Tag: Italy

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 21:02 UTC

  Tapes confirm Costa Concordia told by managers to steam close to the shore when the accident

  

  The captain of the doomed Italian liner Costa Concordia said he was told by managers to take his ship close in to shore on the night it ran aground and capsized, according to bugged conversations leaked in Italian newspapers.

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 15:23 UTC

  Costa Concordia captain claims he was ordered to make the fatal ‘salute’ display

  

  The operators of the Costa Concordia faced questions over their share of the blame for the shipwreck, as divers recovered another body from the stricken liner, bringing the known death toll to 13.

• Sunday, January 22nd 2012 - 05:29 UTC

  EU shipping safety review to take full account of Costa Concordia sinking

  

  A review of EU passenger ship safety rules is being stepped up following the Costa Concordia shipwreck off the Italian coast. Europe’s transport Commissioner Siim Kallas announced Friday that the review, which began in 2010, must take full account of the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the cruise vessel Costa Concordia in shallow water a week ago.

• Monday, January 16th 2012 - 02:39 UTC

  Cruise industry and insurers fear consequences of the Costa Concordia grounding

  

  The timing of Carnival Corp.’s Costa Concordia cruise ship’s grounding off the coast of Italy, at the start of the northern hemisphere peak booking season, may exacerbate the company’s losses.

• Sunday, January 15th 2012 - 01:00 UTC

  Cruise captain arrested; 50 to 70 people still missing says Italian Coast Guard

  

  The Italian captain of the cruise ship that ran aground -- killing three persons and injuring 20 more -- was arrested late Saturday and is being investigated for manslaughter and abandoning ship, said a local prosecutor in Grosetto, Italy.

• Saturday, November 19th 2011 - 05:51 UTC

  Monti ensures support for techno cabinet, tells Italians not to blame others for the crisis

  

  Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Friday won a final parliamentary confidence vote granting full power to his new government after pledging to spur growth and reduce debt in the euro-region’s third-largest economy.

• Thursday, November 17th 2011 - 22:15 UTC

  Italian cabinet receives ample Senate confidence vote; Monti outlines program

  

  New Italian PM Mario Monti's government of technocrats passed its first test, winning a vote of confidence in the senate late Thursday. As expected, the government won the vote in the upper house of parliament easily, by 281 votes to 25.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2011 - 18:04 UTC

  Italian cabinet, totally technocrat, sworn in; parties promise support for reforms

  

  Mario Monti formed a new technocrat government in Italy Wednesday to tackle a major debt crisis threatening the entire Euro zone and said he hoped it would placate financial markets.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2011 - 06:43 UTC

  Monti begins round of contacts with major parties; confirms 2013 elections

  

  Italy's Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti said on Monday his first day of talks for a new government were constructive and he hoped to form an administration that could take the country through to the next scheduled elections in 2013.

• Monday, November 14th 2011 - 20:58 UTC

  Merkel calls for EU political union as long term solution to Euro crisis

  

  As technocrats leaders in Italy and Greece rush to form governments as they sought to limit the damage from the Euro zone debt crisis – and the Euro climbed on relief that a key Italian bond auction drew decent demand from investors – German chancellor Angela Merkel stepped up to defend Europe’s common currency.