http://www.mail.com/people/1926-giorgio-napolitano.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/1926-giorgio-napolitano.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070624-7-dead-2-missing-ship-crashes-genoa.html ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors placed the captain of the Jolly Nero cargo ship under investigation Wednesday for alleged manslaughter after his vessel slammed into the dock at Genoa's busy port and toppled the control tower into the harbor, killing at least seven people. As rescue teams in diving suits searched for two other missing people, officials beg... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:33:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070624-7-dead-2-missing-ship-crashes-genoa.html 2013-05-08T21:33:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065782-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html ROME (AP) — Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad. One of Italy's most important postwar figures, he helped draft the country's constitution after World War II, served seven times as premier and spent 60 years in Parliament. But the Christian Democrat who was friends with popes and cardinals was also a controversial... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:37:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065782-italys-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-94.html 2013-05-06T19:37:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048480-italy-forms-government-2-month-stalemate.html ROME (AP) — Center-left leader Enrico Letta forged a new Italian government Saturday in a coalition with former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's conservatives, an unusual alliance of bitter rivals that broke a two-month political stalemate from inconclusive elections in the recession-mired country. The daunting achievement was pulled off by Letta, who will be ... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:32:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048480-italy-forms-government-2-month-stalemate.html 2013-04-27T19:32:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2046594-berlusconi-predicts-success-italian-talks.html ROME (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi predicted Friday that Italy would succeed in forming a governing coalition out of bitterly rival blocs including his own, savoring the prospects of a political comeback for himself and his conservative party. Once virtually counted out as a political power after giving up the premiership in the face of ... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:24:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2046594-berlusconi-predicts-success-italian-talks.html 2013-04-26T14:24:06Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2044010-italy-premier-designate-short-securing-support.html ROME (AP) — Italy's premier-designate, Enrico Letta, said candidly Thursday he is still short of securing support for a ruling coalition after Silvio Berlusconi's forces insisted that the media mogul's populist economic policies dominate the would-be government's agenda. "The difficulties are there," Letta acknowledged during talks, broadcast live on TV, ... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:54:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2044010-italy-premier-designate-short-securing-support.html 2013-04-25T18:54:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038570-italian-president-seeks-to-political-paralysis.html ROME (AP) — President Giorgio Napolitano opened his unprecedented second term with around-the-clock consultations Tuesday aimed at finding a candidate to form a new government and end the political paralysis following inconclusive February elections. Napolitano met with leaders of both chambers and representatives of Italy's major parties to sound them ou... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:51:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038570-italian-president-seeks-to-political-paralysis.html 2013-04-23T19:51:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2036074-asia-stocks-fall-china-production-slips.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets fell Tuesday after China's manufacturing growth slowed in April, adding to worries about the health of the world's second-largest economy. A preliminary survey by HSBC Corp. said its monthly purchasing managers' index fell to a worse-than-expected 50.5 from March's 51.6 on a 100-point scale. That comes on top of data rel... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2036074-asia-stocks-fall-china-production-slips.html 2013-04-23T05:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036134-italian-president-chastises-countrys-politicians.html ROME (AP) — Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, sworn in Monday for an unprecedented second term at the age of 87, chastised lawmakers for their inadequate response to the country's economic crisis and urged them to form a new government "without delay." While growing emotional over "the trust and affection I have seen grow toward me and the institution... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:34:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036134-italian-president-chastises-countrys-politicians.html 2013-04-22T19:34:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2034830-italian-protest-party-people-fed-up-with-politics.html ROME (AP) — A day after Italy's president was re-elected to an unprecedented second term, the leader of an anti-establishment movement says citizens' patience with traditional parties is wearing thin. Beppe Grillo, a comic who heads the Five Star Movement, has dismissed President Giorgio Napolitano's re-election as a bid by doomed parties to hang onto pow... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:27:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2034830-italian-protest-party-people-fed-up-with-politics.html 2013-04-21T15:27:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033162-napolitano-re-elected-italys-president.html ROME (AP) — Italy's Parliament on Saturday re-elected Giorgio Napolitano to an unprecedented second term as president, after party leaders persuaded the 87-year-old to serve again in hopes of easing the hostility that has thwarted formation of a new government. Napolitano easily surpassed the simple majority required to be elected Saturday afternoon. He g... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:41:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033162-napolitano-re-elected-italys-president.html 2013-04-20T23:41:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031896-italy-parliament-fails-to-tap-president.html ROME (AP) — Italy's polarized Parliament failed in a second day of balloting Friday to elect a president, as the high-profile candidacy of ex-Premier Romano Prodi fell far short of the votes needed. The rebuff deepened the political paralysis gripping the eurozone's third-largest economy. Prodi, the only politician to defeat media mogul Silvio Berlusconi ... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:15:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031896-italy-parliament-fails-to-tap-president.html 2013-04-19T21:15:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027464-italian-lawmakers-fail-to-elect-president.html ROME (AP) — Italian lawmakers failed on Thursday to elect the nation's president during initial rounds of voting, the latest worrisome evidence of the political discord that has thwarted the formation of a government for two months. President Giorgio Napolitano's term ends next month, and choosing his successor is viewed as a critical step toward resolvin... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:57:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027464-italian-lawmakers-fail-to-elect-president.html 2013-04-18T18:57:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015556-italy-wise-men-urge-political-financial-reforms.html ROME (AP) — Two task forces appointed by Italy's president to help break the country's political gridlock have proposed a host of government and financial reforms that have long been discussed but never taken up by Italy's squabbling politicians. The 10 "wise men" presented their final reports Friday after a brief, two-week mandate to try to help end the ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:55:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2015556-italy-wise-men-urge-political-financial-reforms.html 2013-04-12T12:55:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2001370-italy-pardons-us-air-force-officer-cia-case.html ROME (AP) — Italy's president on Friday pardoned a U.S. Air Force colonel convicted in absentia by Italian courts in the CIA-conducted abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street in a move he hoped would keep American-Italian relations strong, especially on security matters. President Giorgio Napolitano's office said the head of state gran... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2001370-italy-pardons-us-air-force-officer-cia-case.html 2013-04-05T20:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1990618-italys-10-sages-try-to-help-form-government.html ROME (AP) — Ten "wise men" will try to do what Italy's bickering politicians haven't been able to accomplish since inconclusive elections in late February — figure out a formula to help form a new government fast for the recession-mired nation as financial markets impatiently await an end to the impasse. President Giorgio Napolitano created the panel of e... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:12:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1990618-italys-10-sages-try-to-help-form-government.html 2013-04-01T16:12:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1988604-italy-president-seeks-counsel-to-gridlock.html ROME (AP) — Italy's president on Saturday named 10 outside experts — including a central banker, a constitutional expert, and the head of Italy's statistics agency — to try to help end the political gridlock that has prevented the formation of a government more than a month after inconclusive elections. The 10 "wise men" will come up with proposals over t... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:06:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1988604-italy-president-seeks-counsel-to-gridlock.html 2013-03-30T19:06:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1985012-italys-center-left-leader-fails-to-form-govt.html MILAN (AP) — Italy remained in political gridlock Thursday after the center-left leader announced he had failed to form a government. Pier Luigi Bersani, who has been talking with parties since Friday, expressed some bitterness when he told reporters at the president's office in Rome that he found "unacceptable" attempts by some parties to set "preclusion... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:06:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1985012-italys-center-left-leader-fails-to-form-govt.html 2013-03-28T20:06:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981056-italy-foreign-minister-quits-india-case.html ROME (AP) — Italy's foreign minister resigned Tuesday to protest his government's decision to send two marines back to India to face trial in the deaths of two fishermen. Minister Giulio Terzi made the surprise announcement to Parliament after offering a report on the case of the Italian marines to lawmakers. He denied the government had no knowledge of h... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:01:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981056-italy-foreign-minister-quits-india-case.html 2013-03-26T22:01:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972948-italys-bersani-tapped-to-form-government.html ROME (AP) — Italy's center-left leader, Pier Luigi Bersani, was given the tough task Friday to form a new and viable government, which is badly needed to steer the country out of recession and get more Italians back to work. National elections last month produced no clear winner, but President Giorgio Napolitano said the 61-year-old Bersani was best posit... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:47:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972948-italys-bersani-tapped-to-form-government.html 2013-03-22T19:47:35Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1967238-debt-laden-italy-struggles-to-find-stable-govt.html ROME (AP) — Trying to break through weeks of political gridlock, Italy's president began sounding out parliamentary leaders Wednesday to see if they can form a new government or if another election must be called. February's national election revealed deep political anger in Italy and left few options for creating a coalition government tough enough to en... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:43:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1967238-debt-laden-italy-struggles-to-find-stable-govt.html 2013-03-20T13:43:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1959858-italian-parliament-elects-center-left-leaders.html ROME (AP) — Italian lawmakers on Saturday elected center-left leaders for both chambers of Parliament, paving the way for difficult talks to form a new government to get started. Normally a routine procedure for a new Parliament, filling the positions required four rounds of voting in both the lower house and the Senate, highlighting Italy's political gri... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:35:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1959858-italian-parliament-elects-center-left-leaders.html 2013-03-16T18:35:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1951790-court-delays-berlusconis-sex-for-hire-trial.html MILAN (AP) — A Milan court on Wednesday delayed former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex-for-hire trial after receiving new medical documents confirming that an eye inflammation has prevented his attendance. Berlusconi has been hospitalized since Friday, and his legal team has sought delays in two trials that are nearing verdicts at a politically delicate m... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:45:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1951790-court-delays-berlusconis-sex-for-hire-trial.html 2013-03-13T17:45:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937738-crazy-days-rome-with-papal-political-void.html ROME (AP) — These are crazy days in Rome, where limbo reigns in parliament and papacy. Italy is usually a pretty anarchic place, with people bucking rules on everything from crossing the street to paying taxes. But the anarchy's going a bit far: Who's running the country? Who's running the church? For now, at least, nobody really knows... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:45:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937738-crazy-days-rome-with-papal-political-void.html 2013-03-07T16:45:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937762-berlusconi-convicted-wiretap-case.html MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was convicted Thursday over the illegal publication in a newspaper owned by his media empire of wiretapped conversations related to a bank takeover attempt. A Milan court found Berlusconi guilty of breach of confidentiality and sentenced him to one year in jail, though it did not issue an order on carr... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:45:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937762-berlusconi-convicted-wiretap-case.html 2013-03-07T15:45:19Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1924918-beppe-grillos-protest-group-wins-italian-hearts.html ROME (AP) — It says a lot about the political mood in Italy that when an unidentified package arrived at comic-turned-political leader Beppe Grillo's house, the bomb squad was called. The package, delivered Thursday, actually contained bottles of Sardinian liquor — a congratulations gift for his group's meteoric rise in Italy's latest election. The vote d... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:34:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1924918-beppe-grillos-protest-group-wins-italian-hearts.html 2013-03-01T20:34:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1894830-obama-meets-departing-italian-president.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is greeting outgoing Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, hailing him as a friend and a "visionary" leader and taking the opportunity to thank Italy for its participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and contributions in Afghanistan. Obama says Napolitano, who ends his seven years in office this sprin... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:19:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1894830-obama-meets-departing-italian-president.html 2013-02-15T18:19:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817092-victims-costa-shipwreck-mark-anniversary.html GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Survivors of the Costa Concordia shipwreck and relatives of the 32 people who died marked the first anniversary of the grounding Sunday with the unveiling of memorials to the victims, a tearful Mass in their honor and a minute of silence to recall the exact moment that the cruise ship rammed into a reef off Tuscany. One of the most mo... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817092-victims-costa-shipwreck-mark-anniversary.html 2013-01-13T20:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1806474-eu-court-fines-italy-prison-overcrowding.html ROME (AP) — A European court ruled Tuesday that Italy's woefully overcrowded prisons violate the basic rights of inmates, fined the government €100,000 ($131,000) and ordered it to make changes within a year. The finding came three years after Italy's government recognized the problem itself but failed to pass legislation designed to correct it. The Europ... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1806474-eu-court-fines-italy-prison-overcrowding.html 2013-01-08T16:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1784166-monti-open-to-leading-government.html ROME (AP) — After keeping Italians, and the rest of Europe, in suspense for weeks, caretaker Premier Mario Monti on Sunday ruled out campaigning in February elections, but said he would consider leading the next government if politicians who share his focus on reform request it. The decision positions him to take the helm again without having to get into ... Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1784166-monti-open-to-leading-government.html 2012-12-23T17:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1783244-will-wont-he-italy-awaits-montis-decision.html ROME (AP) — Italy's president dissolved parliament Saturday, setting the stage for general elections in February and leaving only one lingering question from Premier Mario Monti's 13-month term trying to fix Italy's troubled finances: whether he will run. Monti will announce his decision Sunday, ending weeks of speculation and jockeying that have dominate... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1783244-will-wont-he-italy-awaits-montis-decision.html 2012-12-22T17:28:00Z