Rome [ENA] In order to mark the 250th anniversary of the death of the great Venetian painter Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), better known as Canaletto, on April 11th in Rome, Palazzo Braschi opened a valuable exhibition illustrating the art of this great landscape “Vedutista” artist. Canaletto painted impressive scenes of the canals of Venice and the Doge's Palace and his views of the lagoon city contributed   [Full story...]

Rome [ENA] Three traditional party families dominated Italy and Europe: the Christian-democrats, the social-democrats and the liberals. The hegemonic position of these party families was first questioned by the “new politics” of the Greens in the 1970s and by the populist radical right, which gained considerable electoral results from the 1980s onwards.The term “populism” has been widely used and applied to different contexts.   [Full story...]