In his book Conscience of a liberal, Paul Krugman argued that the current exacerbated polarisation between the two major U.S. parties sinks its roots in the Republican Party’s drift towards the extreme Right, taken hostage by the conservative movement. ...more
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Italy has just approved a civil unions law granting several rights to homosexual couples. Italy is one of the last countries in the European Union to have adopted this kind of provision: Denmark passed it roughly 30 years ago! ...more
Editor of Eastonline and journalist at Corriere della Sera, from Washington talks about his experience with crowdfunding to support cancer research, and about the state of play of web journalism in Italy ...more
The Pact for Health, signed between the State and Regions, is the key document for health planning and management in Italy. The current two-year Pact for Health 2014-2016 establishes several priorities, including: updated basic health benefits (BHB); revision of the NHS Range of Fees; reorganisation and rationalisation of the hospital network; rationalisation of purchases; creation of a Health Technology Assessment model for drugs and medical devices. ...more
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