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ISIS/2: TWITTER, THE ENEMY IS THE TOOL

A series of Twitter accounts that are mentioned in ISIS’ programmatic document titled ‘The Islamic State 2015’ and reported by WikiLao are being...

ISIS/1: MISSILES OVER ITALY

For the time being, at least, it is being considered 'wishful thinking', but the plan that ISIS is circulating online in a programmatic document...

BUSINESSES/2: THE FAILURE OF THE ITALIAN INTERNATIONALIZATION

The perfect storm for the Italian productive fabric, raided by foreigners who continue to shop in Italy, saving jobs but at the same time limiting...

BUSINESSES/1: 2014, BOOM OF FOREIGN SHOPPERS IN ITALY

A global market that welcomes foreign investment because it has the strength to invest abroad: it is the ideal and balanced world of those who...

THE RISKS OF MARGINALIZING IMMIGRANTS

Isolating immigrants? “It's the worst possible response, even in terms of security.” These are the words of a high-level government official who...

THE LIFE-SAVING PLASMA OF EBOLA SURVIVORS

There are a few hundreds of ‘blessed’ people in Africa: men, women and children that survived Ebola. Nobody quite yet knows how they defeated the...

ALGERIA, BOUTEFLIKA’S CLAN CLOSES RANKS

Abdelaziz Bouteflika – in office since 1999, making him Algeria’s longest-serving leader – disappeared from the public eye right after he was sworn...

ISIS, THE HUNT FOR AMERICANS

A series of warnings have made clear that threats of attacks against American military targets around the world made by ISIS (or its supporters)...

NIGERIAN MAFIA/3: THE SEX SLAVES

People buy and kill for a few thousand euros in Sub-Saharan Africa, where girls become slaves through voodoo rituals – along with many other...

NIGERIAN MAFIA/2: THE WARS BETWEEN CLANS

The Nigerian mafia has taken root in Italy, as one of the emerging powers of the Italian criminal landscape, a world once dominated by Cosa Nostra...

NIGERIAN MAFIA/1: ASCENT AND CORE BUSINESS

Intelligence sources have revealed to WikiLao that foreign mafias are growing rampantly in Italy. After having “paid their dues,” they are...

THE CRISIS AND THE WORLD CUP METAPHOR

Italy is not in good shape for the soccer World Cup. Already a few hours before Riccardo Montolivo was injured and Giuseppe Rossi was cut from...

SYRIA: EUROPE SAYS YES TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES

Various European countries and the United States - in cooperation with the UNHCR - have put together a grand plan to accommodate Syrian refugees....

AFTER THE ELECTIONS, RENZI IS PUT TO THE TEST

The election results in Italy, with the landslide victory of Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party and the big setback for the Five Star Movement, “have...

IRAN: SECRET, PARALLEL NEGOTIATIONS IN OMAN

There is no room for illusions, but "an agreement on the nuclear program" is still possible, despite the inconclusive results of the last round of...