Experts say the future of the Leaning Tower of Pisa has been guaranteed for the next 300 years. Speaking two years after the completion of renovation works aimed at straightening up the 800-year-old landmark, Professor Carlo Viggiani of Naples University has told reporters ”the tower is definitely safe”.
Silvio Berlusconi this week set a dubious precedent in Italian legal history by becoming the first serving prime minister to appear at his own trial. The latest twist in Berlusconi’s corruption trial has sent the Italian political class into spasms of fear.