| Series Title | European Voice |
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| Series Details | Vol.9, No.11, 20.3.03, p8 |
| Publication Date | 20/03/2003 |
| Content Type | News |
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Date: 20/03/03 A LECTURER has been awarded €19,000 damages after winning his defamation case against an Italian government official and a former university vice-chancellor. Scotsman David Petrie, chairman of the Association of Foreign Lecturers in Italy, had been accused by Giorgio Bruno Civello and Adriano Rossi of telling the European Parliament's employment and social affairs committee in February 1997 that Italy was a country "run by the Mafia". But Petrie denied making the remarks and was vindicated when a tape of the committee hearing was produced at a tribunal in Bologna. The tribunal also ordered that a summary of the judgment be published in two Italian newspapers. Petrie has fought for 15 years to improve the rights of foreign lecturers working in Italy. The European Parliament is soon expected to announce financial sanctions against Italy for discriminating against non-Italian foreign-language lecturers working in its universities. A lecturer has been awarded €19,000 damages after winning his defamation case against an Italian government official and a former university vice-chancellor. |
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| Subject Categories | Internal Markets |
| Countries / Regions | Italy |
