On June 24, the Embassy of Italy in Moscow hosted a meeting of a group of RIAC members and experts with Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Dassu.
RIAC was represented by its Director General Andrey Kortunov, Deputy Director of RAS Institute for European Studies Alexei Gromyko,...
Separatists in Europe: Strangers among Friends
Separatism is most apparent in certain regions of such European Union members as Great Britain (Scotland, Northern Ireland), Spain (Catalonia, Basque Provinces), Belgium (Flanders), Italy (northern provinces), and France (Corsica). Separatist activity manifests not only within the political sphere, but sometimes (in Northern Ireland, Basque Country and Corsica) it also translates into terrorist attacks. A considerable number of separatists ...
....” Language, by definition, is an effective tool of dolce potere. Language is a channel for the transfer of information, it is a way of winning confidence, and a vital instrument of business and cultural communication. There is a lively debate in Italy on this subject. While some Italian universities are planning to switch to English, Italian happens to be one of the five most studied languages. According to the influential newspaper
Corriere della Sera
, the point is not how many people consider ...