News Source: Ansa
| 15 days ago
Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti on Thursday gave a lecture to the rising stars of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in which he called for a new 'Global Standard' to govern a now global economy. Speaking at the PCC's Central School, a post-
News Source: Reuters
| 24 days ago
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, set to go on trial this month, on Tuesday won backing for a radical justice reform just as judges issued an arrest warrant for a senior aide on charges of Mafia collusion. Lower house speaker Gianfranco Fini
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
Gianfranco Fini, a former neofascist and now deputy leader of the ruling party, has decided to appeal directly to voters in the same month that Mr Berlusconi faces new trials for corruption. Mr Fini is the leading contender to succeed the Prime
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
The Italian Prime Minister, 73, now faces two trials following the loss of his immunity from prosecution. Last month the Constitutional Court overturned a law which Mr Berlusconi pushed through Parliament shortly after being elected last year giving
News Source: Epoch Times
| about 1 month ago
Switzerland, angered by Italian raids on Swiss bank branches, has hit back by halting talks on a new double taxation agreement, Swiss Finance Minster Hans-Rudolf Merz said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday. "The (tax) agreement was ready
News Source: Ansa
| about 1 month ago
While the global economic free-fall appears to have stopped, it is not for certain that a long-lasting recovery has began, Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi said on Thursday. In an address marking World Savings Day, Draghi explained that a real
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
The Italian Prime Minister, 73, who was thought to be laid up after catching scarlet fever from his grandchildren, called a TV discussion programme and launched into a lengthy and impassioned monologue about being victimised. Italy’s judges and
News Source: SwissInfo
| about 1 month ago
Some 100 financial police agents on Tuesday targeted 76 offices including Italian branches of Swiss banks, Italian banks with Swiss links and San Marino-linked banks. "Yesterday the tone between the Boot and the confederation reached a new low hard