http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Fri, 24 May 2013 16:57:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/04/the-causes-of-italys-recession/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/04/the-causes-of-italys-recession/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:27:29 +0000 Ben Chu http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=32960 Italy needs to overhaul its crony labour markets which penalise the young and inhibit long-term growth. But trying to claim that the present deep recession is a consequence of that long-standing macro dysfunction doesn't add up. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/04/the-causes-of-italys-recession/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/05/the-clinical-efficient-and-unshakeable-germany-were-fragile/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/05/the-clinical-efficient-and-unshakeable-germany-were-fragile/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:18:54 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26007 This is Germany. Solid, steady Germany. The team who was set to end the reign of Spain as they built methodically on the foundations laid over the the last three major tournaments.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/05/the-clinical-efficient-and-unshakeable-germany-were-fragile/feed/ 8 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/01/monti-python-and-the-holy-grail-why-italys-prime-minister-cant-win-over-his-people/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/01/monti-python-and-the-holy-grail-why-italys-prime-minister-cant-win-over-his-people/#comments Sun, 01 Jul 2012 03:00:54 +0000 Sherelle Jacobs http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25819 Investors have good reason to be sceptical that the new Italian leader can resurrect his country’s economy]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/01/monti-python-and-the-holy-grail-why-italys-prime-minister-cant-win-over-his-people/feed/ 46 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/28/miroslav-klose-im-not-saying-italians-are-lazy-%e2%80%93-they-always-mean-to-give-their-all/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/28/miroslav-klose-im-not-saying-italians-are-lazy-%e2%80%93-they-always-mean-to-give-their-all/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 01:01:27 +0000 Kit Holden http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25754 Where once there was a host of German superstars gracing the stadiums of Serie A, Klose, who scored 16 goals for Lazio last season, including a 93rd minute winner in the Rome derby, is now the sole representative of the Nationalelf in Italian club football. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/28/miroslav-klose-im-not-saying-italians-are-lazy-%e2%80%93-they-always-mean-to-give-their-all/feed/ 8 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/27/italian-press-depiction-of-mario-balotelli-as-king-kong-is-naive/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/27/italian-press-depiction-of-mario-balotelli-as-king-kong-is-naive/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:00:49 +0000 Simon Martin http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25695 In its build up to last Sunday’s Euro 2012 quarter final between Italy and England, the Italian daily La Gazzetta dello Sport dedicated that day’s cartoon to national team striker Mario Balotelli, depicting him as King Kong mounting Big Ben, rather than the Empire State building, from where he swatted away footballs fired in by the English.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/27/italian-press-depiction-of-mario-balotelli-as-king-kong-is-naive/feed/ 25 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/01/just-how-good-is-clint-dempsey/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/01/just-how-good-is-clint-dempsey/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:30:13 +0000 Simon Rice http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=22006 Yesterday the USA travelled to Genoa and beat Italy 1-0. It was the first time Team USA had beaten the four time World Cup winners. The goal scorer was Clint Dempsey.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/01/just-how-good-is-clint-dempsey/feed/ 20 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/22/germany-crisis-what-crisis/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/22/germany-crisis-what-crisis/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:57:42 +0000 Ben Chu http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=21745 Germany does not share the economic pain of the likes of Greece and Spain and thus does not feel the urgency of the situation.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/02/22/germany-crisis-what-crisis/feed/ 14 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/20/gourmet-on-tour-at-villa-lucia-italy/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/20/gourmet-on-tour-at-villa-lucia-italy/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:30:05 +0000 Laura Davis http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=7887 If, like myself, you leave a lot to be desired in the kitchen but would certainly like to attempt to impress others with your culinary skills, you might find an answer in the form of Gourmet on Tour. They offer tailored culinary experiences from France to Morocco, and I was fortunate enough to take a trip to the picturesque area of Vorno in Italy.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/20/gourmet-on-tour-at-villa-lucia-italy/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/16/honduran-charter-cities-trample-on-democracy/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/16/honduran-charter-cities-trample-on-democracy/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:32:11 +0000 Suzy Dean http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=20453 A worrying development in Honduras echoes anti-democratic trends in Italy and Greece, whereby technocracy is usurping popular rule. Honduras has long been one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere. A year ago, the National Party, with support from the opposition Liberal Party, decided to form the Región Especial de Desarrollo (RED), or Special Development [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/16/honduran-charter-cities-trample-on-democracy/feed/ 19 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/18/the-german-view-of-market-psychology/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/18/the-german-view-of-market-psychology/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:14:55 +0000 Ben Chu http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=18793 The head of the Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann, clearly believes that bond market investors see the world exactly as he does. It is a world in which market storms would abate if countries would only enact reforms to reduce their debt and deficits. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/18/the-german-view-of-market-psychology/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/28/talking-world-cup-rugby-the-stakes-are-getting-higher/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/28/talking-world-cup-rugby-the-stakes-are-getting-higher/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:26:02 +0000 Peter Bills http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=16838 So now we know for sure. It’s Italy v Ireland this Sunday to sort out a place in the quarter final in Wellington the following weekend.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/28/talking-world-cup-rugby-the-stakes-are-getting-higher/feed/ 6 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/08/31/the-big-economic-picture/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/08/31/the-big-economic-picture/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:30:49 +0000 Ben Chu http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=15648 The US and Germany have more or less recovered the ground lost since the crash. France is almost there. But Italy, Japan and, of course, the UK are still between 4 and 5 per cent off where we were a full three years ago in terms of output.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/08/31/the-big-economic-picture/feed/ 7