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Report Inter Milan fires coach Andrea Stramaccioni
Inter Milan reportedly fired coach Andrea Stramaccioni on Friday, five days after concluding Serie A with a highly disappointing ninth-place finish.Stramaccioni was informed of the decision, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport and the ANSA news agency, although Inter did not immediately announce the move. Walter Mazzarri, who stepped down as Napoli manager last weekend, was already being ...
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La Scala forced to cut number of operas
As it prepares to celebrate Verdi's 200th birthday, La Scala opera house in Milan has announced it is being forced to reduce the number of operas it will produce next season thanks to the economic crisis and cuts to its public ...
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Southern Europe slides back to analogue dark age
A lack of digital investment and the shrinking number of local subsidiaries owned by large firms is sending Southern European states on a "backwards slide" to an analogue age, a new study has ...
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TI FastWeb team up with Rome utility for fibre expansion
ACEA , which is active in the energy sector there. The companies have pledged to bring broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps to over one million homes and businesses by the end of 2014. Although they are set to deploy more than 4,000km of fibre, only 300km will require new routes to be established, with the bulk of the infrastructure set to be channelled through pre-existing cable ducts, in a bid to ...
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Italian Bank Earnings to Remain Low Over 3 Years Prometeia Says
Earnings of Italian banks will remain low over the next three years as the country's economy struggles to recover and lenders are forced to meet stricter European capital rules, according to research ...
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Help Wanted For Upscale Italian Restaurant In Southern Westchester
An upscale Italian restaurant in Southern Westchester is actively seeking to fill the following vacancies: Captains, Servers, Kitchen Waiters and Bus ...
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UPDATE 1-Italian tax police seize assets of steel magnate Riva
Fri May 24, 2013 10:28am EDT (Adds statement from ILVA, background) BARI, Italy May 24 (Reuters) - Italy's tax police have seized assets worth 8.1 billion euros belonging to the Riva family, owners of the Italian steel group ILVA, in connection with allegations of environmental crimes, investigative sources said on Friday. The order to seize the assets was issued by a judge in the southern ...
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Italy prepares for beatification of anti-Mafia priest
More than 80,000 people are expected to attend a beatification ceremony for an Italian priest who was killed by the mob in 1993, officials said. The beatification ceremony for Father Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi, an outspoken anti-Mafia advocate, begins Saturday in Palermo, Italy's ANSA news agency reported. Puglisi was killed on his 56th birthday in the Brancaccio neighborhood in ...
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Popes Address to Italian Bishops Conference
Here is the translation of the Holy Father's meditation during the Profession of Faith of the Italian Bishops Conference who are gathered for their 65th General ...
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Italian Prosecutors Order EU8.1 Billion Seizure of Riva Assets
Italian prosecutors ordered the seizure of 8.1 billion euros ($10.5 billion) of assets belonging to the Riva family, one of Europe's wealthiest industrial families and owners of Ilva, Europe's largest steel plant. Spokesmen for Ilva in ...
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Italy chefs roast junior minister who snubbed national cuisine
junior minister who dismissed the country's cuisine as a poor copy of trendy French cooking, poking a sore spot in a long-held kitchen rivalry between the two nations. "I have a negative judgment of the skill of Italian ...
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UPDATE 1-Italians getting glummer on economy Letta government
Fri May 24, 2013 8:50am EDT * Consumer morale falls after government formed * Sentiment on economy worsens sharply * Letta government's approval rating falls further (Adds government's falling approval ratings) By Gavin Jones ROME, May 24 (Reuters) - Italian consumer morale fell unexpectedly in May despite the tax-cutting promises of a new government whose approval ratings are already ...
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Giro dItalia stage cancellation boosts Mark Cavendish red jersey hopes
Giro d'Italia were given a significant boost when Friday's 19th stage was cancelled due to snow along the route, and Saturday's penultimate stage was recast with a ...
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Bad loan writedowns at Italy banks seen at 19 bln euros in 2013-think tank
MILAN | Fri May 24, 2013 8:08am EDT MILAN May 24 (Reuters) - Writedowns on bad loans held by Italian banks will total 19 billion euros ($24.51 billion) this year and 48 billion euros in the three years to 2015, according to a report by think tank Prometeia released on Friday. Despite the hefty loan losses, the Italian banking industry is expected to return to profit this year after ...
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Research and Markets Italy Exploration and Production Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers ...
Research and Markets: Italy Exploration and Production (Upstream) Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Fields, Blocks, Supply- demand and competitive ...
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UPDATE 1-Italian firms tap debt market as bank lending dries up
Fri May 24, 2013 7:34am EDT * First time issuers coming to Italian corporate debt market * 8/25 issues so far this year from newcomers * Bankers see at least 4-5 new issues by the summer * Issues on rise as bank lending dries up, spreads tighten (Add news on Ferrovie Italiane and Poste Italiane) By Francesca Landini MILAN, May 24 (Reuters) - More Italian companies are set to tap the debt ...
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Fiat Chairman said group never tried not to pay taxes in Italy
BAGNIA, Italy | Fri May 24, 2013 7:18am EDT BAGNIA, Italy May 24 (Reuters) - Fiat Chairman John Elkann, at the centre of a political controversy in Italy over plans by truck and tractor maker Fiat Industrial to move its fiscal residence to Britain, said his group had never tried not to pay taxes in Italy, "This is just argument for argument's sake, it is not the reality. No one ...
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Berlusconi looms large in Romes mayoral election even though hes not a candidate
Rome mayor Gianni Alemanno speaks during a photo opportunity in Rome on May 21, 2013. Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates running. The vote is very much a test of Berlusconi's enduring political influence and voter sentiment over the uneasy national government made up of ...
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Italian study backs B.C. ovarian cancer-prevention procedure
A pioneering B.C.-led surgical procedure aimed at preventing ovarian cancer has been deemed safe by a new Italian study published Thursday in the medical journal Gynecologic ...
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Italian Di Luca tests positive for blood doping
(34 mins ago) Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise test at his home before this year's race, organizers said. If confirmed in a backup ';B’’ sample, Di Luca risks a lifetime ban since this is his third offense. The 37-year-old Italian rides for the Vini Fantini-Selle Italia squad. The test was on April 29, five days ...
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Italy railways picks arrangers for 4.5 bln euro debt programme
MILAN | Fri May 24, 2013 6:00am EDT MILAN May 24 (Reuters) - Italy's state railways Ferrovie dello Stato said on Friday it has mandated Deutsche Bank, Credit Agricole, UniCredit and JP Morgan to arrange a medium-term note programme worth up to 4.5 billion euros ($5.8 billion). "The first issue of the programme is expected by the end of July," Ferrovie dello Stato said in a ...
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Italy wage inflation stable for third month at 1.4
ISTAT reported on Friday. On a month on month basis wages rose 0.3 percent, following flat readings in March and February. The annual wage increase was running marginally above the ...
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Snow wipes out Giro dItalia stage
Heavy snowball has forced the cancellation of stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia on Friday.Organisers announced a modified route for the stage on Thursday to avoid the risk of riders cycling through snow and ice, but the adverse weather ensured no action would take place.There has been no word yet on whether Saturday's stage 20, which is also at risk, will go ahead."Due to adverse ...
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Giro dItalia stage cancelled due to snow
The 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race has been cancelled, further hurting Aussie Cadel Evans' fading hopes of winning the overall ...
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YARAT promotes Azerbaijan at Venice Biennale
Space of contemporary art YARAT! takes part in the Venice Biennale with exhibition - Love Me, Love Me Not. Love Me, Love Me Not is a unique exhibition of contemporary fine art in Azerbaijan and a number of neighbouring countries, featuring works by 17 artists from Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey, Russia and Georgia. The exhibition, produced by a non-profit organization YARAT! (curator is Dina ...
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Italy heavily involved in multi billion euro South Stream project
Italy’s natural gas company ENI is a major investor in the South Stream natural gas pipeline project, but the infrastructure development is being held up by a number of trans-national issues, which the Italian government believes is detrimental to the country’s energy security.
South Stream is the name of the transit pipeline that is intended to transport natural gas from Russia to Southern Europe, bypassing Belarus and the Ukraine. It has been highlighted by Prime Minister Berlusconi as important for the energy needs of Italy as it will eliminate the so-called ‘middle man’ and enhance the security of our energy supply, an issue that was underscored in 2005 when ongoing business disputes between Russia and the Ukraine spilled over into trans-national political issues. Read more
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