politics
Monti in Qatar
Italy gives political recognition
to Syrian rebel
19 novembre 2012 - 15:15
Premier Mario Monti says Italy is recognizing the new Syrian opposition council, but has stopped short of conferring diplomatic recognition on it.
Monti made the comments Monday at a news conference in Doha, Qatar, saying "Italy recognizes the coalition as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people." He stressed that the Foreign Ministry is still deciding on any fur...(leggi tutto)
"a step backward"
Berlusconi appears to
back off from candidacy
09 ottobre 2012 - 14:15
Silvio Berlusconi is backing off from suggestions he may be seeking a comeback. He is even hinting he could support in the next elections Mario Monti, the non-political economist named to succeed him as premier to steer the country away from financial disaster.
The 76-year-old media mogul said in an interview on a family-controlled TV station Tuesday that he could take "a st...(leggi tutto)
bad idea
Berlusconi allies criticize
party name change
16 luglio 2012 - 12:17
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi suggested in an interview published Monday that he will attempt a return to power - using the old party name that brought him into politics two decades ago.
In an interview in Germany's Bild newspaper, Berlusconi said he is asked "often and emphatically" to step back into the political ring.
"I can only say I won't let my old Peopl...(leggi tutto)
Is Berlusconi plotting a comeback?Local elections show
Berlusconi’s party decline
14 maggio 2012 - 14:35
The vote to elect Italian mayors in more than 900 towns and cities saw heavy losses for the centre-right PDL. Berlusconi’s party was subjected to humiliating defeats and will face a runoff vote only in 8 big cities, out of 28.
In Genoa, Verona and Parma Beppe Grillo’s “Five star” anti-austerity movement forced the mainstream centre-left parties into a runoff.
Palermo is t...(leggi tutto)
German opposition wins
major state election
14 maggio 2012 - 10:16
Voters in Germany's most populous state inflicted an embarrassingly heavy defeat on Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives Sunday and strengthened a regional government that the German leader's party had portrayed as irresponsibly spendthrift.
The outcome boosted Germany's center-left opposition, and was a bitter pill to swallow for Merkel's Christian Democrats a...(leggi tutto)
Austerity now dirty word in Europe, but what next?
08 maggio 2012 - 09:55
The day after Francois Hollande rode to power in France on a slogan of "change now," the conversation in Europe was already different Monday: Austerity had become a dirty word.
What replaces it, though, was anything but clear.
The newly powerful in France and Greece want to roll back the spending cuts and tax increases that have defined Europe's respon...(leggi tutto)
Italy’s local polls may show protest vote
04 maggio 2012 - 17:24
Local elections in mainly small communities across Italy this weekend will be closely watched for signs of a protest vote against the parties supporting the technocrat government of Premier Mario Monti.
About 15 percent of the Italian electorate is eligible to vote in the election on Sunday and Monday in some 800 municipalities. They are the first polls since Monti took over...(leggi tutto)
Ex-premier Andreotti hospitalized
03 maggio 2012 - 18:58
Giulio Andreotti, Italy's former seven-time premier, was hospitalized with heart problems stemming from a respiratory infection and was in serious, but stable condition Thursday, hospital officials said.
Andreotti, 93, was "lucid and conscious" in intensive care at Rome's Policlinico Gemelli hospital, his secretary Patrizia Chilelli told reporters at the hospital. His progno...(leggi tutto)
Rosy Mauro, vice president of the Italian Senate, had repeatedly rebuffed pleas to resign his parliamentary post
Italian party expels official in funds scandal
12 aprile 2012 - 23:39
The Northern League, an anti-immigrant, anti-corruption movement in Italy, expelled from its ranks Thursday a top Senate official implicated in an investigation of suspected embezzlement of party funds.
A League statement Thursday said Rosy Mauro, vice president of the Italian Senate, had repeatedly rebuffed pleas to resign his parliamentary post, including from party founde...(leggi tutto)
Politics in tumult after Bossi quits Northern League
10 aprile 2012 - 19:49
The charismatic former head of the Italian anti-immigrant party that for two decades was Silvio Berlusconi's ally has denounced prosecutors investigating a party finance scandal that forced his resignation as thieves. A chastened Umberto Bossi said Friday that the Northern League is in a "dangerous" situation, as it is under the spotlight of "thieving" Rome prosecutors who alle...(leggi tutto)
