Tag: Italy

• Monday, September 19th 2016 - 07:49 UTC

  “Italy will not serve as a fig leaf for others”, Renzi tells Merkel and Hollande

  

  Italy is not ready to pretend everything is alright when Europe is not functioning properly, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said the day after a key EU gathering. EU leaders had gathered in the Slovak capital on Friday to discuss the EU's future in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the bloc, wrapping up the summit by issuing a roadmap for tackling problems such as migration, security and the faltering economy.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2016 - 17:03 UTC

  Argentine minister to visit Russia and Italy to strengthen defense cooperation

  

  Argentina's defense minister Julio Martinez is travelling to Russia and Italy with the purpose of strengthening bilateral cooperation in defense issues, including the possible supply of hardware for the equipment depleted Argentine armed forces. Last July the Russian Federation chief of Land Forces, General Oleg Salijukov visited Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, August 25th 2016 - 06:53 UTC

  Central Italy's earthquake: 247 dead and counting fast

  

  247 dead and counting, the death toll after the 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Central Italy today. It hit on a hot summer morning in the middle of a busy tourism season. Today rescuers continued to search for survivors on Thursday morning.

• Monday, June 20th 2016 - 08:31 UTC

  Anti -establishment Lady mayor for Rome: pledges to end corruption

  

  An anti-establishment candidate has been elected Rome's first female mayor after Sunday's runoff elections in Italy. Thirty-seven-year-old lawyer Virginia Raggi led by a 2-1 margin over Premier Matteo Renzi's chosen candidate, Roberto Giachetti, who conceded defeat less than an hour after polls closed.

• Thursday, January 28th 2016 - 06:19 UTC

  Iran says economic growth crucial to defeating extremism in the Middle East

  

  Generating economic growth in the Middle East is crucial to defeating extremism, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said putting forward his country as a regional trade hub and pillar of stability. Rouhani is on a four-day trip to Italy and France, looking to rebuild Iranian relations with the West some two weeks after financial sanctions on Tehran were rolled back following the implementation of its nuclear deal with world powers.

• Thursday, January 7th 2016 - 09:19 UTC

  Rockhopper faces challenge with offshore exploration project in Italy

  

  Rockhopper Exploration PLC on Wednesday was forced back to the drawing board to review its Ombrina Mare project offshore Italy after the country's parliament reintroduced restrictions on activity near the coast. The news could be a blow to the company, which is set to merge with Falkland Oil & Gas Ltd, after Falkland Oil shareholders approved the deal on Tuesday.

• Thursday, December 24th 2015 - 08:08 UTC

  Italy's PM Rienzi looks to Spain and warns about the results of austerity in political systems

  

  After Spain's elections on Sunday left the ruling Popular Party and president Mariano Rajoy well short of an absolute majority, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi argued this showed Europe does not want austerity, and those who apply them, even successful, are knocked out politically.

• Wednesday, March 18th 2015 - 08:20 UTC

  EU main economies announce plans to join China-led development bank, despite US warning

  

  France, Germany and Italy on Tuesday announced plans to join the Chinese-led development bank AIIB, drawing concern in Washington which views the institution with skepticism. The three European countries want ”to become founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)”, they said in a statement.

• Tuesday, December 9th 2014 - 23:42 UTC

  Former Roma mayor accused of laundering 'suticases full of money' in Argentina

  

  A mafia corruption investigation into alleged wrongdoing by the former mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, stretched all the way across the Atlantic to Argentina, following reports in the Italian media that the right-wing politician visited Patagonia three years ago, accompanied by his son, with “suitcases full” of undeclared money.

• Saturday, October 4th 2014 - 09:41 UTC

  “Don't abandon refugees at sea” MSF calls on Europe and Italy

  

  One year after the tragic shipwreck off the island of Lampedusa in Italy, wars such as in Syria, protracted crises and chaos in Libya continue to push an unprecedented number of refugees to Europe.