconi under siege after sex and drug allegations
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05 November 2010
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The latest story the Italian PM claims is untrue comes from an ex-prostitute who says she provided him with sexual services
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