In this country, there is simply no way of establishing the (constitutional!) principle of the inviolability of private conversations. Thus, a valuable opportunity to de-politicise the dispute has been missed

The Lazio Regional Administrative Court and the Council of State have ordered Palazzo Chigi to set three-yearly adjustments to the salaries of senior judges in excess of the established amounts and to update the remuneration for consultants dating back to 2002. The cost is expected to exceed 200 million euros.

The former Cosa Nostra super-boss, deemed “completely untrustworthy” by the prosecutors, wants to circulate a document to the Italian public setting out his own “truths” (or, rather, hoaxes) about the Mafia massacres of 1992–1993 and the alleged links between Berlusconi, Dell’Utri and Cosa Nostra

Fighting the Mafia without undermining the rule of law: the lesson that went unheeded even before Capaci

The sister of the murdered magistrate, who has now been insulted by Travaglio, deserves an award. Because she reminded us that Falcone fought against the excesses of the anti-Mafia movement and ‘bad journalism based on suspicion’