DAJE! A note on the mayoral election in Rome

It's election time in Italy.  Romans are going to the polls today (Sunday) and tomorrow, to elect, among other officials, a mayor for th...

Pasquino Lite - Rome's "talking statue" gets a dressing down

 in happier times Rome, a city fairly expert on the protest scale, is experiencing a tightening of the noose by right-wing mayor Gianni ...

Monti Goes After the Mayor

Rome 's Mayor , Gianni Alemanno, was elected two years ago on a right - wing program , and it 's no wonder that he 's no...

Rome 2nd Dirtiest City: Laments, and a Solution

We were disappointed--one might say devastated if it didn't seem hyperbolic--to learn that Rome had been named the second dirtiest big ...

The (former) Mayor of Rome, #1 Kindle and Rome the Second Time

A couple of cool Rome the Second Time events yesterday: handing (former) Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni his own copy of Rome the Second Time, ...

Roma Rinasce

The poster reads "Rome Reborn," and it's everywhere in the city, intended to celebrate the first year of Gianni Alemanno's...