Ansa
| 9 months ago
The centre of attention in the industrial dispute involving employees of the Carbosulcis coal company and the Italian government shifted to Rome on Friday as striking miners in Sardinia entered their sixth day of protest underground. The government...
International Business Times
| 9 months ago
The 270 arrested miners are to be tried under the "common purpose" doctrine, whereby people participating in a criminal activity can be charged for all the consequences of this activity. The policemen's actions during the clashes, which erupted...
Miami Herald
| 9 months ago
Greece's prime minister promised his austerity-weary countrymen on Thursday that new spending cuts planned for 2013-14 will be the last, but warned that without them the nation would have to leave the 17-member eurozone. Poland's economy, which has...
Russia Today
| 9 months ago
55 Sardinian miners block the entrance of Carbosulcis mine during a protest in Carbonia, west of Cagliari, August 29, 2012 (Reuters / Alessandro Bianchi) (5.9Mb) embed video A Sardinian miner has slashed his wrist in a live TV address, in protest...
Zee News
| 9 months ago
An Italian miner, who along with other workers occupied a coal mine on the island of Sardinia, slit his wrist during a press conference on Wednesday to protest a lack of investment in the dying coal industry. "Is this what we have to do," the miner...
News 24
| 9 months ago
A Sardinian miner slashed his wrist in front of television cameras on Wednesday as some 100 fellow workers stayed barricaded underground in a campaign to keep Italy's only coal pit open. "We cannot take it any more...Stefano Meletti, 49, shouted to...
