Tag: Italy

Italy, Libya to reactivate friendship treaty

Italy and Libya are ready to “reactivate” their treaty of friendship, Prime Minister Mario Monti said Thursday after a meeting with the head of...

Italy arrests top Naples Mafia boss Zagaria

Italian police on Wednesday arrested Mafia boss Michele Zagaria, one of the country’s most-wanted fugitives and head of the powerful Casalesi clan that controlled...

Italy pushes austerity measures

Italy would “collapse” like Greece if it does not adopt harsh austerity measures, Prime Minister Mario Monti warned on Monday when his draconian plans...

Bonn conference to miss Pakistan: Italy

Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said on Wednesday that Pakistan is a major stakeholder in achieving the objectives of peace and stability in Afghanistan...

Milan students protest against ‘bankers’ govt’

Hundreds of students prostested in Italy’s financial capital Milan against what they called the ‘bankers’ government’ led by economist Mario Monti and scuffles broke...

Italy’s Monti center stage, France ‘alarm bells’

Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti raced to assemble a new government for Italy on Tuesday while a sharp rise in French borrowing costs raised fears...

Italy’s man of the moment Monti: The anti-Berlusconi

Italy turned the page on Sunday after Silvio Berlusconi’s resignation, with ex-European commissioner Mario Monti set to take over to try and avert bankruptcy...

Italian PM Berlusconi quits amid eurozone crisis

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi quit power Saturday to cheering from a crowd of thousands in Rome after a wave of market panic that...

Italy pushes through austerity

Italy's Senate approved a new budget law on Friday, clearing the way for approval of the package in the lower house on Saturday and...

Italy eyes unity cabinet as EU dithers on crisis

Italy moved closer to a national unity government on Thursday, following Greece's lead in seeking a respected veteran European technocrat to pilot painful economic...

US stocks slump as Italy bond yields soar

US stocks slumped, following a two- day advance in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as a surge in Italian bond yields to euro-era...

Italian national making the difference

Diplomats and army personnel are usually known for their customary jobs but it not the case when it comes to an Italian career soldier...

Italy government hangs by thread as coalition crumbles

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's fate hung by a thread on Friday and desertions from his crumbling centre-right coalition may have already robbed him...

Berlusconi vows reform, Opp demands new govt

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi repeated on Tuesday that reform measures promised at an EU summit last week would be applied with determination and...

Italy’s capital flight

In August, the European balance-of-payments crisis moved beyond the Eurozone’s periphery and began buffeting Italy. Interest spreads for Italian government bonds began to rise,...

Italy, Holland in Bridge semis

Defending Champion USA-2, USA-1, Italy and the host Netherlands advanced into the semifinals of the 40th Bermuda Bowl World Bridge Championship at Veldhoven (The...

Berlusconi crows about defeating ‘bureaucratic coup’

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi crowed on Saturday about defeating a "bureaucratic coup" in the form of a confidence vote and said he was...