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After the prince sent Igor Man , congedatosi tiptoed December 16, 2009, be sure to provide that news of his death were given only after the funeral, Italy loses another champion of his journalism , Ronchey Alberto , 84 years, including Indro Montanelli wrote: "I think both Ronchey European journalist who has dug deeper problems in the world who has not given to sensationalism and color." From "World" to the "Corriere della Sera," from " La Stampa "to" Republic ". Then minister twice, with Amato and Ciampi.

Coiner of the term "subdivision" and "K factor", the prophet of a "European currency" - remember Alberto Sinigaglia on " La Stampa "- Ronchey, born in Rome in 1926, began writing for the release of the Republicans of illegal capital. He graduated in law, wrote in "World" by Mario Pannunzio and "Resto del Carlino" directed by John Spadolini. Dates back to 1956 the port to the "Corriere della Sera Mario Missiroli, followed in the '59 gig at" The Print "by Giulio De Benedetti that sent him to Moscow to observe closely the epic of Khrushchev: The de-Stalinization, the Sputnik, the challenges to America. Since that season the first lucky books, published by Garzanti: "Russia's Thaw (1963) and" Russians and Chinese "(1965).

"Kennedy's special envoy in America and in all continents - continues Sinigaglia - Ronchey in 1961 was the first to go to Kindu in Congo after the massacre of Italian airmen. I travel between Europe in turmoil and Czechoslovakia Dubcek, Africa, India and Japan, America and yet still the USSR, produce other volumes. At that continuous travel Giovanni Agnelli had ordered a pause in late December '68, director of naming Ronchey "Print" and "Evening Press". "

At 42 Ronchey enriched the Turin daily attention of a modern international politics, economy, culture, pressing societal changes. Beside Jemolo, Piovene, Gorres, Mila, Firpo, Galante Garrone, Salvatorelli Abbagnano Passerin Entrèves sided writers Arpino Ceronetti, Natalia Ginzburg, and Fruttero Lucentini. Envoys reinforced with Arrigo Levi, Andrea Barbato Lietta Tornabuoni, Gianfranco Piazzesi, Paul Garimberti Giampaolo Pansa, Vittorio Zucconi. And he created "Europe", insert magazine in collaboration with the Times, Le Monde and Die Welt. "

Cross-reserve, Pannunzio eccentric 'is frequently thought of Keynes, Burnham, Weber, Schumpeter and Russell, from '74 Ronchey became a columnist for the Corriere della Sera "and" Republic ", as well as weekly L'Espresso and "Panorama". Sociology professor at Ca 'Foscari, contributed to the "History of political ideas, economic and social rights" of Utet, working on TV documentaries about Russia, USA, Germany and South, and eventually became Minister of Cultural Heritage and environmental issues in government Amato and Ciampi and President of the RCS Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera.

Learner Vittorio Zucconi remembers him with affection about " Republic ":" He had a penchant for young journalists even donkeys, "while a maniacal," Torquemada adorable "or" man of rigor towards others and towards himself . Greatness and uniqueness, as confirmed by the meeting of 19 April 2005, at St. Peter's Square: "It was the morning of the first vote in the conclave and I noticed the crowd a smiling old man, now like the Yoda of Star Wars, I watched with head bowed. " Thought to comment on Wojtyla's successor and wanted to "see the square." "He was eighty, was a deity of journalism , could write what he wanted as he wanted, but had gone to the streets "on site", "to see and smell, hear and understand: yet another lesson in the era of virtual YouTube.

Also at the " Republic ", Enrico Franceschini regret the day spent in Moscow, when Ronchey 'lingers to tell, he and colleague Cucurnia Fiammetta," as it was changed Russia that opened before my eyes: communism collapsed arrived capitalism, chaos, freedom, uncertainty everywhere. " Remember when you trek through the snow to submit its match to the Soviet censorship, then the poorest of preparing dinner: a boiled egg, eaten alone.

Yet, he adds Franceschini, "from that little memory consuming betrayed all his love for Russia, not for communism, which he abhorred, but the Russians and their habits, traditions, characteristics, who had learned to understand and respect ' . Ronchey was "a fantastic story, witty, charming, irrepressible." Memorable opening words of his major survey "Kholod gholod the cold and hunger is all in two words." "So, with the similarity between two words of the language he had learned well - concludes Franceschini - perfectly summed up the drama and spirit of the greatest country on earth."