Ministero dei Beni e le Attività Culturali

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).  

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).