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(Reuters) – The Vatican has made significant progress in financial reforms but still risks being used for money laundering unless it strengthens controls, a European...

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Berlusconi down but not out with Senate vote

YoopyaNovember 27, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 27, 2013December 31, 202301

ROME (AP) — The Italian Senate was poised Wednesday to kick Silvio Berlusconi out of Parliament following his tax fraud conviction, but the three-time premier...

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Merkel tried to bounce Spain into IMF bailout: ex-PM

YoopyaNovember 25, 2013February 3, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 25, 2013February 3, 202407

(Reuters) – On a rainy day in November 2011 in the hulking concrete Palace of Festivals in Cannes, where film stars strut on the red-carpeted...

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‘Nervous’ mafia could target Pope Francis, prosecutor warns

YoopyaNovember 19, 2013February 14, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 19, 2013February 14, 202403

Pope Francis’ campaign against corruption in the Catholic Church has made Italy’s most dangerous mafia organization “nervous,” which could make the prelate a target, a...

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Italian Senate to vote on Berlusconi expulsion on Nov 27

YoopyaNovember 5, 2013March 6, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 5, 2013March 6, 202402

(Reuters) – Italian Senators will vote on November 27 on whether to expel center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi from parliament over a conviction for tax fraud,...

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Vatican to field cricket team, take on Anglican Church

YoopyaOctober 28, 2013March 6, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 28, 2013March 6, 202404

(Reuters) – The Vatican officially declared its intention to defeat the Church of England on Tuesday – not in a theological re-match nearly 500 years...

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Vatican’s US donors get access for a $500 pittance

YoopyaOctober 25, 2013March 17, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 25, 2013March 17, 2024015

VATICAN CITY (AP) — They entered the Sistine Chapel in tuxedoes and gowns, the clacking of high heels on marble competing with the Latin chants...

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Italy court bans Berlusconi from public office for two years

YoopyaOctober 19, 2013March 10, 2024

by YoopyaOctober 19, 2013March 10, 202404

(Reuters) – A Milan court ruled on Saturday that former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years...