Who was Marielle Franco?

  I will be honest. I have never heard about Marielle Franco before the 14th of March, the day in which she was brutally killed in a targeted political assassination.   But reading her story made me think. How many brave people are there in the World? I was thinking to the sad story of Giulio Regeni, the Italian...

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No shopping on Sunday! What do you think?

Poland recently approved a law that ban Sunday trading. This means that from today (11th March)  every other Sunday the bans will take place (with the exception of some Sundays before religious holidays).  In Poland the law is the result of the pressure coming mainly by the Church and Solidarnosc, in order to allow employees to...

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Which Italy will we see on Monday?

So here we are! Tomorrow is the Election day in Italy. After 5 years, we will have a new Parliament and a new (maybe) Government. But which is the picture of Italy today? And how will it change since the next week? Whilst from abroad the Italian political arena is a funny show with hilarious characters (see John Oliver video), the...

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