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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06NAPLES102 |
LAGGING ECONOMY (MEANING JOBS) TOPS LIST OF VOTER CONCERNS [...] Summary: The primary economic issue in Italy's Mezzogiorno is far and away that of "jobs". Unemployment has always run at higher levels in the South than in central and northern Italy, and southern voters are sure the current economic downturn has hit them the hardest. Parents, educators, p [...] |
2006-03-29 15:47:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED | IT PGOV ECON ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 07NAPLES118 |
APULIA: INNOVATION AT HOME, OUTREACH TO THE BALKANS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-19 20:52:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL IT |
| 07NAPLES119 |
THE NAPLES GARBAGE CRISIS: A CASE STUDY IN SOUTHERN ITALIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the accumulation of garbage in Italy's Campania region has declined significantly since it grew to crisis proportions earlier this year, continued national and even international press coverage have made it a symbol of everything that is wrong with the Italian South: i [...] |
2007-11-20 16:38:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV PREL CASC TBIO IT |
| 07NAPLES129 |
SICILIAN MAFIA REELING FROM POLICE AND BUSINESS ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of law enforcement successes in Sicily, including the arrest of a major mafia boss in November and a raid that netted 70 suspects on December 4, has the Cosa Nostra reeling. Business owners have increasingly banded together, refusing to pay the protection money that h [...] |
2007-12-06 15:09:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM IT |
| 08NAPLES36 |
ORGANIZED CRIME IN ITALY I: THE POLITICAL DIMENSION [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: This is the first of a three-part series; this message offers some background on organized crime in Southern Italy and examines its political dimensions. Organized crime is one of Southern Italy's greatest challenges to economic growth and political stability, [...] |
2008-06-04 15:34:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ECON SNAR KCOR IT |
| 08NAPLES37 |
ORGANIZED CRIME IN ITALY II: HOW ORGANIZED CRIME DISTORTS [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a three-part series; this message examines the economic dimension of organized crime in Southern Italy. According to a recent study, organized crime is the biggest individual segment of the Italian economy, accounting for seven percent of GDP. Wherever it occurs, [...] |
2008-06-06 10:50:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCRM SENV SNAR EFIN PGOV KCOR IT |
| 08NAPLES38 |
ORGANIZED CRIME III: CONFRONTING ORGANIZED CRIME IN [...] (C) Summary: This is the third of a three-part series (see reftels A-B for parts I and II); this message offers views on how to combat organized crime in Italy. The USG has a significant stake in the fight against organized crime in Italy. The Italian crime syndicates help support terrorist groups [...] |
2008-06-06 17:20:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ECON SNAR KCOR IT |
| 08NAPLES48 |
VENEZUELAN CONSULATE PROMOTES CHAVEZ BRAND OF SOCIALISM [...] (C) Venezuela appears to be using its long-dormant Consulate General in Naples as a platform for spreading propaganda on behalf of the Chavez brand of socialism. After leaving the Consul General position vacant for over a year, reflecting Venezuela's apparently minimal interests in southern I [...] |
2008-06-18 08:58:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IT VE |
| 08NAPLES79 |
SOUTHERN ITALY'S GROWING ENERGY SECTOR [...] Summary: While Italy continues to import up to 90 percent of its energy needs, increasing production in southern Italy has the potential to slightly reduce the country's dependence on oil and gas from Russia and North Africa. Ironically, the growing production in the South has not prevented [...] |
2008-10-31 15:59:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON TRGY BEXP KGHG SENV IT RS |
| 08NAPLES9 |
SICILIAN GOVERNOR RESIGNS [...] (U) Following his January 18 conviction for assisting mafia figures (reftel), Sicilian Regional President Salvatore Cuffaro finally resigned from office January 26 in the wake of protests. After the conviction, Cuffaro had originally said he would not resign, and would appeal the verdict and [...] |
2008-01-29 07:47:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR IT |
| 08NAPLES96 |
CAN CALABRIA BE SAVED? [...] (SBU) Summary: If it were not part of Italy, Calabria would be a failed state. The 'Ndrangheta organized crime syndicate controls vast portions of its territory and economy, and accounts for at least three percent of Italy's GDP (probably much more) through drug trafficking, extortion and usury. La [...] |
2008-12-02 15:02:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL BEXP SENV SOCI KCRM KCOR IT |
| 08NAPLES97 |
NAPLES TOURISM SECTOR HARD HIT [...] The tourism industry in the city of Naples and the surrounding area has been hard hit in 2008, according to official figures and ConGen contacts. Data compiled by the Provincial Tourism Board show a 13 percent drop in the total number of visitors in 2008, and a decline of 18 percent in the n [...] |
2008-12-02 16:15:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON IT |
| 09NAPLES102 |
REPORT SHOWS ALARMING INCREASE IN ORGANIZED CRIME IN NAPLES [...] (U) A report issued on September 30 by the Rome-based research institute Censis, and funded by the Italian Parliament's Anti-Mafia Committee, concludes that organized crime is on the rise throughout Italy but constitutes "a true national emergency" in the greater Naples area. The report is b [...] |
2009-10-01 14:55:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM ASEC CASC SNAR IT |
| 09NAPLES52 |
REACHING OUT TO CALABRIA [...] (C) Summary: During an early April trip through Italy's most problematic region, Calabria, Consul General Truhn and ConGen Naples staff reached out to both government officials and the public to reiterate our common interest in development and rule of law. In a region in which politicians ar [...] |
2009-04-22 14:28:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL BEXP SNAR SOCI KCRM KCOR CASC IT |
| 09NAPLES53 |
CAN ITALY'S ETERNAL "SOUTHERN QUESTION" BE SOLVED? [...] (SBU) Summary: The economy of southern Italy has been in a sad state for over a decade, with almost zero growth and chronic unemployment. The worldwide economic crisis does not bode well for a region where 22.5 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. Only one-half of one per [...] |
2009-04-23 10:37:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM KCOR IT |
| 09NAPLES64 |
LAMPEDUSA: THE TINY ITALIAN ISLAND THAT LOOMS LARGE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 13 visit to Italy's southernmost territory, the island of Lampedusa, we observed a well-run migrant detention center that provides humane treatment, food and medical care to those who arrive by boat from North Africa. While the camp has suffered from severe overc [...] |
2009-05-22 19:34:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL SMIG PGOV PBTS PHSA UNHCR IT LY |
| 09NAPLES69 |
SICILY: REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN TURMOIL WHILE THE MAFIA IS [...] (C) Summary: As host to an important U.S. Navy base, location of recently discovered gas reserves, and home to 17,000 U.S. citizens, Sicily's future is clearly of interest to the United States. For now, political feuding has replaced the war on organized crime in the headlines: Regional President R [...] |
2009-06-15 07:39:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM ECON SNAR MARR KCOR IT |
| 09NAPLES74 |
GROWTH PLUMMETS IN ITALY'S CAMPANIA REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: A new report by Italy's central bank shows that the country's second-most populous region, Campania, has the lowest growth rate in Italy and the lowest rate of employment of any region in the EU. The region has experienced stagnant growth for about fifteen years, but the globa [...] |
2009-06-23 07:39:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM KCOR IT |
| 09NAPLES90 |
FIXING ITALY'S SOUTHERN PROBLEM: BERLUSCONI'S "NEW DEAL" [...] (SBU) Summary: Using American comparisons such as "New Deal" and "Marshall Plan," Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has outlined his government's new plan for the South, which he intends to supervise personally. The three priority sectors are infrastructure, tourism, and innovation. The Ita [...] |
2009-08-13 15:53:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KCRM IT |