Alberto Ronchey

Ronchey’s Law for musuems

 

Former journalist Marina Valensise, now Director of Italian Institute of Culture, Paris, details the legacy of Culture Minister Alberto Ronchey for Italian museums.

Storyteller: Marina Valensise

Date of Story: 14 January, 1993
Location of Story: Italy
Location: Paris, France
Date: 14 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).  

Ministers were considered transitory figures

 

Former journalist Marina Valensise, now Director of Italian Institute of Culture, Paris, describes what it was like to work in an Italian government in the tumultuous period of the early 1990s.

Storyteller: Marina Valensise

Date of Story: January, 1993
Location of Story: Milan, Italy
Location: Paris, France
Date: 14 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).  

A ministerial crash course in the arts

 

Former journalist Marina Valensise, now Director of Italian Institute of Culture, Paris, remembers an embarrassing interview with Minister Falcucci by journalist Paolo Guzzanti.

Storyteller: Marina Valensise

Date of Story: Early 1990s
Location of Story: Italy
Location: Paris, France
Date: 14 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).  

He was afraid to be caught in error

 

Former journalist Marina Valensise, now Director of Italian Institute of Culture, Paris, tells the story of Alberto Ronchey, a great Italian journalist and intellectual that became a politician during the Tangentopoli period.

Storyteller: Marina Valensise

Date of Story: July, 1992
Location of Story: Rome, Italy
Location: Paris, France
Date: 14 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).  

He was truly independent from party meddling

 

Former journalist Marina Valensise, now Director of Italian Institute of Culture, Paris, explains the uniqueness of Alberto Ronchey’s Ministry of Culture, and how it was to work in government during the Tangentopoli scandals in 1990s Italy.
Storyteller: Marina Valensise

Date of Story: July, 1992
Location of Story: Rome, Italy
Location: Paris, France
Date: 14 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).  

A famous journalist was made minister

 

Former journalist Marina Valensise, now Director of Italian Institute of Culture, Paris, recalls being appointed to a post in the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities when famed journalist Alberto Ronchey was made minister.

Storyteller: Marina Valensise

Date of Story: 28 June 1992
Location of Story: Rome, Italy
Location: Paris, France
Date: 14 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).  

The ‘First Republic’ needed to collapse

 

Former journalist Marina Valensise, now Director of Italian Institute of Culture, Paris, describes the fall of the so-called Italian ‘First Republic’ before Silvio Berlusconi’s victory in March 1994, and argues that many important changes were necessary.

Storyteller: Marina Valensise

Date of Story: March 1994
Location of Story: Italy
Location: Paris, France
Date: 14 February, 2016

This post is part of a collaboration with author Davide Rubini to collect the stories of Italy in the aftermath of the “Bribesville” (Tangentopoli) scandals of the 1990s. Find out more about Rubini’s new novel,  il fischio finale (The Final Blow).