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Explained: All that the Italy government crisis threatens to jeopardise

July 19, 2022 7:51 am

PM Mario Draghi's resignation was rejected by the president last week, deepening political crisis in the eurozone's third largest economy.

Italy’s crisis redoubles European foreboding

July 17, 2022 5:29 pm

That uncertainty engulfed Italy this week as Prime Minister Mario Draghi, a symbol of European resolve in the face of Russian aggression, quit in response to a populist rebellion in his national unity government — only to be asked to persevere at least until next week.

Italy stuck in political limbo, prospect of early election grows

July 15, 2022 6:05 pm

Draghi's 18-month-old government was thrown into turmoil by the populist 5-Star Movement, which boycotted a parliamentary confidence motion on Thursday on Draghi's plans to tackle the growing cost of living, arguing they did not go far enough.

'No, Mario', Italian president urges PM Draghi not to quit

July 15, 2022 11:59 am

Draghi, 74, went to the Quirinale Palace in Rome to meet President Sergio Mattarella and hand in his resignation but Mattarella, the supreme arbiter in Italian politics, urged him to rethink.

With Italian Soccer victory, ‘Brexit completed’

July 13, 2021 9:57 am

Carlo Cottarelli had a lot of company from European members of Parliament to raucous Italian fans and the continent’s leaders in connecting England’s failure in the finals of Euro 2020 to Britain’s exit from the European Union, known the world over as Brexit.

Cruise ships restart in Venice, bring environmental protests

June 06, 2021 12:08 pm

Italian Premier Mario Draghi’s government pledged this spring to get cruise ships out of the Venice lagoon, but reaching that goal will take time.

Italian PM calls Turkey's Erdogan ‘dictator’ after inappropriate treatment to EU commission president

April 09, 2021 4:35 pm

Turkish news agency reported that following Draghi’s remarks the Italian ambassador to Turkey was summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry.

Dollar near 2-month peak as ECB leaves euro underwhelmed

June 03, 2016 10:11 am

The euro stood near a three-year low early on Friday, having been underwhelmed by the ECB, which held back from making material changes after its policy review.

Here's what to look out for in the European Central Bank's meeting

April 20, 2016 3:49 pm

With economic growth still relatively weak and inflation nonexistent, Draghi will be keen to convince investors that the ECB has not run out of ammunition to support the 19-country eurozone.

ECB bond-buying move pushes markets soaring to new peaks

January 24, 2015 3:10 am

On Friday, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth $336.66 million worth of shares.

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