Offshore Piracy?
If you follow the Italian news, then you will know something of the amnesty designed to recoup the billions Italians have stashed out of the reach of Italy’s taxman in comfy offshore accounts.
Said amnesty has, so far, seen some 80 billion Euros return to Italian banks. A not inconsiderable sum, I’m sure you will agree. As a consequence of its success, the amnesty has been extended well into 2010 to encourage even more of Italy’s tax dodgers to bring their gains back within the grasp of Italy’s cash starved taxman.
Offshore Banking
Now, the odd thing is that some of those who have taken advantage of Italy’s amnesty will be more than a little relieved to place their dosh in the coffers of honest Italian banks. Indeed, from what I have heard, some are literally scrambling to move their offshore fortunes onshore.
Why? Read more
Top Italian Music Hit of 2009
Italian music blog ChartItalia which follows the contemporary Italian music scene, recently published a list of the top 100 hits in Italy for 2009. So what, I asked myself, was the top Italian music hit of 2009?
Interestingly, for me anyway, it is not an Italian track which made it to the top of the top 100 for 2009, it was instead, those Black Eyed Peas people with their number ‘I gotta feeling’.
Were there any Italian tracks in the top 10 of the top 100 for 2009? The answer is yes, there were, and the highest ranking track is significant in that it reflects an event in 2009 which touched the hearts of many Italians. Indeed, ranked at number 4 is the track Domani 21.04.2009.
Quite a number of well-known Italian musicians got together to make Domani 21.04.2009 as a fund raiser in the aftermath of the Abruzzo earthquake.
Here is the track for you to listen to, and seeing as this is a karaoke version, you can either sing along, or, if you don’t feel up to singing, you can simply read the words and listen. This may well help anyone out there who is learning Italian, even if not all the words are Italian.
Happy listening! You will also find the names of rest of the top 10 tracks in Italy in 2009. Read more
Guess Where in Italy? – Part 10
This week’s Guess Where in Italy? photo quiz on BlogfromItaly.com features a photo courtesy of @pixiebisous, whose colourful image caught my little eye when she posted it on Twitter.
Ninja obsessed Italophile @pixiebisous thinks that people, especially Italians, will find it easy to guess which picture postcard Italian seaside village has been immortalised in her photograph.
Now, although I have some idea as to where the place in the photo is in Italy, I’m not 100% sure. All I know is that I have not been there, but after having seen the photograph, I’d quite like to.
Over to you dear readers: Can you guess where in Italy this seaside village is? And what its name is?
Just one little favour. As this should be easy for Italians, can you please wait until Sunday before guessing?
