ROME (AFP) – An avalanche on Saturday (Dec 28) killed a 35-year-old woman and two girls, one of them aged seven, in the Italian Alps…
View More Two German girls among three killed in Italy avalanche
Home »
I need a break, says globetrotting Greta
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) – Tireless teenage activist Greta Thunberg has been crisscrossing the globe by car, train and boat – but not plane – to…
View More I need a break, says globetrotting Greta
FCA challenges Italy tax agency over value of U.S. business
MILAN (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) (FCHA.MI) has challenged Italy’s tax authority which has said the car company had underestimated the value of its…
View More FCA challenges Italy tax agency over value of U.S. business
Love Conquers All in Italy’s Parliament, at Least for One Day
ROME — The Chamber of Deputies in Italy’s Parliament, the arena where lawmakers berate each other, betray alliances and sometimes brawl, is not where Italians…
View More Love Conquers All in Italy’s Parliament, at Least for One Day
At least four dead in Sicily firework depot explosion
ROME (AFP) – At least four people died on Wednesday (Nov 20) in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Sicily, firefighters said after the…
View More At least four dead in Sicily firework depot explosion
Italian minister delivers warning over reform of euro zone bailout fund
ROME (Reuters) – Reform of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund may be unacceptable for Italy, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told daily Corriere…
View More Italian minister delivers warning over reform of euro zone bailout fund
Venice braces itself for more high water as alarms sound
VENICE (AFP) – Venice braced itself for more rising waters on Thursday (Nov 14) as Italy’s government prepared to take emergency measures for the canal…
View More Venice braces itself for more high water as alarms sound
Venice mayor declares disaster as city hit with 2nd-highest tide in history
Venice‘s mayor called the city a disaster zone on Wednesday after the second-highest tide ever recorded swept through it overnight, flooding its historic basilica and…
View More Venice mayor declares disaster as city hit with 2nd-highest tide in history
Explainer: ArcelorMittal's Italian venture runs into legal and financial woes
ROME (Reuters) – ArcelorMittal (MT.AS) said this week it was withdrawing from a deal to buy Italy’s struggling steel firm Ilva after the government scrapped…
View More Explainer: ArcelorMittal's Italian venture runs into legal and financial woes
Reading, ’Riting and Climate Change: Italy Injects Environment Into Curriculum
ROME — Yes, children, climate change will be on the test. Italy’s education minister said Tuesday that its public schools would soon require students in…
View More Reading, ’Riting and Climate Change: Italy Injects Environment Into Curriculum
Italy's Cavalli wins court approval for sale to Dubai's Damac founder
(Reuters) – Italy’s troubled fashion house Roberto Cavalli said on Tuesday a court had approved a debt restructuring agreement needed for its sale to Dubai’s…
View More Italy's Cavalli wins court approval for sale to Dubai's Damac founder
No Wind. No Problem. The Sailing Race Must Go On.
TRIESTE, Italy — The Bora wind blows so fiercely through Trieste, a melancholic port town on the Adriatic Sea, that some sidewalks are lined with…
View More No Wind. No Problem. The Sailing Race Must Go On.
EU warns France, Italy over budgets, but rows unlikely
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – The European Commission said France and Italy draft budgets for next year might breach of European Union fiscal rules and it asked…
View More EU warns France, Italy over budgets, but rows unlikely
Bad loan manager
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian bad loan investor Fire is looking to add 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in assets under management this year as it…
View More Bad loan manager