"I'm at home here." A warm smile and a handshake with each person. No formalities, just the desire to share these highly emotional moments. The Premier, Enrico Letta had supper at the Italy House in the Adler District, after the opening ceremonies of the Sochi Olympic Games."I was so very moved seeing our team entering in the parade and being cheered by the entire world. It is right that our...

The play of light, the suggestions of colours, the five circles that dominate the scene and when an electrical problem does not transform the last snowflake in the fifth ring, the festival goes ahead anyway. That’s because those circles, for what they symbolise anyway, appear to be a majestic emblem of a global event that forgets distances and overcomes all differences. Sealing  a ceremony...