Italian Public Accounts Said a 'Disaster'
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Italy's new deputy economics minister on Tuesday called the nation's economic situation "a disaster," saying the deficit in 2006 may exceed 4.5 percent of gross domestic product.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi's power is at risk after parties threaten to quit the governing coalition.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned Wednesday after his government lost a parliamentary vote on its foreign policy.Comment
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So many Italians have decided 53 is the lucky number that the government is in serious trouble -- one billion euros (690 million pounds) worth -- if it comes up in the right place in the national lottery.
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The European Union&#39;s top monetary official said Tuesday he was concerned over Italian budget deficit figures, only a week after Greece was challenged over alleged sloppy bookkeeping and possible underreporting of its deficit to present a rosy economic
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Governo. Berlusconi a Fini e Follini: o si tagliano le tasse o si va al voto. Fassino: governo nel marasma assoluto. &quot;Se le imposte si riducono in modo consistente e visibile, la corsa continua. Altrimenti, la
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The BBC's Tamsin Smith says the row in Brussels over comments by Italy's candidate for EU commissioner has affronted Italians.
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Rome: Millions of Italian workers took part in a one-day general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Silvio Berlusconi's collapse at a political rally alarmed Italy's centre-right opposition and fueled speculation on Monday that the former prime minister may be set to bow out of frontline politics.
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British public finances suffered last month their worst September since comparable records began while borrowing in the fiscal year to date is running
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Union leaders today called for an inquiry into a massive computer crash which disabled the government&#39;s benefits system, forcing civil servants to write out giro cheques by hand.
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Millions of Italians stopped work yesterday in protest at the economic policies of Silvio Berlusconi&#39;s government. A nationwide half-day stoppage crippled public transport and shut factories and banks.
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Ã stato un flop il primo incontro al ministero del Welfare sugli ammortizzatori sociali per i 3.700 esuberi dellâAlitalia. La proposte del Governo, formulate dal ministro del Welfare Roberto Maroni, sono
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The government is to blame for the crisis which has hit Northern Rock, says the Tory leader.
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ROME: Italy has defended as an &quot;emergency measure&quot; its draconian new policy of airlifting illegal immigrants straight back to Libya the moment they set foot on Italian soil.
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Italy ground to a halt as millions of workers observed a general strike in protest against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government.
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ROME: Italy's factories, trains, banks and planes will come to a standstill for hours today as unions stage a general strike to protest at plans for tax cuts they say will help the rich and cost the public ...