GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEKAHEAD - Investors may look to ECB for comfort after high-risk votes
With Italy`s constitutional referendum and Austria`s presidential vote on Sunday both potentially underlining growing anti-establishmentism, the European Central Bank is preparing to set to try to bring some calm to the mix.
Dec 02, 2016, 18:34 PM IST
World's oldest living person Emma Morano turns 117
Italy’s Emma Morano, the world’s oldest living person, marked her 117th birthday Tuesday, blowing out all the candles on her cake.
Nov 30, 2016, 15:17 PM IST
Record number of migrants land in Italy
A record 171,299 boat migrants have reached Italy's coast this year, an almost 19 percent increase on the whole of 2015, data released by the Interior Ministry showed on Monday.
Nov 29, 2016, 00:49 AM IST
Italy's Renzi says tax cuts 'promote social justice'
Tax cuts are the cornerstone of government policy and a way to promote social justice, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said here on Wednesday.
Nov 24, 2016, 06:32 AM IST
Fifteen feared dead as migrants rubber boat sinks off Libya
Italy's coastguard said today that 15 people had been rescued from a sinking rubber dinghy off Libya, amid fears dozens more may have drowned.
Nov 15, 2016, 19:31 PM IST
Italy quake zones fear tourism collapse as displaced total rises
The number of people living in temporary shelter due to a series of earthquakes in Italy has risen to 26,000, officials said Thursday as fears mount for the economic future of the worst-hit areas.
Nov 03, 2016, 20:25 PM IST
Powerful quake spares lives, but strikes at Italy's identity
The third powerful earthquake to hit Italy in two months spared has human life but struck at the nation's identity, destroying a Benedictine cathedral, a medieval tower and other beloved landmarks that had survived the earlier jolts across a mountainous region of small historic towns.
Oct 31, 2016, 10:46 AM IST
Italy quake survivors head for Adriatic coast
There was no relief for residents in Italy's quake-centre on Friday, where survivors with their nerves frayed by hundreds of aftershocks were packing up their few belongings and moving to the Adriatic coast.
Oct 28, 2016, 18:18 PM IST
Officials in Italy assess damage caused by strong earthquakes
Officials in central Italy began early on Thursday to assess the damage caused by a pair of strong earthquakes in the same region of central Italy hit by a deadly quake in August, as an appeal went out for temporary housing adequate for the cold mountain temperatures.
Oct 27, 2016, 16:23 PM IST
Earthquakes cause fear, injuries, widespread damage in central Italy
Daylight revealed widespread damage in central Italy on Thursday after strong earthquakes overnight that caused panic and fear among residents just two months after a quake nearby killed hundreds.
Oct 27, 2016, 15:15 PM IST
Italian student's murder in Egypt is ''open wound'' - Italy minister
Giulio Regeni, 28, had been studying in Cairo when he disappeared in late January.
Oct 27, 2016, 00:37 AM IST
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes central Italy, felt in Rome
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck central Italy on Wednesday at a depth of 10 kilometres just two months after a stronger quake killed almost 300 and levelled a number of small towns.
Oct 27, 2016, 00:18 AM IST
Five dead migrants recovered in Mediterranean, 300 rescued
The bodies of five migrants were recovered in the central Mediterranean on Wednesday during rescue operations that saved 300 others, the Italian coastguard said.
Oct 20, 2016, 00:24 AM IST
No proposals for sanctions against Russia over Syria: Germany
There are no international proposals to impose sanctions on Russia over its role in Syria, a spokesman for Germany`s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, shortly before officials from a group of Western countries meet in Berlin to discuss the crisis.
Oct 05, 2016, 20:04 PM IST
ED tracing suspicious European, PoK remittances routed to Jammu and Kashmir for funding terrorism: Report
ED is tracing some suspicious European and PoK remittances which have been routed to J&K.
Oct 03, 2016, 18:13 PM IST
Italy`s PM warns Britain over post-Brexit rights in EU
Britain must not expect to end up with more rights than other countries outside the EU following Brexit negotiations, Italy`s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi warned in an interview Thursday.
Sep 29, 2016, 13:36 PM IST
Italy PM vows to restore lost glory of quake-hit towns
Picturesque hamlets devastated by Italy`s deadly earthquake will be restored to their former glory, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Friday, a month after the disaster which claimed nearly 300 lives.
Sep 23, 2016, 16:59 PM IST
See pic: Southern tip of Italy looks spectacular from Space Station!
Astronauts, who are currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has been Showring us with many beautiful images of the Earth taken from space.
Sep 20, 2016, 23:27 PM IST
SC to hear Italian Marine Latorre's plea seeking extension of stay in Italy
The Supreme Court is expected to hear on Tuesday the plea moved by Massimiliano Latorre – one of the two Italian marines facing trial in India for killing two Indian fishermen – for seeking extension of stay in Italy.
Sep 20, 2016, 08:53 AM IST
Italy PM slams EU summit's conclusions on growth and immigration
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Friday he was not happy with the conclusions of a European Union summit and for this reason did not join his French and German counterparts at a joint news conference.
Sep 17, 2016, 01:15 AM IST
