Meet the Italian government's Orwellian new automated tax snitch
• https://www.sovereignman.comBy the end of the 3rd century AD, the finances of ancient Rome were in terminal crisis.
ON AIR NOW
Click to Play
By the end of the 3rd century AD, the finances of ancient Rome were in terminal crisis.
Last October, Italy's government was angry when the world's largest hedge fund, Ray Dalio's Bridgewater unveiled it had amassed a sizable $713 million short against Italian financial stocks, its biggest disclosed bearish bet in Europe.
This week one of Europe's largest power companies, Enel, has announced the firm has absolutely "no interest whatsoever in selling power" to cryptocurrency miners.
By 2080, Italians Will Be A Minority In Their Own Nation
Italy's economic woes and political woes go hand-in-hand. New elections are coming up but a hung parliament is likely.
In an otherwise calm market, Italian bonds have been sold off today, breaking away from the broader bullish sentiment amid the European bond market, with the yield on 10Y BTPs rising as much as 5bps, above 2% for the first time since October 26.
My political theory is rooted in a single axiom that I came to independently: governments are mafia.
Headlines were made in Italy a few days ago when a "casual, unidentified photographer" happened to walk in the streets of Florence and had the uncanny ability of taking a snapshot of an inside wall of the Carabinieri barracks that are literally s
114 Italian banks have non-performing loans that exceed tangible capital. Ratios above 100% are signs of severe stress...
Join Newsbud's Sibel Edmonds and Spiro in this 30+ minute investigative analysis of the assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Galizia, and examination of the primary suspects in the case.
Voters in Lombardy and Veneto, Italy's two wealthiest regions, held autonomy referendums on Sunday.
The presidents of Italy's wealthy northern regions of Veneto and Lombardy on Sunday claimed victory in autonomy referendums that seek to grab additional powers and tax revenue from Rome, riding a global tide of self-determination that has swamped Spa
Italy's 2 Richest Regions Are Voting In Historic Autonomy Referendums
In a bid to appeal to the growing anti-euro sentiment in Italy, three of Italy's biggest political parties seek a dual currency.
Police in Rome evicted 100s of refugees that had occupied Piazza Independenza just one block from the country's main train station.The squatters were defiant so local police used water cannons and batons in the forceful eviction. As Reuters reports
The migrant rescue NGO vessel "Golfo Azzurro" has been refused access to Italian ports on the island of Lampedusa, with some blaming "right-wing hackers" for ship confiscations and NGO members being investigated for people smuggling.
The migrant rescue NGO vessel "Golfo Azzurro" has been refused access to Italian ports on the island of Lampedusa, with some blaming "right-wing hackers" for ship confiscations and NGO members being investigated for people smuggling.
Israel
Italy Threatens EU With "Nuclear Option": Give 200,000 Migrants EU Visas, Sending Them North
They used to be sleepy hamlets on Italy's sun-baked Padan Plain. But two years with hundreds of asylum seekers packed into overcrowded centres dubbed "human warehouse" are taking their toll -- on both migrants and villagers.
Last week, two more Italian banks were forced to close due to insolvency.
Europe's Liberal Elite Outraged After Renzi Says Italy Has "No Moral Duty To Take In Migrants"
In Europe, where it is essentially taboo to publicly discuss anything deemed politically incorrect, some interesting conversations are taking place in the Italian parliament regarding the future of Italy in the eurozone.
In a bid to end years of struggles, the Italian government is taking control of bank Monte dei Paschi under a relaunch plan agreed by European officials that includes the disposal of a massive 28.6 billion euros ($32.5 billion) in bad loans.
In Europe, where it is essentially taboo to publicly discuss anything deemed politically incorrect, some interesting conversations are taking place in the Italian parliament regarding the future of Italy in the eurozone.
Austria has deployed armoured vehicles close to its border with Italy and will send up to 750 soldiers to block any migrants trying to head north, the government announced.
In recent weeks the world has learned the news media creates fake news and/or completely shuns significant news stories to match its own politically correct agendas. So an unequivocal cure for a major brain disease goes unreported. Shame on CNN, CB
BARACK Obama will reportedly pocket a staggering £2.5million (€3million) today for delivering a speech to a sold-out audience in Milan as part of his lucrative post-presidential speaking tour.
German Investors Dumping Italian Bonds: Italy Increasingly Dependent on ECB, Target2 Capital Flight Revisited
Earlier this week, in the middle of Easter night in Olmeneta, Italy, an unknown person attacked the Monsanto Research Center with several "bottle bombs" or Molotov cocktails, small improvised explosive devices.