Tag: Italy

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Conservative Maltese woman picked to head European Parliament

  

  The European Parliament Tuesday chose Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola to become its new speaker following the sudden death last week of Italian David Sassoli.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  European Parliament Speaker David Sassoli dead at 65

  

  Former Italian journalist David Sassoli, who was currently holding the office of president of the European Parliament, has passed away at the age of 65. His spokesperson Robert Cuillo conveyed the news on Twitter, writing that Mr. Sassoli had died at 1.15 am Jan. 11 at a hospital in Aviano, Italy.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 08:34 UTC

  COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for people over 50 in Italy

  

  The Government of Italy Wednesday issued a decree making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all those over the age of 50, it was announced. Out of Italy’s 59 million people, 28 million fall over the age of 50.

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Macron shows the bitter side of diplomacy at G20

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron called Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison “a liar” as tensions between the two countries escalated despite diplomatic protocols in force while both leaders gathered at Rome for the G20 Summit.

• Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 07:29 UTC

  Italy determined to save “Patriarch” a millennial olive tree

  

  Italy is determined to save Patriarch, a millennial olive tree which the forest fires in Sardinia have devoured, but has mobilized tens of experts to try and recover this rare botanic antiquity. Patriarch is a wild olive, with a ten meters circumference trunk, some seventeen meters high which was almost completely destroyed by fire.

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  G20 environment meeting opens with ambitious joint document

  

  G20 environment and energy ministers Thursday held their first day of meetings in the Italian city of Naples, after which they issued a joint document on the protection of nature, especially ecosystems.

• Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Argentine President meets Italian PM, the Pope and a top World Bank official

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday met with his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi and with Pope Francis in another stop of his one-week European tour.

• Friday, February 19th 2021 - 07:30 UTC

  Super Mario to the rescue of Italy with full support from all the political arch

  

  Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday secured final parliamentary approval for his government of national unity. The lower house, Chamber of Deputies, backed the former European Central Bank (ECB) chief and his mixed Cabinet team of technocrats and politicians with 535 votes in favor, 56 against and five abstentions.

• Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Dragui, ex ECB chief invited to form a new government in Italy

  

  Italian President Sergio Mattarella has invited former European Central Bank (ECB) chief Mario Draghi to talk about forming a new government. Dragui passed the ECB baton to Christine Lagarde in 2019 after an eight-year stint. Draghi is set to meet President Matarella later on Wednesday.

• Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Ruling coalition in Italy loses majority in the midst of the worst recession since WW2

  

  Italy's former premier Matteo Renzi pulled his small party out of government on Wednesday, stripping the ruling coalition of its parliamentary majority and triggering political chaos even as the nation battles a resurgent COVID-19.