Thousands in Italy protest marriage bill
Yahoo News: AP – Thousands of people, including families with their children, poured into a Rome piazza Saturday to protest a government bill that would […]
Thousands protest Italy rights bill for unmarried, same-sex couples
Globe and Mail: Family Day rally fills Rome piazza to protest legislation that would give legal rights to unmarried couples, including gay and lesbian partners […]
Italy public sector unions call June strike
New Zealand Herald: ROME – Italian public sector unions today called a one-day strike for June 1 that will keep 3 million employees away from […]
Italy asks women not to wear veils
Boston Globe: ROME — Women in Italy should not wear veils that cover their face, according to new government guidelines for immigrants that were drawn […]
Italy ‘hostile to foreign investment’
Financial Times: The US ambassador in Rome launched a ferocious attack on obstacles to foreign investment in Italy, linking the country’s attitude to outsiders to […]
Violence costs Italy chance to host Euro 2012
Telegraph: The more the Italians reflected on the failure of their bid to host Euro 2012, the more they began to fear that the televised […]
U.N. supports common rules on hostage deals
Reuters: ROME – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said he supports international rules being drawn up to deal with hostage crises such as that that ended […]
Lebanon crisis undermining U.N. efforts: Italy
Reuters: ROME – Lebanon’s worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war is undermining U.N. peacekeeping objectives like disarming Hezbollah militias and tightening borders, Italy […]
US soldier in Italy murder trial
BBC: A US soldier is to be tried in a Rome court over the killing of an Italian intelligence agent in Baghdad in 2005. … […]