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  • G-7 smoothes divisions, agrees on currency policy

    FRANCE, 2013/05/13 G-7 finance ministers and central bank governors as well pledged Saturday their commitment to tackling tax evasion on the second of two days of talks in the English countryside, British Finance Minister George Osborne said. The G-7 additionally vowed not to intentionally set out to weaken currencies, next the yen on Friday hit its lowest point against the dollar in additional than four years. 
  • Berlusconi emerges as the great saviour

    ITALY, 2013/04/28 A year and a half next resigning in near-disgrace, the 76- year-old billionaire is the major support for the talks that began on Thursday to form the next Cabinet next the Democratic Party’s Enrico Letta was appointed prime minister. Berlusconi and his 241 lawmakers, the second-biggest contingent, hold the votes Letta, 46, needs to fasten a parliamentary majority.
  • The new government that Enrico Letta

    ITALY, 2013/04/27 The new government that Enrico Letta of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) is expected to form in the coming days should not embark on further reforms of the labour market, Italy's second-biggest union said Friday. Outgoing Premier Mario Monti's emergency technocrat government introduced controversial changes to the labour market that make it easier for firms in financial difficulty to dismiss workers.
  • Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti

    ITALY, 2012/12/22 Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti resigned, ending a 13-month tenure and clearing the way for elections that will focus on his crisis-fighting austerity policies. The appointed premier submitted his resignation yesterday to President Giorgio Napolitano, according to a statement from the president’s office. Napolitano asked Monti’s Cabinet to remain in power to handle routine government administration. Monti stepped down after lawmakers passed a 2013 budget law. The president has suggested Feb. 24 as the date for elections.
  • Crisis: Italy,govt set to dissolve 64 provincial government 2012-07-24

    ITALY, 2012/07/24
  • Italy: spending rewiew takes bites put of public sector 2012-07-09

    ITALY, 2012/07/09