Casa Monal's activity

  So much devastation…very sad.   Good to see that Italy Mag has the fund raising initiative on their front page

  7 November 2011 Italy government borrowing rates hit euro-era high   The Italian government's borrowing cost has risen in early trade as fears grow over political uncertainty in Rome. The yield on Italian 10-year bonds rose from 6.37% to a euro-era high of 6.64%. It is feared that Italy, the eurozone's third biggest economy, could become the next victim of the debt crisis. PM Silvio Berlusconi faces a crunch vote on public finance on Tuesday. Article continues here

  ''If you want to see Italy on the road to ruin, there's no shortage of signposts ”   Robert Peston Business editor, BBC News Read Robert's blog in full

Thanks Lo Spicchio for your great detective work  We'll stay with Enel...better the devil you know...

Thanks for the updates everyone 

  Call for Berlusconi to step down as Italy worries grow 3 November 2011   Six former allies of Silvio Berlusconi in the Italian parliament have urged him to quit after his government failed to agree urgent economic reforms. The rebel MPs wrote an open letter calling for a "new political phase and a new government" to enact reforms agreed with Italy's eurozone partners. Mr Berlusconi told fellow G20 leaders at a summit in Cannes that Italy had always honoured its debts. But Italian government bonds came under new pressure amid market jitters. Yields on 10-year BTP bonds hit more than 6.3%, creeping closer to the level of 7% which many analysts believe could lead to a so-called "buyers' strike" where investors take fright and refuse to buy, Reuters news agency reports. The rebel MPs, three of whom have already left the ruling coalition, wrote to Mr Berlusconi in a letter published by the daily Corriere della Sera. "Be the backer of a new political phase and a new government which would have the task, from now until the end of the legislative term, of implementing the agenda agreed with our European partners and with it, the indications which came from the European Central Bank," they said. The letter was signed by Roberto Antonione, Isabella Bertolini, Giustina Destro, Fabio Gava, Giancarlo Pittelli and Giorgio Stracquadanio. On Wednesday night, a cabinet meeting in Rome broke up without agreement on a comprehensive package of emergency reforms. Instead, there were only plans to add amendments to bills already before parliament. Mr Berlusconi went to Cannes without being able to produce any dramatic evidence of progress, the BBC's Alan Johnston reports from Rome. But the Italian prime minister sought to assure fellow G20 leaders that his country's overall wealth was far higher than its stock of debt.

Thanks for the links with the rates Badger

Links to two personal blogs http://pathtoselfsufficiency.blogspot.com/ http://www.littleparadiso.com/

  Home made nettle soup?  And here I was so proud of myself for making my own tomato and herb soupI need to get more into ‘the good life’. Thanks for the link to your friend’s website.  Tell her to get on Twitter and to start tweeting about her art. She also needs to start following companies/interests in Liguria. Once she’s on Twitter, she should add the Tweet button to her site.  Twitter is really one of the best social media sites to use for self promotion.  

Happy to go green but we want transparency before we consider any change...