Tag: Giuseppe Conte

• Tuesday, August 4th 2020 - 09:24 UTC

  Genoa opens new bridge to replace a collapsed viaduct that killed 43 people

  

  Italy inaugurated a sleek new bridge in Genoa on Monday, though relatives of the 43 people killed when the old viaduct collapsed said the pomp and ceremony risked overshadowing the tragedy.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  State of emergency for Venice, while tourists still enjoy the “acqua alta”

  

  Italy on Thursday declared a state of emergency for Venice after an exceptional tide surged through churches, shops and homes, causing millions of euros worth of damage to the UNESCO city.

• Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:19 UTC

  Fears that Salvini might pull Italy out of the European Union

  

  Matteo Salvini, who has plunged Italy into turmoil by pulling out of a coalition government, could eventually take the country out of the EU, a former prime minister warned on Sunday.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  Italy establishing closer links with China, plans to sign Silk Road project

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Rome at the start of a whistle stop European tour amid growing Western unease over the economic giant's new Silk Road project. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is to sign a memorandum of understanding with Mr. Xi on Saturday for Italy to join the US$1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative, the first G7 member to do so.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  Italy confirms its high spending budget to “end poverty” and defies EU rules

  

  Italy's government says it will stick to its high-spending budget plans, setting up a potential stand-off with the European Union over its deficit. PM Giuseppe Conte, who held talks with deputies Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio on Monday, said the objectives for 2019 had already been fixed.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

  Another headache for the EU: Italy and its populist budget

  

  Italy's government on Tuesday pushed the country closer to a showdown with the European Union after submitting its latest budget for review. The budget proposes increases both Italy's overall government debt and its deficit in the short run pushing the deficit as high as 2.4% of GDP over the coming years. This means Italy will fall foul of a previously mandated maximum deficit level of 0.8% of GDP.