Italy loses its favourite punchbag
Italian comedians are in mourning after the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi, whose gaffes and scandal-prone profile provided satirists with easy pickings for nearly two decades. […]
Italy in spotlight, market pressures ease slightly
Market pressure on Italy eased somewhat Thursday after the president vowed to accelerate reforms to make way for Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s resignation as early as […]
Berlusconi implored to resign after vote humiliation
Silvio Berlusconi is facing intensified calls to offer his resignation after losing the confidence of the Italian lower house of parliament. … leggi tutto (read […]
Heathrow Boss Announces Resignation
Spanish-owned BAA, which operates Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport and a number of other UK airports, has announced the resignation of Mark Bullock. Mr… … leggi […]
Italy senator resigns after using an ambulance as a taxi
International Herald Tribune: An Italian senator offered his resignation Monday after being criticized for using an ambulance as a taxi, news reports said. The incident […]
UniCredit buys Capitalia for $22bn
Financial Times: The combined bank will have a market capitalisation of a little over 100bn, second in Europe only to HSBC, and adds to the […]
Italy’s Prodi Wins Second Confidence Vote
Deutsche Welle: Italy’s centre-left government easily won a vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament Friday, formally ending a political crisis sparked by […]
Italy’s Prodi wins key confidence vote to stay PM
Reuters: ROME – Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday, allowing him to stay in office and drawing […]
Prodi looks set to stay Italian PM
Reuters: ROME – Romano Prodi looks set to win a Senate confidence vote on Wednesday to stay as Italy’s prime minister after rallying fractious allies […]
German Press Review: "Italy is Like an Old Race Car’"
Deutsche Welle: Italian PM Romano Prodi’s resignation and the subsequent call for a vote of confidence for his shaky left-center coalition are a sign of […]