Tag: Italy

• Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Tech billionaires Musk and Zucherberg in an ¨epic cage duel, Roman style¨

  

  A Roman duel in tech times. In effect, Elon Musk on Friday said he spoke with Italy's culture minister, Gennaro Sangiuliano, about planning a cage fight with rival tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg in Italy.

• Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  Is groping, 'palpata breve', less than ten seconds a crime? No, according to an Italian Judge

  

  Many young people in Italy are expressing outrage on social media after a judge cleared a school caretaker of groping a teenager because it did not last long enough.

• Friday, July 7th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  Italian President arrives in Paraguay

  

  Italian President Sergio Mattarella arrived Thursday in Paraguay on a state visit, it was reported in Asunción. It is the first official visit of a President of the Italian Republic to Paraguay. Earlier in his South American tour, the European leader had been touring Chilean Patagonia.

• Thursday, June 22nd 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Lula has busy agenda in Rome

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Argentine-born Pope Francis exchanged views for over an hour Wednesday on “the socio-political situation of the region” and discussed ”the promotion of peace (...) the fight against poverty and inequality, the respect for indigenous populations and the protection of the environment”, according to a communiqué.

• Monday, June 19th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Italy blocks Chinese company from taking control of tyre giant Pirelli

  

  Italy has moved to block a Chinese state-owned company from taking control of tyre making giant Pirelli. The decision is part of measures announced by Italy's government to protect businesses considered strategically important, and as such Pirelli's independence.

• Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 10:25 UTC

  Italy mourns Il Cavaliere Berlusconi, the end of an era in Italy

  

  The passing of Il Cavaliere, Silvio Berlusconi, is the end of an era for Italy. For the past fifty years, his shadow has loomed large over parliament, the media, football and the man on the street.

• Monday, June 12th 2023 - 11:02 UTC

  Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi succumbs to leukemia

  

  Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant former Prime Minister of Italy, has passed away at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan after battling leukemia for an extended period, as reported by Italian media today.

• Thursday, April 13th 2023 - 10:46 UTC

  UN calls on Italy to act responsibly on migration issues

  

  Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has urged Italy to ensure that any migration measures it implements during the state of emergency declared on Monday respect its humanitarian obligations.

• Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 21:26 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth figurine becomes most prized personality at Naples Nativity Scene

  

  The figurine of the late Queen Elizabeth has become this year the most prized to adorn the traditional Nativity Scene in the Italian city of Naples, which every year includes the most outstanding personalities in global news of the last twelve months.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Falklands' Rockhopper 200 million Euros award ruling which Italy is working to annul

  

  Falkland Islands-linked Rockhopper Exploration said that Italy was working to annul the August ruling by an arbitration panel under which Italy has to pay 200 million Euros, plus interest, to Rockhopper for breaching its obligations related to the company's Ombrina Mare field in the Adriatic Sea.