In footage provided by Sky Italia, an Italian man with right-wing views opened fire in two markets in Florence on Tuesday, killing two Senegalese immigrants and critically wounding three others before killing himself, authorities said. (Dec. 13) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
Against the backdrop of anti-austerity protesters clashing with riot police, Italy’s new premier has appealed to Italians on Thursday to accept sacrifices to save their country from bankruptcy.(Nov. 17) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
Economist Mario Monti has accepted the task of trying to form a new government that can rescue Italy from financial ruin. The selection of the former EU competition commissioner came a day after Silvio Berlusconi resigned as premier. Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi resigned Saturday after parliament’s lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era. (Nov. 12) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
Italy’s Senate has approved crucial economic reforms demanded by the European Union, the first step in paving the way for Premier Silvio Berlusconi to resign and a transitional government to be formed. (Nov. 11) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
Italy’s key borrowing rate spiked well above the 7 percent level that eventually forced other eurozone countries to seek bailouts, amid uncertainty over who would lead the country when Premier Silvio Berlusconi steps down. (Nov. 9) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
Italy’s key borrowing rate spiked well above the 7 percent level that eventually forced other eurozone countries to seek bailouts, amid uncertainty over who would lead the country when Premier Silvio Berlusconi steps down. (Nov. 9) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
Italy is the latest target in Europe’s financial crisis, as soaring borrowing rates intensified pressure on Premier Silvio Berlusconi to resign and let a new government reform the country’s spendthrift ways. (Nov. 7) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
Three topless demonstrators from the Ukrainian protest group, FEMEN, joined a rally against Italy’s prime minister in Rome on Saturday. One of the topless protesters also criticized Ukraine’s controversial president, Viktor Yanukovych. (Nov 5) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
Flash floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains earlier this week barreled through picturesque towns along Italy’s northwest coast, burying streets under mud, damaging homes and overturning vehicles. (Oct. 28) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: AssociatedPressHosted: youtube
Five people are reported to have died and eight remain unaccounted for after torrential rains sent rivers of mud coursing through small towns in northern Italy. Several towns were cut off because of damaged, flooded or blocked roads. (Oct. 26) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: …
A baby leopard cub was presented to the public for the first time on Thursday at Rome’s Bioparco zoo. A dark, shaky video showed the first shots of the Iranian leopard cub, born on September 1 at the zoo. (Sept. 23) Category: News & PoliticsUploaded …
