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I work as a freelance journalist between Rome, Italy, and Hamburg, Germany. My specialty is to unravel Roman politics and show its consequences – for Berlin, Bern, Brussels, and Vienna. I work against prejudices, for a better inner-European understanding, and I’m always curious to see what my next research will bring.

For the German business daily Handelsblatt I write about the Italian economy, its role in the EU and the world, and profile Italian entrepreneurs.

Other topics: migration, the EU, populism, and the geopolitics surrounding the Vatican.

I am a member of Freischreiber, the association of German freelance journalists and the foreign press association in Italy.

Are you looking for someone to discover Italy for your readers, who goes underneath the surface and writes it all up without fuss? Send me an email to: mail@virginia-kirst.com

There’s more about me on LinkedIn and here you can find some samples of my work (in German).