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Italy’s first black minister attacked by Northern League

YoopyaApril 29, 2013May 30, 2023

by YoopyaApril 29, 2013May 30, 2023019

Rightwing party labels appointment of DRC-born Cecile Kyenge as ‘the symbol of a hypocritical, do-gooding left’ Italy’s first-ever black minister was immediately at the centre...

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Italy’s Letta government begins life in climate of crisis

YoopyaApril 29, 2013November 10, 2024

by YoopyaApril 29, 2013November 10, 202404

(Reuters) – New Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta will seek the backing of parliament in a confidence vote on Monday, facing severe political and economic...

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Irate Italian president begins talks on new coalition

YoopyaApril 23, 2013June 27, 2023

by YoopyaApril 23, 2013June 27, 2023012

(Reuters) – Italy’s president launched urgent talks on Tuesday that could lead to a prime minister quickly being named after two months of post-electoral stalemate...

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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano scolds politicians

YoopyaApril 22, 2013November 10, 2024

by YoopyaApril 22, 2013November 10, 202403

Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano has chided the politicians who re-elected him, saying he only agreed to it because of a deep political crisis. He accused...

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Italian centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani ‘to quit’

YoopyaApril 20, 2013

by YoopyaApril 20, 201302

The leader of Italy’s centre-left alliance, Pier Luigi Bersani, has promised to step down once parliament elects a new president. Mr Bersani announced the news...

Business Markets

Italy’s Salini eyes foreign growth after Impregilo merger: report

YoopyaApril 13, 2013

by YoopyaApril 13, 201304

(Reuters) – Italian builder Salini, taking over larger rival Impregilo (IPGI.MI), expects the merged group to double revenues over the next three years helped by...

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Italy’s Bersani meets Berlusconi to seek end to impasse

YoopyaApril 10, 2013

by YoopyaApril 10, 201302

(Reuters) – Italian center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani met his center-right rival Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday to discuss the election for the next president of...

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Italy Abu Omar rendition: Col Romano pardoned in CIA case

YoopyaApril 6, 2013

by YoopyaApril 6, 2013010

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has pardoned a US Air Force colonel convicted in absentia over the rendition of an Egyptian imam in 2003. Joseph Romano...

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Italy’s Nadia Santini named world’s best female chef

YoopyaApril 3, 2013

by YoopyaApril 3, 2013010

(Reuters) – Nadia Santini, the head chef of the Michelin-starred Dal Pescatore restaurant in a village in northern Italy, was named Best Female Chef by...

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Italy’s “wise men” seek to end political crisis; president gloomy

YoopyaApril 2, 2013

by YoopyaApril 2, 201303

(Reuters) – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano expressed despair on Tuesday at fierce criticism of his latest plan to end a post-election deadlock that has raised...