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11 May 2012

Robert F. Kennedy Award Will Recognize Social Media Journalism

Written by Bernardo Parrella · Human Rights, Technology & Internet

One of the foremost international human rights organizations, the Robert F. Kennedy Center, is calling for nominations to a new Journalism Award on International Photography and International Social Media hosted by their European office in Florence, Italy.

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1 May 2012

Italy: Future of News at Perugia International Journalism Festival

Written by Kasia Odrozek · Ideas, Technology & Internet

From April 25-29, Perugia, a charming city in the Italian region of Umbria became a vibrant meeting point for media enthousiasts and journalists from all over the world, with the 2012 International Journalism Festival. Global Voices was present of course, with members discussing participation and citizen journalism - the future of the news.

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25 April 2012

Italy: Rome Celebrates its 2,765th Anniversary

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Arts & Culture, History

On April 21, Romans celebrated the 2,765th anniversary of their city. Bloggers weigh in on the celebrations and the meaning of the milestone for the Eternal City.

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24 April 2012

Italy: Tragic Death of Piermario Morosini Shocks the Soccer World

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Sara Gold · Health, Sport

Since April 14, Italian radio stations, Twitter, Facebook, as well as blogs from across the world have been discussing the sudden, on-field death Piermario Morosini, a 25-year-old soccer player, who was playing for a Serie B team of the Italian football league system.

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14 April 2012

Remembering Murdered Activist, Vittorio Arrigoni

Written by Paola DOrazio · Translated by Ciara Nugent · Human Rights, Protest

A year after the killing in Gaza of the International Solidarity Movement activist, Vittorio Arrigoni, events are planned in cities throughout Italy, Europe, Palestine and the world. Citizens of the digital world share their memories and stories while the trial of his kidnappers and killers continues.

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13 April 2012

Italy: Netizens Ponder the April 2009 L'Aquila Earthquake

Written by Paola DOrazio · Translated by Superjules · Disaster, History

In the third anniversary of the tragic event, citizens came together in the streets and online, creating web-pages, posts and Twitter hashtags to share memories, comments and broader hope for a still lagging reconstruction.

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22 March 2012

Italy: Protests Blaze Over High-Speed Rail to France

Written by Rachele Cinarelli · Translated by Ciara Nugent · Labor, Protest

The last few weeks have been particularly important (and controversial) for the "No Tav" movement, which, since 1981, has opposed the construction of a high speed train line between Turin and Lyon. Alongside on-going protests, suppression and legal disagreements, activism and discussions blossom online.

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15 March 2012

Macedonia: Fuel Prices Continue to Rise

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Elections, History

Continuous increase of fuel prices is a cause of much concern for citizens of Macedonia, and some vent the tension through humor.

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14 March 2012

Europe: Will ACTA Treaty Pass After Protests?

Written by Suzanne Lehn · Translated by Danielle Martineau · Governance, Law

The ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty (ACTA) by the European Parliament has been delayed in expectation of an opinion from the European Court of Justice on its conformity with fundamental rights.

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25 February 2012

Italy: Historic ‘Guilty' Verdict in the Eternit Asbestos Trial

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Jenny Sin · Environment, Governance

It is a historic verdict: on February 13, 2012 in Turin, northern Italy, the two top senior executives of the multinational Eternit, a producer of asbestos, were sentenced to 16 years in prison after a criminal trial began in 2009. Here are the reactions of the associations and the families of asbestos victims in Italy and Europe.

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Updates about Italy

8 February 2012

French

On the blog Presse-citron, Jean-Marie Le Ray wites about”Volunia” [fr], the new search engine in 12 languages invented by Professor Massimo Marchiori of the University of Padua (Italy) : “this is a new concept of navigation of our times I think a test, a laboratory of ideas , also with a prospective vision of the Semantic Web, which relies heavily on “voluntary and spontaneous” interaction with the user. In a sense, it is a participatory search engine trying to put the future in perspective in order to adapt the current search process better [fr]. “

• Abdoulaye Bah

29 December 2011

Italian

Following the murder of two Senegalese men in Florence, Italy, migrant African workers released an open letter on the web [it] to renew their call for dialogue with citizens of Rosarno, where in January 2010 violent riots took place. ‘Those that in the past few days have spread fear when talking about us will be held accountable.’ they write. ‘We’re here to work and contribute to the development of this town and region.’

• Ylenia Gostoli

3 December 2011

French

Two young “faith-trotters” Anne-Laure and Frederic launched ”faithbook” [fr], a project that will take them across the world to meet similar pro-peace initiatives. They look to start a dialogue between people of faith who believe in peaceful coexistence through initiatives in various domains such as sports, education, culture and environment. They will shortly travel to Algeria after a trip in Tunisia.

• Suzanne Lehn

12 November 2011

Italian

Millions of Italians (worldwide) are celebrating an historic moment: the official resignation of PM Silvio Berlusconi, now on his way to the Presidential Palace. Huge celebrations are also being planned online, with live video streaming from downtown Rome, Facebook pages, YouTube videos, on-going tweets and so on.

• Bernardo Parrella

12 October 2011

Italian

The Italian Parliament is about to vote on a very stringent “wiretapping Bill” [it] aimed at drastically limiting judicial investigations and journalism inquiries, thus blocking free speech about new scandals exposing top-level politicians, as many of such cases keep emerging. After a recent “strike” by Wikipedia Italy [it] and a pouring of protests, a provision requesting all websites and blogs to immediately rectify any content that anybody deems “detrimental to his/her own image”, has been removed.

• Bernardo Parrella

6 October 2011

Italian

The homepage of Wikipedia Italia is on strike from the evening of October 4th. Its content is blocked in protest against an Italian bill on telephone interceptions that will mean that all sites and blogs must amend their contents within 48 hours of a request by any applicant who judges it detrimental to their personal image. The details and a petition can be found here. The latest news indicates, however, that the obligation to make amendments will only apply to online publications which are registered in court. The issue is, however, not fully resolved as demonstrates a new intervention by Wikipedia Italia [Italian - all links].

• Claire Ulrich

10 September 2011

Serbian

Jana writes [sr] about Instant Light, a collection of 60 Polaroid photographs by film director Andrei Tarkovsky, and posts some sample photos from the book.

• Veronica Khokhlova

20 July 2011

English

The EUCLID network is inviting social innovators from any country to submit entries to a competition about how to solve one of six social challenges in Naples, Italy. The winning idea will be implemented by the winners together with local partners using a €10,000 prize.

• Solana Larsen

5 December 2010

English

At The Daily Beast, Julia Ioffe comments on WikiLeaks' revelations about the relationship between the Russian PM Vladimir Putin and his Italian counterpart, Silvio Berlusconi.

• Veronica Khokhlova

29 November 2010

Portuguese

Fausto Salvadori, from blog Boteco Sujo [Dirty Bar, pt], writes about the famous Italian artist Milo Manara's visit to Brazil. Manara, a master of erotic comics, was in São Paulo and gave an interview to journalists and fans.

• Raphael Tsavkko Garcia