Italy’s industrial production rose in November
January 13th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 13 (IANS/AKI) Italy's industrial production in November managed to rise even though the eurozone's third biggest economy implemented cost-cutting measures amid an economic crisis and probable recession.Output gained ... Read more...
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Pato likely to stay with AC Milan
January 13th, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 13 (IANS) AC Milan's Brazilian forward Pato has rejected reports of his move to French football club Paris St Germain.Earlier, sources at PSG claimed that they had ... Read more...
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Italian MPs are top earners in Europe
January 4th, 2012 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 4 (IANS/AKI) Italian MPs earn an average salary of 16,000 euros (around $20,900 or Rs.11,12,000), making them the top earners among lawmakers in the European Union (EU), according ... Read more...
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Ruby the heart stealer gives birth to girl
December 21st, 2011 - 3:33 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Dec 21 (IANS/AKI) The Moroccan woman at the centre of a sex scandal involving former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has given birth to a baby girl.
Karima el ... Read more...
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Italy’s industrial output suffers steep October decline
December 9th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Dec 9 (IANS/AKI) Italian industrial production in October suffered its steepest fall in almost two years as the country faced declining demand amid an economic crisis that will probably ... Read more...
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Consumer sentiment rises in Italy
November 25th, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 25 (IANS/AKI) Italian consumer confidence rose in November defying an economic crisis that toppled one government and forced the new one to explore ways to implement unpopular austerity ... Read more...
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Euro zone democracy: Market forces over people’s power? (Comment)
November 25th, 2011 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Democracy may be an unfinished project, but can its imperfections be an excuse for Euro zone oligarchs to dismiss two elected governments?In the case of Greece, they added extra pressure to ... Read more...
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Clooney, Ronaldo witnesses in Berlusconi sex trial?
November 24th, 2011 - 8:02 am ICT by IANS
Milan, Nov 24 (IANS/AKI) Actor George Clooney and Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo are among potential witnesses in the trial of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, accused of ... Read more...
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Monti to govern till 2013: Berlusconi
November 21st, 2011 - 3:46 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italy's new government led by technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti will govern until the next parliamentary elections scheduled for 2013, former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi ... Read more...
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Berlusconi to release his song album Tuesday
November 20th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 19 (IANS/AKI) Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister, media tycoon and ex-cruise ship lounge singer, will release an album of his love songs Tuesday.Entitled "Il Vero Amore", or ... Read more...
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Italy’s new Cabinet wins confidence vote
November 19th, 2011 - 4:40 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti's Cabinet won a second confidence vote in parliament Friday to secure its right to tackle the country's deepening financial crisis.Lawmakwers ... Read more...
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Berlusconi planning to release his album of love songs
November 18th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Rome, Nov 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is planning to release his fourth album. The album which is titled “Il Vero Amore,” (The True Love) is made up ... Read more...
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Mario Monti sworn in as Italian premier
November 17th, 2011 - 8:46 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 17 (IANS) Mario Monti took over as Italy's new premier Wednesday after leading the newly selected cabinet ministers who were sworn in at the presidential palace here.Monti's ... Read more...
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Italian PM appoints new cabinet
November 16th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italy's new Prime Minister Mario Monti introduced Wednesday the new members of his cabinet who would aim to reverse the country's financial turmoil, the presidential ... Read more...
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Mario Monti becomes Italy’s interim Prime Minister
November 14th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Rome, Nov 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Italy has named former university president Mario Monti as the interim Prime Minister. The 68-year-old will take over from Silvio Berlusconi who stepped down recently.Monti is inheriting ... Read more...
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Mario Monti is Italy’s new PM (Lead)
November 14th, 2011 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 14 (IANS) Mario Monti, an eminent economist and former European commissioner, was Sunday appointed as Italy's new prime minister.President Giorgio Napolitano has asked Monti to head the new ... Read more...
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Berlusconi hopes to return to government
November 13th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A day after he resigned as the country's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi Sunday said he plans to return to the Italian government."I share your views ... Read more...
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Italian president holds talks on new government
November 13th, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italian President Giorgio Napolitano started consultations Sunday with parliamentary leaders to agree on an emergency government after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned Saturday.Berlusconi, 75, Italy's ... Read more...
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Italian PM Berlusconi resigns
November 13th, 2011 - 8:28 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 13 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi handed in his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano Saturday, Italy's presidential palace said.Berlusconi, Italy's longest-serving premier since the end of ... Read more...
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Italy approves economy stabilisation law
November 13th, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 12 (IANS) Italian lawmakers Saturday gave their approval to austerity measures demanded by the European Union (EU), paving the way for the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio ... Read more...
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US stocks turn into positive territory
November 12th, 2011 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 12 (IANS) US stocks turn positive Friday amid signs of stabilization in European debt and better-than- expected data, with all three major indexes turning positive, Xinhua reported.Italy's ... Read more...
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Italian senate adopts austerity bill
November 12th, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The upper house of the Italian parliament Friday approved a draft austerity bill to slash public spending in a bid to head off the country's ... Read more...
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When Italian senate applauded likely caretaker PM
November 11th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 11 (IANS/AKI) Mario Monti, who is expected to be named Italian prime minister, was greeted with a round of applause Friday as he appeared in the Senate a ... Read more...
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Euro falters over Italy, Greece political uncertainty
November 9th, 2011 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The euro fell against the US dollar Wednesday and European markets slumped with it, amid lingering uncertainties over who will lead a new Greek government ... Read more...
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Berlusconi says he won’t stand for re-election
November 9th, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 9 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he doesn't aim to recapture his office in the next national election.The candidate for Berlusconi's centre-right People of Freedom party ... Read more...
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Berlusconi wins vote but loses majority, asked to quit
November 9th, 2011 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 8 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lost his majority in the lower house of parliament in a crucial vote on a financial bill on Tuesday.Berlusconi received less ... Read more...
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Sensex closes flat, European debt concerns weigh (Roundup)
November 8th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 8 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities markets Tuesday closed flat, having been in a tight range all day. Investors largely chose to remain on the ... Read more...
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Drug bust at Berlusconi company
November 8th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Milan, Nov 8 (IANS/AKI) A Milan office belonging to media tycoon prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset broadcasting empire was raided Tuesday by police who arrested 11 people suspected of drug ... Read more...
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Ferrari chief says Berlusconi must resign
November 1st, 2011 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Nov 1 (IANS/AKI) The head of Italian luxury sportscar maker Ferrari called on embattled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to resign and make way for a caretaker government, or ... Read more...
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Berlusconi named in US human trafficking report
October 31st, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been named in a US government report on human trafficking, over his alleged sexual relationship with an underage Moroccan ... Read more...
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Consumer confidence dips to three year low in Italy
October 26th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 26 (IANS/AKI) Italian consumer confidence in October fell to its lowest level in more than three years amid concern that efforts to cut spending in Europe's second most ... Read more...
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Dinner parties turned into the unspeakable: Berlusconi
October 22nd, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 22 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, known worldwide for his libido boasts, described parties he hosted in Rome as high-class soirees that evolved into scandalous affairs."They were ... Read more...
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Berlusconi breaks into Latin on Gaddafi’s death
October 21st, 2011 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 21 (IANS/AKI) After hearing about the death of his former friend Muammar Gaddafi, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi used a Latin phrase to say that everything is transitory."Sic ... Read more...
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David Cameron welcomes Gaddafi’s death
October 21st, 2011 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 20 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron Thursday welcomed the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's death, saying it was a day to remember all his victims, Xinhua reported.... Read more...
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Italian prime minister cleared in tax evasion case
October 18th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Milan, Oct 18 (IANS/AKI) Italy's billionaire Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will not stand trial for fraud and tax evasion in a case involving a unit of his Mediaset television empire, ... Read more...
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