World - Twice in the Dust
Two hundred years ago, the death of one of the most beloved (and most controversial) characters in history
Editorials about: dead
Italy - Calabria, Europe’s Worst Hospitals
A story of the Mafia and an inefficient health service
Libya - The Making of a Revolution #1
The militias of Shabab, or revolutionary youth, which fought against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces for control of Libya in 2011, could hardly be called an army. They lacked a proper command chain, uniforms, sophisticated weaponry and military skills, and yet they stood up to the national army and kept advancing towards Misratah and Tripoli.As the militiamen […]
Libya - The Making of a Revolution #2
In May 2011, Misratah, Libya’s third largest city, had been under siege for three months. Gaddafi’s forces and the militias of Shabab, or revolutionary youth, fought to control the city in a conflict of unprecedented violence. It caused hundreds of deaths and devastated a large part of the urban landscape, which for weeks has been […]
Italy - Bergamo. One Year On
The reaction of one of the cities worst hit by the pandemic one year after the first Covid cases
Italy - The Unborn
It is actually possible to hold funerals for foetuses. And anti-abortion organisations are doing just that, often without the knowledge of the parents
Italy - The Last Frontier of the Virus
Exclusive: in Bergamo’s intensive care unit, the frontline of Covid-19
Democratic Republic of Congo - Pink Elephants – Black Death
Ebola keeps on spreading in North Kivu
Italy - In the Name of the Olive
A truly global tree
Ukraine - The Radioactive Gold of Chernobyl
When recycling is a job for dead men walking