Tag: Italy

• 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.

• Wednesday, October 12th 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  IMF anticipates recession in Germany and Italy next year and an almost halt for the UK economy

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday predicted that Germany and Italy would both fall into recession next year, while Great Britain the G7 best performing economy this year, will come to an almost halt in 2023, following on the announcement of the mini budget by the Liz Truss government.

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:22 UTC

  Italy jumps into the unknown after victory of Meloni's post-fascist party

  

  Italy and the European Union entered Monday into a period of uncertainty after the victory in the legislative elections of Giorgia Meloni, at the head of a far-right and right-wing coalition that faces great challenges.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Italian elections, hard-right-populist-lady with the Trump-Johnson approach expected to win

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – There’s an election in Italy next Sunday, almost exactly 100 years after Benito Mussolini’s ‘black-shirts’ marched on Rome and brought the first fascist dictator to power.