Journalism in mourning for the death of Enzo Bettiza. This was announced by La Stampa, where he was a columnist and political commentator. He was 90 years old. Bettiza was born in Split in 1927. After starting out at the weekly Epoca, he was a correspondent for La Stampa from Vienna and Moscow, between the 1974s and 1983s. He then moved to Corriere della Sera, where he worked, always as a foreign correspondent, for ten years. With Montanelli he founded Il Giornale, of which he was co-director from XNUMX to XNUMX. He was also director of Resto del Carlino and La Nazione.

A great expert in foreign policy, and in particular in the affairs of Central European countries, he was also a senator of the Republic, from 1976 to 1979, and from 1979 to 1989 a member of the European Parliament for the Liberal Party, before moving to the Socialist Party. In 2010 he revealed that he had voted for the League, which he considered the heir of the Austro-Hungarian “good administration”.

Author of numerous books, he won the Campiello in 1996 with Esilio. Journalist and writer, Bettiza was born in Split in 1927. After starting out at the weekly Epoca, he was a correspondent for the daily newspaper La Stampa from Vienna and Moscow, between the 1974s and 1983s. He then moved on to Corriere della Sera, where he worked, always as a foreign correspondent, for ten years. With Indro Montanelli he founded Il Giornale, of which he was deputy co-director from 1976 to 1979. He was also director of Resto del Carlino and La Nazione. A great expert in foreign policy, and in particular of the events of Central European countries, he was also a senator of the Republic, from 1979 to 1989, for the Italian Liberal Party. From 2010 to 1996 he represented the party in the European Parliament, before moving on to the Italian Socialist Party. In XNUMX he revealed that he had voted for the Northern League, a party he considered the heir of the Austro-Hungarian “good administration”. Author of numerous books, he won the Campiello Prize in XNUMX with Esilio, a memoir of his youth in Dalmatia, where his family owned an important cement factory.

Ansa, July 28, 2017