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The 'hung Parliament' situation in the UK cost the Tories 30 seats, and it also denied PM Theresa May the landslide majority she expected in order to lead UK-EU Brexit negotiations towards the "Hard Brexit" formula she launched at Lancaster House back in January.
The 'hung Parliament' situation in the UK cost the Tories 30 seats, and it also denied PM Theresa May the landslide majority she expected in order to lead UK-EU Brexit negotiations towards the "Hard Brexit" formula she launched at Lancaster House back in January.
The 'hung Parliament' situation in the UK cost the Tories 30 seats, and it also denied PM Theresa May the landslide majority she expected in order to lead UK-EU Brexit negotiations towards the "Hard Brexit" formula she launched at Lancaster House back in January.
Le negoziazioni sulla Brexit tra Londra e gli ( ex ) partners europei hanno avuto inizio nel corso della giornata di ieri, il 19 Giugno, in una giornata che ha seguito una ulteriore notte di sangue a Londra con il brutale attacco alla moschea di Finsbury Park compiuto dal 47enne Darren Osborne.
Il voto parlamentare non assicura al primo ministro numeri rassicuranti I primi exit polls circolati dopo le 22 e la chiusura dei seggi elettorali nel Regno Unito lasciavano già intendere lo scenario imprevisto del cosidetto hung Parliament, il Parlamento appeso, quella situazione che si verifica quando nessun partito riesce a conquistare la maggioranza dei 326 seggi necessaria per governare.
Elezioni generali in gran bretagna giovedì 8 giugno, tra tensioni e divisioni, incertezza sulle negoziazioni tra londra e i partner europei sulla brexit e tre attacchi terroristici in meno di tre mesi, daa westminster il 22 marzo, al concerto di ariana grande a manchester del 27 maggio, fino all' attacco a london bridge e borough market la sera del 3 giugno.
L'Underground in Egitto, prima e dopo la rivoluzione. Egitto e Italia, due Paesi affacciati sulle sponde opposte del Mediterraneo, con vicende e storie legate a doppio filo, da secoli e secoli.
Director - Valerio Ciriaci - 2015 Lest we forget Italy's brutal colonial past - new doc available now on VoD exposes the wounds of Italian fascism in Africa, and how war criminals were never brought to justice - thanks to Britain!
In future decades, 2016 will be remembered as the year of Brexit, the rise of far-right populist forces all over the Europ ean continent and of President Trump. So what can we expect from the years to come ?
2016 has been labelled as many things, but one thing is for certain: referendums have become a sort of tradition. From Brexit to Italy's attempts at reforming their constitution, the results of these efforts have been wildly varied.
Director - Gabe Turner/ Benjamin Turner - 2016 Is there a man inside the machine? Doc about the fastest man on earth reveals the human side of an individual achiever best known for his superhuman performances Some athletes in the history of sport are able to reach fame, but only very few inspire young people both in their home countries and the world.
A new campaign calling for greater diversity in Italian cinema will be launched in Rome tomorrow with the premiere of a documentary exploring a century of Black Italian cinema. We spoke to Italian-Ghanaian director Fred Kudjo Kuwornu about how a lack of diversity is not just an Italian problem, but a European one.
Whichever way the UK electorate votes in the 23 June referendum on EU membership, an indelible mark will be left on Britain, as well as Europe. Freedom of movement is at the heart of the debate on both sides of the campaign.
Nuovo prodotto editoriale di Q Code Mag Il 23 giugno 2016 è la data scelta per il referendum Brexit, che sta causando paure e scompensi sui mercati per la possibilità che il Regno Unito possa lasciare l'Europa. Ma al di là degli equilibri finanziari è necessario ricostruire anche il contesto in cui si è formata la coscienza del voto.
Kristina Kay Robinson is a writer and visual artist from New Orleans, and the co-editor of Mixed Company, a collective of five women writers and one female visual artist.
Generation Rent, a London-based organisation focused on changing the way in which renting works, last month launched a Twitter campaign inviting renters to share their negative experiences with pictures and hashtags. Using the hashtags #VentyourRent and #RantyourRent, the campaign quickly went viral, with Londoners sharing their renting horror stories and posting photographs that give details of their living situations.
Generation Rent, a London-based organisation focused on changing the way in which renting works, last month launched a Twitter campaign inviting renters to share their negative experiences with pictures and hashtags. Using the hashtags #VentyourRent and #RantyourRent, the campaign quickly went viral, with Londoners sharing their renting horror stories and posting photographs that give details of their living situations.
Las elecciones municipales de Roma del próximo 5 de junio y las generales en España del día 26 determinarán el futuro político de Podemos y del Movimiento Cinco Estrellas italiano, partidos políticos que han capitalizado las manifestaciones de la sociedad contra sus políticos. Tanto Pablo Iglesias como Beppe Grillo se la juegan en estas dos elecciones.
Esta semana, la capital británica ha sido el escenario de la primera cumbre contra la corrupción. Bajo el título Combatiendo juntos la corrupción, reunió a diversos líderes mundiales, empresas y miembros de la sociedad civil para acordar un paquete de medidas prácticas.
El laborista Sadiq Kahn ha asumido la alcaldía de Londres tras los comicios autonómicos y locales celebrados el jueves en el Reino Unido, en los que el laborismo compensó su revés en Escocia con buenos resultados en Inglaterra y la victoria en la capital británica.
Las elecciones municipales y autonómicas de este jueves en el Reino Unido arrojan un nuevo panorama político en el que los laboristas, pese a su caída, resisten como la fuerza dominante en Inglaterra, mientras que los independentistas pierden apoyo en Escocia, donde los `tories´ son por primera vez en años la oposición oficial.
TEMPO DI ELEZIONI A LONDRA. PER IL DIARIO ELETTORALE LABURISTA DI ANGELO BOCCATO, INCONTRIAMO SADIQ KHAN E IVANA BARTOLETTI leggi la prima parte di Angelo Boccato, da Londra Il giorno seguente finisco per andare verso l' "Estremo Oriente" londinese, Romford nella zona 6, mescolando metro e un treno dalla stazione di Liverpool Street; una volta arrivato mi dirigo verso il luogo dove Ivana Bartoletti si appresta ad incontrare potenziali elettori: il Centro Islamico e moschea locale.
On Thursday 5 May, the capital will vote in its London Assembly Members, as well as a new mayor. There are 25 London Assembly seats up for grabs and it is the responsibility of those who occupy them to hold the London Mayor to account.
"Credo che una grande città globale come Londra necessiti grandi leader e funzionari e che sia nell'interesse della capitale e del Regno Unito restare nella Unione Europea. Goldsmith creerebbe un problema in tal senso".
El próximo 5 de mayo se celebran las elecciones a la alcaldía de Londres y a la Asamblea de la ciudad -`London Assembly´-, que está compuesta por los miembros del grupo escogido en el territorio del Gran Londres bajo la función de control del alcalde.
On Thursday 5 May, London will vote for assembly members as well as a new mayor. There are 25 London assembly seats up for grabs and it is the responsibility of whoever holds those seats to hold the London Mayor to account.
In the run-up to the London Mayoral elections on the 5th of May, London renters have been sharing their horror stories of overpriced and unacceptable properties in the capital. Organised by the Generation Rent association, the campaign hopes to keep the housing crisis as a top priority for whoever emerges victorious on Thursday.
Tempo di elezioni a Londra. Per il diario elettorale laburista di Angelo Boccato, incontriamo Sadiq Khan e Ivana Bartoletti "Credo che una grande città globale come Londra necessiti grandi leader e funzionari e che sia nell'interesse della capitale e del Regno Unito restare nella Unione Europea. Goldsmith creerebbe un problema in tal senso".
Captain America:Civil War, diretto dai fratelli Anthony e Joe Russo, con Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd , Emily Van Camp, Tom Holland, Frank Grillo, William Hurt, Martin Freeman e Daniel Brühl esce nei cinema italiani il 4 Maggio.
Il voto della House of Commons della sera del 25 Aprile, a Londra ha visto il governo Conservatore di David Cameron battere un emendamento transpartico (supportato da Laburisti, Liberal Democratici e Snp, Scottish National Party, partito nazionale scozzese) all' Immigration Bill, il Decreto sulla Immigrazione, emendamento che avrebbe permesso a 3,000 minorenni Siriani non accompagnati in Europa di trovare santuario nel Regno Unito.
L'adagio secondo il quale a Londra si mangi male nasce da disinformazione e preconcetti e potrebbe essere smentito facilmente alla prima occasione concessa alla capitale britannica. Tale concetto si estende anche allo street food, dove alla straordinaria offerta di cucina etnica si affiancano anche le italianissime piadine di , al Camden Lock, o come secondo il suo fondatore Luca Ignesti, alle 'piadone', diverse rispetto alla tradizione romagnola, ma altrettanto gustose.
Intervista con Owen Jones, scrittore ed editorialista del Guardian di Alexander Damiano Ricci e Angelo Boccato Lo scorso Dicembre, presso il quieto Candid Café (quando si dice in nomen omen) ad Angel, quartiere nella parte settentrionale del centro di Londra e molto vicino alla frenetica City e all' altrettanto vibrante Shoreditch, i giornalisti Alexander Damiano Ricci e Angelo Boccato incontrano Owen Jones, 31enne editorialista del Guardian , autore dei libri Chavs e The Establishment e...
Quando gli italiani giungono a Londra, tendono a portare con loro genio, inventiva, spesso lavivacità, ma non di meno, pur restando nello stereotipo, la venerazione per i due pilastri alimentari, pasta e pizza e per quanto riguarda le bevande, il caffè.
Last October, during the Festival Internazionale in Ferrara, northern Italy, the Iranian journalist and filmmaker Ahmad Jalali Farahani presented an exposé on the crackdown on journalists in Iran through a screening of his 2014 documentary We are Journalists. We sat down with the director to discuss his work.
Freedom of speech in the Arab Region can come at a very high price, particularly for cartoonists. Even as far back as 1987 when the Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim Al-Ali, creator of the iconic cartoon Handala, was shot and killed in London by an unidentified assassin, the dangers of biting socio-political criticism in the region have been clear.And since the so-called Arab Spring of 2011, these risks have only increased.
Owen Jones arriva al Candid Café di Angel, un quartiere poco lontano dalla City di Londra, con il fiatone. Di certo non sono le due rampe di scale ad averlo affaticato. Jones è abituato a muoversi: nell'arco dell'ultimo anno si è spostato da una parte all'altra dell'Europa per incontrare i vari movimenti di sinistra dei Paesi.
2015 has been a big year for elections all over the planet. In Europe the season started in Greece with victory for Syriza-it will end this Sunday in Spain. However, the Spanish elections take place in a dire context, as the country's "Gag Law" came into effect last July.
Visitare un antico cinema a Londra è certamente un'esperienza che dovete provare, per calarvi nelle intime e indipendenti atmosfere di un cinema d'altri tempi. Dopo il mio trasloco da Brixton a East Finchley mi sono ritrovato, per parafrasare un'amica brasiliana con la quale condivido la passione per Game of Thrones, 'come un abitante di Dorne (regno meridionale nella serie TV) che si trasferisce al Nord' (regno settentrionale nella serie).
Expo 2015 in Milan has closed its gates on October 31. While the event has been portrayed as a 'business card' for Milan, the whole of Italy and PM Matteo Renzi's government, protests against the event have taken place in the city for years, led by the No Expo Movement.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to submit to you attention a new interview from the festival Internazionale a Ferrara 2015, with the Burkina Faso musician and activist Sams 'K Lejah. What can you say about what happened in these last two years in Burkina Faso and how it represents an example...
Sam Wallman is an Australian cartoonist and some-time trade union organiser for the National Union of Workers (NUW). His 2014 comic At Work Inside Our Detention Centres: A Guard's Story offers a rare insight into the running of Australia's outsourced detention centres.
Italy is labelled as a country unfit for businesses development because of many factors, ranging from the role of organised crime to the fiscal regime and bureaucratic apparatus. However, two Italian companies, D1 MILANO and Wanderio, drawing their strength from the Italian design, flair and genius, are showing that innovation in business is still alive in the Belpaese.
On Saturday, hundreds of people took the streets in the borough of Newham in East London, to protest against rising rents and welfare cuts - the social cleansing of London - in the March Against Evictions, organised by the Focus E15 campaign activists. Cafébabel's Angelo Boccato has the story.
Composed of and supported by trade unionists, party members and activists, The People's Assembly Against Austerity's protest of June 20th assumed the role of showing Prime Minister David Cameron's Tory Government that the austerity agenda that they are planning to pursue will face opposition from an active citizenry.
The UK General Elections are on their way, with just one day to go. National and international observers are focused on the Tories and the Labour Party, the established names to compete for the majority of seats in the House of Commons.
Photo: protest for the Ritzy Campaign for Living Wage at BFI The UK general elections in 2010 resulted in a very unusual scenario for British politics: a hung parliament. This situation, in a country generally seen as an example of a functional two-party system, could happen again in the upcoming general ...
Roy Lilley is a former NHS Trust chairman turned independent health policy analyst and commentator. Ahead of Thursday's UK general election, Lilley speaks to Equal Times about the pivotal issue of the 'stealth privatisation' and dismantling of the National Health Service.
From blogger to Syria expert for the BBC. Born in the United Kingdom, from a Yemeni Arabic father and an English mother, Sakhr Al-Makhadhi grew up in the midst of newspapers and politics. Today he has but one goal: elucidating the Middle East for the public.
From the top, left to right: Marcela Kunova, Clare Speak, Valentina Romeo, Giulia Dessi- Left column, top to bottom: Luca Vullo, Louis Bayman- Right column, top to bottom: Alicia Ituarte, Oscar Viana Fuentes- Centre: Lazzaro Pietragnoli- From the bottom, left to right: Tommy Tomescu, Carlos Martin Tornero, Sotiris ...
The US journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Glenn Greenwald recently wrote an article on The Intercept titled: "The greatest threat to free speech comes not from terrorism, but from those claiming to fight it". In the UK, during the Queen's Speech the new measures included in the Counter Terrorism Bill have been announced and in Italy an anti-terrorism Decree has received parliamentary support in April.
Despite some 250,000 people taking to the streets of London last weekend for the first major national mobilisation against the austerity agenda of the Conservative government, Chancellor George Osborne has just announced plans to slash the welfare budget by £12 billion (approximately €16.7 billion).
This year's European elections can definitely be considered the most important since their institution in 1979 and fall during a time where the same ideas of the European project, which finds its original roots in views expressed by figures like Altiero Spinelli and Ernesto Rossi in the Ventotene manifesto.
The Dominican Republic and Haiti: same island, two very different conditions. The Dominican Republic is the second largest economy in the Caribbean, with agriculture, trade, services, tourism and remittances providing the main areas of economic activity.
La straordinaria vittoria dei Tories di David Cameron nelle General Elections del maggio di quest'anno ha rinvigorito, specie in considerazione del rilevante successo del partito UKIP di Nigel Farage (penalizzato come il Green Party dal First Past the vote britannico) le prospettive della Brexit, oltre all' annunciato referendum sulla permanenza del Regno Unito nella Unione Europea.
The Democratic Party's (PD) electoral success in Italy during the recent European elections has given a high degree of legitimacy to Matteo Renzi's government, considering the fact that its formation did not follow an electoral victory.
David Cameron's Conservative Party have made it clear that they plan to hold a referendum on EU membership in 2017. However, this pledge has widely been seen as an act to appease the Tories' sizeable eurosceptic faction. The Conservative party has been pulled to the Right of the political spectrum on this issue, in order to counterbalance the challenge from Nigel Farage's UKIP.
It can't rain forever, not even in London. Since I have been living in the City, I have found out that the great claims about the infinite rain are more than exaggerated. In fact, last Sunday, it was warm and even sunny, like a perfect Spring Day.
This Friday, two of Italy's biggest national trade union centres, CGIL (the Italian General Confederation of Labour) and UIL, (the Italian General Union of Labour) will go on strike against the labour reforms being implemented by the government of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Today's European elections were written into history before they had even begun. Not since the end of the Second World War has the continent experience has a profound economic, social, political and existential crisis. The European project is under attack as a result of the austerity policies implemented by the Troika which has put the needs of business before the needs of Europe's citizens.
Maryam Al-Khawaja is the daughter of the Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and the acting president for the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights. A dual Danish-Bahraini citizen, she was arrested and imprisoned by the Bahraini regime, and still faces several years in prison on trumped-up charges of assault.
If growth is a dead word in Italian political debate, as discussed in my previous article on Austerity for Growth?, it seems that political and social awareness In Italy is also very low when it comes to sustainability issues.
In 2013, the number of Italian migrants reached its peak of 94,000 people, overtaking the migratory flow towards the Belpaese for the first time. The UK, especially London, has been the main destination of this new Italian immigration. We met Luca Vullo, an Italian director born in Caltanissetta and the director of , a documentary focused on the Italian community in London.
A global coalition of trade unionists is piling on the pressure for governments and employers to come out in support of a new international Convention to stop gender-based violence (GBV) in the world of work.
Austerity has never been mentioned in the Italian debate until now, unlike asperity, a lighter word that also implies future perspectives of growth. The promise of a path of asperity leading to economic growth has been the 'mantra' of Mario Monti's government, and Enrico Letta, the current prime minister has often stated that the strict time of asperity is now over.