Don’t row back on reforms, OECD tells Italy’s parties
ROME (Reuters) - Mario Monti's technocrat government has laid the base for a reform effort that must be pursued for many years if Italy is to emerge from stagnation, the...
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In hard times, “I buy gold” is Italy’s boom business
ROME (Reuters) - Times are now so tough that Valerio Novelli, a ticket inspector on Rome's buses, is planning to sell his old gold teeth. "I can't get to the...
In hard times, “I buy gold” is Italy’s boom business
ROME (Reuters) - Times are now so tough that Valerio Novelli, a ticket inspector on Rome's buses, is planning to sell his old gold teeth. "I can't get to the...
Italy’s recession pain stretches to a year
ROME (Reuters) - Italy shrank further into recession in the second quarter for a 2.5 percent yearly decline, data showed on Tuesday, threatening attempts by Mario Monti's technocrat government to...
Italy’s recession pain stretches to a year
ROME (Reuters) - Italy shrank further into recession in the second quarter for a 2.5 percent yearly decline, data showed on Tuesday, threatening attempts by Mario Monti's technocrat government to...
Italy and the missed opportunity of euro “purgatory”
ROME (Reuters) - Antonio Fazio, the disgraced former governor of the Bank of Italy, warned half-jokingly in 1998 that the euro would not be paradise but a "purgatory" that would...
Euro’s big four agree growth boost, split on bonds
ROME (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel resisted pressure on Friday for common euro zone bonds or a more flexible use of Europe's rescue funds but agreed with leaders of...
Euro’s big four seek way out of crisis in Rome
ROME (Reuters) - The leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Spain will try to find common ground in Rome on Friday to restore confidence in the euro zone ahead of...
Euro’s big four seek way out of crisis in Rome
ROME (Reuters) - The leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Spain will try to find common ground in Rome on Friday to restore confidence in the euro zone ahead of...
Comic Grillo shakes up Italian politics with shock win
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's political parties had hoped Beppe Grillo would fade away, but the comic who rails against their corruption and ineptitude and says Italy should default on its...