Italy’s national statistics bureau Istat reported Monday that August industrial production was up more than 4 percent over July. The jump was the largest month-to-month jump in more than a decade. Economists had anticipated only a slight increase in production of about 0.2 percent from July to August. The production jump from August 2010 to […]
Italy’s Industrial Production Hits Highest Increase in Over a Decade
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 1:40 am (UTC-5)
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Firm Says Ship Hijacked Off Somali Coast
Posted October 10th, 2011 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
An Italian company says one of its ships appears to have been hijacked off the coast of Somalia. The D’Alesio Group says the MV Montecristo activated its security alarm Monday evening while located about 1,000 kilometers east of the Somali coast. The firm says the last message from the captain indicated the ship had been […]
Italy’s Berlusconi Rejects Calls for Resignation After New Gaffe
Posted October 7th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi has rejected new calls for his resignation after making a vulgar remark about women. Mr. Berlusconi told political supporters Friday that being the Italian leader is a “burden that I personally would be glad to be rid of.” But he said there was “no alternative” to his continued rule through the government’s […]
Italy’s Northern League Says It Will Be “Complicated” For Government to Last Until Scheduled Elections
Posted October 6th, 2011 at 8:15 am (UTC-5)
The leader of Italy’s powerful Northern League party, a key partner in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s coalition, said Thursday it will be “complicated” for the government to last until the next scheduled elections in 2013 Umberto Bossi told reporters it would be objectively difficult for Mr. Berlusconi to continue governing until the 2013 elections. Berlusconi […]
College Student Amanda Knox Returns to US
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 9:00 pm (UTC-5)
American college student Amanda Knox has returned to the United States as a free woman, one day after an appeals court in Perugia, Italy overturned her conviction for murder in the death of her roommate. A British Airways plane carrying the 24-year-old Knox and her family landed Tuesday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Washington. At a […]
Amanda Knox Murder Conviction is Overturned; Prosecutors Promise Appeal
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
American college student Amanda Knox is on her way home to the United States Tuesday, a free woman after a jury in Italy overturned her murder conviction. But the prosecution has voiced disbelief over the controversial ruling and has vowed to appeal the verdict to Italy’s highest criminal court, the Court of Cassation. Knox collapsed […]
Amanda Knox Leaves Italy After Murder Conviction is Overturned
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
American college student Amanda Knox boarded an airplane in Italy a free woman Tuesday enroute to the United States, after a jury in Italy overturned her murder conviction. Knox collapsed in tears and the courtroom erupted Monday evening when the court decision was read. Knox’s former Italian boyfriend and co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, also was exonerated […]
Italian Jury Overturns Knox Murder Conviction
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
A jury in Perugia, Italy has overturned the murder conviction of U.S. college student Amanda Knox and ordered her freed from prison. Knox collapsed in tears and the courtroom erupted Monday evening when the decision was read. Knox’s former Italian boyfriend and co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, also was exonerated and freed from prison. Knox was appealing […]
Berlusconi Aides To Face Trial For Abetting Prostitution
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
A Milan judge has ordered three of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s aides to stand trial on charges they allegedly abetted prostitution. The aides — Emilio Fede, Nicole Minetti and Lele Mora — allegedly hired a 17-year-old and other young women for erotic parties at Mr. Berlusconi’s home. They are also accused of establishing contact […]
Knox Closes Murder Conviction Appeal With Tearful Plea For Freedom
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
American student Amanda Knox made a final tearful plea for freedom in a Perugia courtroom Monday, as the Italian jury retired to consider its verdict in her appeal against her murder conviction. Knox fought back tears as she denied taking part in the crime that left her roommate, Meredith Kercher, half-naked and dead in a […]
