Italy
Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy's first ever woman PM; Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets wishes
Wed, Sep 28, 2022
"Congratulations @GiorgiaMeloni for leading your party @FratellidItalia to victory in the Italian general elections. We look forward to working together to strengthen our ties," the Prime Minister tweeted on @narendramodi
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Italy shifts to the right, Giorgia Meloni set to be first woman premier
Mon, Sep 26, 2022
A party with neo-fascist roots, the Brothers of Italy, won the most votes in Italy's national elections, looking set to deliver the country's first far-right-led government since World War II and make its leader, Giorgia Meloni, Italy's first woman premier, near-final results showed on Monday.
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G7 to continue economic pressure on Russia, tackle 'wheat war'
Sun, May 15, 2022
Group of Seven foreign ministers vowed on Saturday to reinforce Russia`s economic and political isolation, continue supplying weapons to Ukraine and tackle what Germany`s foreign minister described as a "wheat war" being waged by Moscow.
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Coronavirus combat measures: Lockdown ordered across Italy for 1 month to fight Covid-19; what it means
Wed, Mar 11, 2020
The whole of Italy will be placed under lockdown until next month, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Monday, in an unprecedented new attempt to beat coronavirus in Europe`s worst-affected country. The move extends measures introduced at the weekend for much of the wealthy north of the co
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European Union rules Italian bank rescue legal in blow to antitrust watchdog
Tue, Mar 19, 2019
After the dispute with Brussels over the rescue of Tercas, Italian authorities intervened to help four other small banks in 2015 and then saved larger Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena and two smaller north-eastern Italian banks in 2017.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel tells Italy: euro zone rules must frame economic discussions
Mon, May 28, 2018
Commenting on the situation in Italy, the most heavily indebted country in the euro zone after Greece, Merkel said: "We should talk with every government but we have principles within the euro area and of course there will be difficult questions." Asked whether she was concerned by the situation in Italy, Merkel said during a conference in Berlin: "Look, when there were elections in Greece and Alexis Tsipras was made premier, there were many questions on the table."
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Asian markets regain some ground as trade war fears moderate
Tue, Mar 06, 2018
Asian share regained some ground on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump faced growing pressure from political allies to pull back from proposed steel and aluminum tariffs, easing investor worries about an imminent trade war.
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Iran capitalises on OPEC oil cut to sell millions of barrels: Sources
Fri, Jan 06, 2017
Iran has sold more than 13 million barrels of oil that it had long held on tankers at sea, capitalising on an OPEC output cut deal from which it is exempted to regain market share and court new buyers, according to industry sources and data.
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