Italian monuments: a bright future as billboards
80 Italian firms set up base in UAE
More than 80 companies from Italy have set up bases in the UAE in the fields of technology, oil, construction, petrol and power.
Aviano horse rescuer is looking for a few good animal lovers
MONTEREALE, Italy - Evelyne Zedan says most of the horses that call her ranch home have been fine companions over the years.
Sisters-in-law could battle it out for Milan mayor’s job
Two sisters-in-law, each married to a member of a wealthy Milanese clan, could battle it out for the job of city mayor early next year, it was revealed.
Bank Of Italy: Scajola, Affair Dragging On For Too Long
BANK OF ITALY: SCAJOLA, AFFAIR DRAGGING ON FOR TOO LONG (AGI) - Rome, Dec. 16 - “I do not wish to be drawn on the merits of the situation, but this affair has been going on for too long and is not d…
Electoral Law. Giovanardi: No Single-member Constituencies
ELECTORAL LAW. GIOVANARDI: NO SINGLE-MEMBER CONSTITUENCIES (AGI) - Trieste, Italy, Dec.16 - “With this proportional representation, which has fortunately passed, shameful single-member constituencie…
Reports: Italy’s Fazio Investigated
Forbes.com Dec 16 2005 12:51PM GMT
Alitalia Cancels Flights Due to Strike
Dozens of flights operated by Alitalia, Italy’s national airline, have been grounded due to a strike by some the company’s unionized cabin crew members, airport sources said. ‘The volume of flight cancellations was larger than foreseen by Alitalia,’ said Paolo…
BBC NewsItaly’s Fazio may face ECB probe into links with ex-BPI CEO …
MILAN (AFX) - The European Central Bank may decide at its council meeting today to open a formal inquiry into Bank of Italy governor Antonio Fazio’s links with
Italy’s Natural Thermal Spas
Italy is blessed with numerous natural thermal spas located throughout the country where a wide range of medical conditions, ailments and disorders can be treated due to the therapeutic properties and quality of the waters used. Indeed, Italy’s thermal waters…
TV ads, lyrics, ‘Chicken Little’ – Italian pols increasingly turn to showbiz to stay in the public eye
ROME – The grand old man of Italian politics does cell phone ads on television. The premier likes to write love songs. The mayor of Rome dubs a turkey’s voice in the Italian version of Disney’s …
Nero’s palace in Rome closes
December 13, 2005 THE palace of Nero, one of Rome’s most popular tourist sites, risks falling apart and must close for emergency repairs, Italy’s culture minister said today. Rocco Buttiglione, who…
Italian monuments: a bright future as billboards
Martino Closes Graduation Ceremony In Vicenza
DEFENCE: MARTINO CLOSES GRADUATION CEREMONY IN VICENZA (AGI) - Vicenza (Italy), Dec 7 - Defence Minister Antonio Martino this morning closed the Coespu (police corps for stabilization interventions)…
Padua, Italy
Nestled beside the rolling Euganei hills and bordering the farmland of Pianura Padana and the lake of Veneto lies the city of Padua (pronounced Padova by the Italians). Home to some of Italy’s most beautiful works of Renaissance art, the…
Matteoli I’m Not Optimistic On A Possible Agreement
CLIMATE: MATTEOLI I’M NOT OPTIMISTIC ON A POSSIBLE AGREEMENT (AGI) - Montreal, Dec. 7 - Environment minister Altero Matteoli arriving in Montreal today to take part in the UN conference on the clima…
Foraging / Rome: Fincato Pipes
New York Times, 2005-12-04 Author: IAN FISHER Intro: Even though Einstein, Darwin and Millicent Fenwick all smoked pipes, Emiliano Fincato warns not to assume too much about pipe smokers’ brainpower….
Italian PM denies involvement in CIA cleric abduction case
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied Wednesday that his government was involved in the alleged abduction of an Egyptian cleric by the American CIA or was informed of it ahead of time, local media …
Maroni, On Agricultural Pardon I Wait Alemanno
BUDGET: MARONI, ON AGRICULTURAL PARDON I WAIT ALEMANNO (AGI) - Rome, Nov 30 - No to the fiscal agreement proposed by Maurizio Leo (AN) and no to the agricultural pardon in the proposal formulated at…
REGGAE UPDATES FROM JAMAICA: Mattafix Has #1 Track on National Pop Charts in Italy
EURweb Dec 4 2005 5:35AM GMT
Italy’s Saipem Gets Four Contracts Worth $550 Million
MILAN -(Dow Jones)- Italian oil services company Saipem SpA (SPM.MI) said Friday it has signed four offshore and onshore construction contracts worth $550 million in Angola, Mexico, Thailand and Sau…
Vatican renews ban on gay priests - stresses it respects homosexuals
uploaded 29 Nov 2005 Vatican renews ban on gay priests The Vatican has published long-awaited guidelines which reaffirm that active homosexuals and “supporters of gay culture” may not become p…
Sorrento, Italy
Sorrento is (and has been for quite some time) one of the best known resorts in Italy. Sorrento is perched on a dramatic line of steeply rising cliffs, overlooking the Bay of Naples, on a stretch of coastline of…
Cities Guide
Tides threaten Venice: the water that menaces its defences; the silt that clogs its canals; the visitors who swirl through the alleys and over the bridges, turning a stroll through Europe’s most magical city …
Kroes Backs EU Legal Action Against Italy Over Fazio Case
Bank Of Italy: Fazio Adamant Bank Serves National Interest
(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Nov 24 - “To serve the state” autonomously is how BOI governor Fazio sums up the guiding principles of his mandate and which have
Fini’s Proposal For 2nd Ciampi Term Backed By Many
(AGI) - Naples, Nov 21 - Deputy PM Gianfranco Fini’s proposal to reappoint Carlo Azeglio Ciampi as President ot Italy has been welcomed by Communications
High prices don’t dull silver demand
report said. It said the demand for the metal this year has been stable in Italy and Thailand, but higher in Mexico and China. In
Italy 2006 GDP to grow slightly more than 1 pct - Bank of Italy
MILAN (AFX) - The Bank of Italy expects Italian GDP growth to be slightly above 1 pct next year, compared with a government forecast of 1.5 pct, the daily Il
New twist in patrol boat scandal
the Tenders Review Board went ahead and awarded the contract to the Italian company. Meanwhile the case has gone to trial in Italy, where the government is
