ROME (AP) – Italian restaurant owners and others angered at having shuttered their businesses for weeks due to a virus lockdown clashed with police during a protest outside Parliament in Rome on …
Read More »Ballroom dancers from Italy spin through the running of the bulls
ROME (AP) – Social distancing is rarely part of the lexicon of ballroom dancing. But in an industrial area on the outskirts of Rome, couples of all ages go round and round …
Read More »Credit Suisse weighs chief risk officer replacement in impending executive restructuring
Credit Suisse Group AG leaders are discussing replacing chief risk officer Lara Warner while saving CEO Thomas Gottstein as they count losses that could run into the billions from the collapse of …
Read More »Italy enters 3-day Easter lockdown amid vaccination problems
ROME (AP) – Italy entered a three-day nationwide coronavirus lockdown on Saturday to deter Easter travel and gatherings, even as the surge in new infections driven by variants of the country began …
Read More »Young professionals get ahead of older Italians on vaccines
ROME (AP) – Octogenarians in Tuscany watched with disbelief and outrage as lawyers, magistrates, teachers, and other younger professionals were vaccinated against COVID-19 before they did, despite government promises to prioritize citizens …
Read More »Much of Europe tightens pandemic rules as virus rises
ROME (AP) – Tighter restrictions aimed at curbing the rise in coronavirus infections were imposed across much of Italy and parts of Poland on Monday, while in France, Paris is at risk …
Read More »Italy Covid Lockdown: Draghi Cabinet to meet to weigh tightening measures
A closed restaurant in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan. Photographer: Francesca Volpi / Bloomberg Photographer: Francesca Volpi / Bloomberg The government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi is weighing new and strict …
Read More »Pope Francis hopes to die in Rome, will not be buried in Argentina
Do not cry for him Argentina, but Pope Francis hopes to die in Rome. “I will not return to Argentina.” The 84-year-old pontiff told Argentine journalist and physician Nelson Castro, who is …
Read More »Mario Draghi presents Italy’s new cabinet after the revolt of EU funds
New Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Barcroft Media | Barcroft Media | fake images LONDON – The new Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is already transforming the political scene in Rome and …
Read More »Mario Draghi wins the support of the Five Star Movement
Designated Prime Minister Mario Draghi. AM POOL | Getty Images News | fake images LONDON – Mario Draghi has garnered enough support from Italian legislators and is now very likely to lead …
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