The Globe and Mail - Reguly in Europe

Italian sports cars outrace recession

ereguly — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:23 EDT

The recession is putting the brakes on the auction values of classic American muscle cars, but hot-blooded Italian racing machines are still selling for outrageous prices. Proof came when a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa sold for �9.02-million ($14.2-million)[amp]nbsp;at the annual Ferrari auction next - Follow link to read full post

Why I can't help but love Italy, for all its terrible faults

ereguly — Thu, 7 May 2009 12:38 EDT

Scene One: We are at the beach at Ostia, the seaside resort just outside of Rome. It is sunny and warm, warm enough for the children to swim, if not the cowardly adults. We lay our beach towels near a lifeguard station. The lifeguard, unmistakable in his red lifeguard top, has something odd wrapped around - Follow link to read full post

Divorce Italian style

ereguly — Mon, 4 May 2009 04:37 EDT

[amp]nbsp;Basta! Veronica Lario, also known as Signora Silvio Berlusconi, has had enough and plans to sue the Italian prime minister for divorce. She is sick of seeing the perma-tanned, face-lifted 72-year-old shamelessly cavorting with women one-third, even one-quarter his age in one instance, and is - Follow link to read full post

Does Berlusconi have a hidden agenda?

Eric Reguly — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:17 EDT

Did Silvio Berlusconi's decision to move the G8 Summit from Sardinia to L'Aquila, the centre of the bruzzo earthquake, have a hidden agenda? [amp]nbsp;When the Italian prime minister and current G8 chairman announced the switch last week, the Italian press immediately suggested he was making a virtue - Follow link to read full post

Rescue pic

ereguly — Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:51 EDT

Diggers looking for bodies in collapsed apartment building just outside the historic centre of L'Aquila.

More pics of damage

ereguly — Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:10 EDT

Silver BMW destroyed by fallen wall in historic centre of L'Aquila.

Quake felt 100 kilometres away in Rome

ereguly — Mon, 6 Apr 2009 07:18 EDT

We felt the earthquake that hit the mountain city of L'Aquila, about 100 kilometres northeast of Rome, at 3:32 in the morning local time. Its power shook buildings throughout Rome, where we live. We were awoken by the noise of the rattling wooden window shutters. Then, I felt the whole building shake - Follow link to read full post

A glimmer of hope amid UK gloom

Eric Reguly — Thu, 2 Apr 2009 07:37 EDT

The G20 Summit has been preceded by waves of grim economic news. Unemployment is rising and asset values are falling everywhere. Well not quite. Recession-stricken Britain got a rare dose of encouraging news this week – house prices in March unexpectedly rose for the first time in 16 months, according - Follow link to read full post

A Tale of Two Embassies

Eric Reguly — Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:28 EDT

The American and Canadian embassies (actually High Commission in Canada's case) face one another across Grosvenor Square in London's elegant Mayfair, home of private equity firms, official residences, stupidly priced restaurants and many millionaires and billionaires. [amp]nbsp;The Canadian embassy - Follow link to read full post

Canada's place is on the B list

Eric reguly — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:34 EDT

The Financial Times had nice little exclusive today, one that will not please prime minister Stephen Harper and Jim Flaherty, the finance minister who is at the G20 warm-up meeting today in Horsham, England. [amp]nbsp; The paper intercepted a document from the British Foreign Office inviting PR companies - Follow link to read full post