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What a “Mes”! Are We Sure that It Is in Italy’s Best Interest to Get EU’s Cash?

For the aid foreseen as a result of the pandemic of Covid-19, are we quite sure that the economic prescriptions of the "ants" of Europe are efficient or sustainable for a "cicada" like Italy?  In the absence of a written binding  agreement, the conditions that regulate the debt repayment path  are those of the MES,  a treaty  whose norms and  binding provisions take into account what in the normal jargon has been called the Troika. For a country like Italy, in a  highly volatile political European context, the risk of finding one morning the debt collectors at the door with a list of  assets to confiscate or to put to use, is a strong possibility.

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Coronavirus? Careful with Your Heart! Life-saving Warning from Prof. Albertini

The thing that struck me most in the few days of my hospitalization was the staff's attitude towards the patients. I had feared that the Covid19 emergency and the additional stress from overwork might have made everyone tense and irritable; instead, I found myself in a place in which I felt that anyone who attended us at our bedside did so with all of themselves and gave us the time needed not only to check on us and treat us, but also to listen to us, understand our fears and perhaps even play them down with a joke.
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As Italy Faces Chaotic “Phase Two”, “Phase One”’s Unity Is Fading Away

When "Phase Two" was announced, as most of the limitations remained in place, many Italians seemed unable to clearly see the difference with the so-called “Phase One,” except for one thing: while Italy was enduring the longest and strictest lockdown in Europe, citizens around the country were held together by a common sense of responsibility, the feeling that they were fighting the same battle and that they belonged to the same team. With the beginning of “Phase Two,” things went back to the “chaotic” and contentious normality, albeit in an exceptional situation.

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You Called Me Covid-19 and I Am the Reflection of Your Hatred and Greed

There are many queries that we are posing ourselves in these days of suspended animation. Questions that currently cannot be answered, but we can only attempt a hypothetical interpretation according to which the coronavirus wanted to warn Humanity. Like the video maker from whom I drew inspiration, I also wanted to give the Covid-19 an anthropic form. A sort of avenger come to deliver a message, so that human beings could reverse the course of their actions and direct their energy to doing good.

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Tutti a Casa! Let’s Fight Coronavirus with Live Cultural Chats about All Things Italian

Arts, movies, literature, politics, and a lot more! Casa Italiana with the Department of Italian Studies at NYU, and La Voce di New York as a media partner, is launching today "Tutti a Casa!" the new radio-style, web-based talk show to keep our community connected and continue to learn new things together in these times of challenge and pain, but also of opportunity. Today at 5 pm Stefano Albertini will be in conversation with Nicola Gardini (Oxford University); Friday with Antonio Monda (Director of the Rome Film Festival)

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Coronavirus, Pope Francis: “We Thought We’d Stay Healthy in a World that Was Sick”

On the evening of Friday, March 27th, Pope Francis officiated a solitary moment of prayer on the Sagrato of St. Peter’s Basilica, the platform at the top of the steps at the end of the vast square. The ceremony included readings from the Scriptures, prayers of supplication, and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and ended with Pope Francis giving the Urbi et orbi – to the City (of Rome) and the World – Blessing. Pope Francis spoke to the world using all the means of modern communication: Facebook, YouTube, TV, and radio.

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