Saturday 28th January, 2012
Fitch cuts rating of five eurozone nations rating
NEW YORK - Fitch Ratings Friday downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of five euro currency countries - Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Belgium and Cyprus, contending they lack financing flexibility in ...
Italy must urgently act to end violence against women, UN rights expert says
Italy must do more to protect women from violence and urgently address the underlying structural causes of gender inequality and discrimination, an independent United Nations human rights expert ...
Italy cruise ship survivors to get compensation
Passengers on the wrecked Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia will receive a compensation lump sum of 11,000 euros (around $14,000) each, the Italian Association of Tour Operators said in a ...
Lady Gaga lending hand in dad's restaurant
The Italy News.NetLady Gaga has got her hands dirty helping her father in the kitchen of his new Italian restaurant. The 'Pokerface' hitmaker has been helping dad Joe Germanotta prepare for the big opening of his ...
AP Exclusive: Vatican rewrites money launder law
San Diego Union-TribuneVATICAN CITY -; The Vatican has rewritten its 2010 anti-money laundering law after European inspectors found that it didn't fully meet their tough standards to combat the financing of ...
World Travel News Weekly: Israel, Ireland and Italy
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Travel News: New Hotel in Romania, Discounts in Italy
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Oregon Coast Sand and Plants Examined in Florence Beach Walk, Lecture
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Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratings
RTB NewsFitch downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia and Spain on Friday, indicating there was a 1-in-2 chance of further cuts in the next two ...
Vatican rife with corruption, TV show alleges
Irish TimesPADDY AGNEW in RomeWas the secretary general so good at his job he made serious Holy See enemies?THIS IS a tale of corruption, dishonesty, poison-pen letters and fetid rivalry in the Holy See. At ...
Italian, Spanish Ratings Cut Two Notches by Fitch on Crisis
Business WeekJan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The credit ratings of Italy, Spain and three other euro-area countries were cut by Fitch Ratings, which said the five nations lack financing flexibility in the face of the ...
Earthquakes hit Italy, Greece
UPISeparate earthquakes shook northern Italy and the Greek island of Crete, officials said. A 5.4-magnitude quake hit northern Italy Friday, the second quake in two days for the region, Italy's ...
AC Milan pull out of Tevez chase
BBC SportCity criticised Milan for the way they had gone about trying to sign the Argentine striker, while Inter Milan and French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain both withdrew from the race to sign Tevez ...
Park and ride: Young Italians are reviving the once popular pastime of car sex
The IndependentThe cars are lined up in a solid row from the hill of Vomero all the way down to Posillipo, and well into the deep green of the Park of Remembrance. "The girls never wanted to go there," ...
Italy bill sale success boosts mood ahead of Monday
General SourcesItaly 's six-month funding costs fell sharply on Friday to levels last seen before the country came to the fore of the euro zone debt crisis last summer, helping power a rally in its bonds ...
Fitch Downgrades Ratings of Italy and Other Countries
International Herald TribuneFitch on Friday downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia and Spain, indicating that there was a 1-in-2 chance of further cuts in the next two years. In a ...
Sister ship of Italian Costa Concordia arrives in San Francisco
San Francisco Business TimesSan Francisco Business Times by Patrick Twohy, Senior Editor Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 1:16pm PST - Last Modified: Friday, January 27, 2012, 4:11pm ...
Milan pull out of Tevez race
soccerwayAC Milan CEO Adriano Galliani said the club had pulled out of the race to sign Manchester City striker Carlo Tevez. AC Milan CEO Adriano Galliani said the club had pulled out of the race to sign ...
Fr. Lombardi: Vatican corruption charges 'well beyond reality'
EWTNThe official Vatican spokesman says an Italian television broadcast claiming to disclose financial corruption at the Vatican exaggerated the situation. Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., questioned the ...
Press Note On Italian Television Programme
EWTNVATICAN CITY, 26 JAN 2012 (VIS) - At midday today the Holy See Press Office published a note written by its director, Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J., concerning a television programme, "Gli ...
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