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Category Archives: Italy
May 28 2013
The European economic crisis has coincided with a decline in press freedom in the EU
4 CommentsBy Jennifer Dunham and Zselyke Csaky (rebloged from EUROPP) In the half decade since the beginning of the economic crisis, global press freedom has declined, and the EU has been no exception to this trend. Reporting on a new survey on … Continue reading
Posted by: May 28, 2013
Tagged with: Journalism, Media Systems, Press, Press Freedom
May 17 2013
Intimate Fusion: Media and Political Power in Silvio Berlusconi’s Italy
1 CommentBy John Lloyd and Ferdinando Giugliano (reposted from openDemocracy) Key to the politics of public discourse about the crisis are media structures and their relationship with politics across Europe’s diverse media environments. This repost is the first in an occasional … Continue reading
Posted by: May 17, 2013
Tagged with: Berlusconi, Journalism, Media ownership, Media Systems, Public Sphere
Apr 23 2013
The Quiet Collapse of the Italian Economy
71 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi Please also read the updated analysis of the Italian situation in The Demise of Italy and the Rise of Chaos and in Why Italy Will not Make It by the same author. While attention on the Euro … Continue reading
Posted by: April 23, 2013
Tagged with: collapse, depression, Eurozone crisis, Italy, recession
Apr 7 2013
Selective truths and Spanish riches: The Bundesbank’s study on household wealth
29 CommentsBy Stefan Bauchowitz and José Javier Olivas* At the height of the Cyprus bailout crisis, the German Central Bank, the Bundesbank, has introduced into the public discourse the notion that Southern Europeans are richer than Germans. This claim is based on a study … Continue reading
Posted by: April 7, 2013
Tagged with: Bundesbank, Crisis, deception, finances, Household wealth, Public Sphere, Southern Europe
Mar 27 2013
Lessons and Warnings from Cyprus
3 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi The news from Cyprus would have arguably struggled to reach the front page in most European nations if not for the envisaged measure of tackling the financial problems of the country by seizing part of the money … Continue reading
Posted by: March 27, 2013
Tagged with: Bailout, Crisis, Cyprus, Eurozone, Giuliano Amato
Mar 27 2013
Reactions to the Second Cypriot Bailout Deal from across the European Press
1 CommentBy Max Hänska, Outi Keranen, Maria Kyriakidou, Jose Olivas, Roberto Orsi and Henry Radice. Jeroen Dijsselbloem’s mixed messages on Monday in the aftermath of the bailout were widely reported, along with the national and international economic implications of the new … Continue reading
Posted by: March 27, 2013
Mar 18 2013
Reactions to the Cypriot Bailout across the European Press
2 CommentsBy Max Hänska, Outi Keranen, Maria Kyriakidou, Jose Olivas and Roberto Orsi. Greek Press The dramatic developments with regard to the bailout of Cyprus have dominated the Greek press since the news of the savings levy broke. The focus of the … Continue reading
Posted by: March 18, 2013
Tagged with: Cyprus bail-out plan, Cyprus deposits haircut, Eurogroup decision on Cyprus, European Public Sphere, Press
Mar 7 2013
Grillo’s ‘threat’ and the Spanish press
2 CommentsBy Jose Javier Olivas The Italian general elections took place ten days ago. The divided results and the relatively unexpected success of Berlusconi’s The People of Freedom Coalition (29.1% of votes) and Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement (25.5% of votes) … Continue reading
Posted by: March 7, 2013
Tagged with: ABC, anti-politics, Election, Euro, European Public Sphere, European Union, Grillo, Journalism, Mundo, Pais, Periodico, populism, Press, Vanguardia
Feb 27 2013
Reactions to the Italian Election across Europe
2 CommentsThe Italian election on the weekend 24-25 February was hugely anticipated and the results, though perhaps not surprising, have not brought the decisive clarity that many had hoped for. Briefly we summarise a few observations from the way the election … Continue reading
Posted by: February 27, 2013
Tagged with: Election, Italian Election, Press