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/ 13 February 2012
A Swiss billionaire and a Belgian baron have been found guilty and sentenced to 16 years in prison by an Italian court in a ground-breaking trial.
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/ 23 January 2012
Italian navy divers blew open access points in the wreck of the Costa Concordia, as rescuers debated whether to call of their search.
A downgrade because of rampant expenditure will have severe fiscal implications for SA.
The officer ordering the captain of a capsized Italian cruise ship to go back aboard has become an instant hero, credited with saving national honour.
An audio clip has emerged purporting to be a recording of the coast guard ordering the captain of the stricken Costa Concordia back on board his ship.
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/ 15 January 2012
Italian rescue workers have been searching for almost 40 people still missing a day after a cruise ship capsized just off Italy’s west coast.
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/ 14 January 2012
At least three people have been killed and 50 are missing after an Italian cruise ship carrying more than 4 000 people ran aground and keeled over.
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/ 14 January 2012
Three people have died and several went missing after a cruise ship accident off an Italian island sparked chaos as passengers tried to get off.
Afghanistan will open an embassy in Greece to help thousands of Afghan asylum seekers stranded while seeking a better life in Europe.
A lack of confidence among investors in the prospects for the eurozone has pushed the value of the euro down against the US dollar and the yen.
Italy has scraped through a key bond auction test but Prime Minister Mario Monti has called for a European-wide response to the debt crisis.
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/ 27 December 2011
Italy’s anti-trust authority has decided to impose a €900 000 fine on Apple for misleading consumers on assistance services and product guarantees.
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/ 27 December 2011
Every week brought more dire forecasts in the battle to save Europe’s economic club but 2012 will be its worst year yet.
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/ 21 December 2011
Positive sentiment is being driven by a new measure by the ECB to pump liquidity into the markets, analysts say.
An Italian man killed two African street sellers and wounded three others in an alleged racist shooting rampage in Florence before committing suicide.
Five countries are merging resources to create the Kaza, a conservation area roughly the size of Italy.
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/ 30 November 2011
Damiano Tommasi, a former Italian international, has said he would advise homosexual footballers against openly admitting their sexuality.
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/ 21 November 2011
Investors are uncertain whether the eurozone can solve its debt crisis. Will bond markets signal optimism or deepening scepticism in the week ahead?
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/ 14 November 2011
All eyes are due to be on Italy and Greece’s new technocratic leaders this week as eurozone investors closely monitor their initial moves.
Silvio Berlusconi has dominated Italy with a mix of talent and brazen behaviour but in the end, the born showman was humiliatingly jeered from office.
Italy’s head of state began talks on Sunday to appoint an emergency government to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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/ 13 November 2011
A chorus of Handel’s <i>Alleluia</i> rang out Saturday as Silvio Berlusconi resigned as Italian premier, ending a tumultuous 17-year political era.
Italy’s readiness to approve austerity measures has spurred the formation of an emergency government to take Silvio Berlusconi’s position.
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/ 11 November 2011
Members of the Italian prime minister’s party have been turning against him for weeks.
As their country’s debt crisis situation worsens, Greek politicians have remained deadlocked around who to appoint as their new prime minister.
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/ 9 November 2011
Italian borrowing costs reached breaking point after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s insistence on elections instead of an interim government.
Abandoned by MPs ahead of a bid to save Italy from Greece’s fate, Silvio Berlusconi will step down as PM — leaving Rome mired in political chaos.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to resign following the adoption of key economic reforms promised to the European Union.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lost his parliamentary majority on Tuesday and his opposition are calling for his resignation.
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/ 7 November 2011
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi defied huge pressure to resign on Monday, desperately playing his last cards to save his crumbling government.
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/ 7 November 2011
As SA’s Reserve Bank considers interest rates this week, global interest remains fixed on the drama enveloping Europe, writes <b>Matt Quigley</b>
Berlusconi’s resignation has become a question of when, not if, after he was deserted by allies who say crippling debt isn’t Italy’s problem: he is.