Friday, 04 April 2014 Residents in a wide area of central Italy have eaten mercury-poisoned food for more than 30 years, the Italian Higher Institute for Health (ISS) said on Thursday. “There is a concrete danger for human health bound… Read More ›
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Venice ‘independence plot’: Italy police arrest 24, seize ‘tank’
Thursday 03 April 2014 Italian police have arrested 24 “separatists,” including an organizer of the online Veneto independence referendum. Police suspect them of plotting to take over Venice’s iconic St. Mark’s Square with a bulldozer which they… Read More ›
Venice: 89% vote for independece from Italy
Sunday, 23 March 2014 Over 89 percent of residents in Italy’s Veneto region have voted in an unofficial referendum in favor of independence from the rest of the country as Venetians seek to restore the glory of the old days… Read More ›
Venice wants to secede from Italy
Sunday, 16 March 2014 Voting begins Sunday on a referendum on whether Venice and its surrounding region should secede from the rest of Italy, in an attempt to restore its 1,000-year history as a sovereign republic. La Serenissima — or… Read More ›
Belarus asks Russia for more planes over NATO activities
Wednesday, 12 March 2014 Belarus has asked Russia to deploy up to 15 more warplanes in Belarus in response to NATO’s intensified activities close to the Belarusian border, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said. Belarus is requesting Russia to reinforce… Read More ›
Germans mock new Italian PM – the new Mr Bean?
Friday, 28 February 2014 German newspapers mocked the new Italian PM Matteo Renzi(39) for having women for half of his cabinet Ministers, which is somewhat bizarre since Germany for the past 8 years is ruled by a woman Angela… Read More ›
Italy is wasting away month by month
– its debt ratio ratcheting up towards 140pc of GDP – and all because the country’s ruling elite cannot shake off its slavish assumption that a return to monetary self-rule is impossible By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Economics Last updated: January 31st,… Read More ›
Italy’s recession caused as much damage ‘as a war’
Employers’ confederation says country still on ‘a razor’s edge’ 19 December, 19:41 Scrivi alla redazione Giorgio Squinzi, head of powerful Italian industrial employers’ group Confindustria (By Sandra Cordon) (ANSAmed) – ROME – Italy’s deep recession has caused as… Read More ›
The EU is in denial over the euro – its failed currency
While Britain and the US kickstart their economic recovery, Europe clings to its sinking ship Rarely has the economic gulf that separates the English-speaking world and continental Europe looked quite as wide as it does today. While much of the… Read More ›
Italy’s president fears violent insurrection in 2014 but offers no remedy
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Economics Last updated: December 17th, 2013 Hundreds of students wrap themselves in an Italian tricolour during a Pitchforks Movement protest in Turin on Wednesday. (Photo: EPA) Events in Italy are turning serious. President Giorgio Napolitano… Read More ›
Pregnant woman has unborn baby girl forcibly removed by caesarean after social workers obtain court order because she had suffered a mental breakdown
Italian woman claims she was not warned she would be given a ceasarean Essex council obtained order allowing them to sedate her against her will The case has now escalated into an international legal row By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:… Read More ›
Italian mobsters work with Egyptian crime syndicates to imprison migrants and extort cash
Revealed: Mafia’s prime role in human-trafficking misery Michael Day Thursday, 24 October 2013 The role of Italian mobsters in human trafficking – of the kind that saw more than 350 African migrants perish off the coast of Lampedusa in… Read More ›
Hard-up Italy to sell 50 historic sites in bid to raise £425million to pay off government debt
A fortress, a palace and an island will be auctioned to tackle the deficit Economy minister Fabrizio Saccomanni hopes to make £425million The sale will be followed by a further £1billion of austerity measures By Daily Mail Reporter and Hannah… Read More ›
Brussels fears European ‘industrial massacre’ sparked by energy costs
Europe’s industry is being ravaged by exorbitant energy costs and an over-valued euro, blighting efforts to reverse years of global manufacturing decline. Mr Tajani warned that Europe’s quixotic dash for renewables was pushing electricity costs to untenable levels, leaving Europe… Read More ›
Qatar: foreign workers banned from driving, holding licenses
Human rights organizations condemn measure as discriminatory 03 July, 16:58 (ANSAmed) – DOHA, JULY 3 – In a move the Doha Traffic Department said will alleviate congestion on the streets and human rights organizations condemned as discriminatory, Qatar… Read More ›
Arrested Vatican monsignor felt he could act with impunity-judge
Source: Reuters – Sun, 30 Jun 2013 01:19 PM Author: Reuters A Swiss guard walks in a hall leading to the Pope’s library at the Vatican May 6, 2013. REUTERS/Tony Gentile * Scarano had vast amounts of money… Read More ›
Paper: NSA gets data from UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France
Sunday, 30 June 2013 The NSA has been working with at least seven European other countries to collect personal communications data, according to Wayne Madsen, a former NSA contractor who has come forward because he does not think the… Read More ›
Top prelate, spy, broker arrested in Vatican bank probe
IOR woes continue, Vatican will collaborate ‘fully’ with judges 28 June, 13:15 (ANSAmed) – ROME – Italian police on Friday arrested a prelate in charge of Vatican accounts, a member of Italy’s domestic intelligence service and a… Read More ›
Silvio Berlusconi ‘asked Italy’s secret service to bump off Muammar Gaddafi’
Michael Day Thursday, 13 June 2013 Silvio Berlusconi asked Italy’s secret services to bump off Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, so the then premier could end his increasingly embarrassing ties with the Libyan dictator, it was claimed today. Mr Berlusconi’s… Read More ›
Italy risks social ‘revolt’ say young employers
Call for ‘statesmen rather than miracles’ and lower taxes 07 June, 21:28 (by Denis Greenan) (ANSAmed) – Santa Margherita Ligure – Soaring jobless rates and the lack of prospects for young people mean politicians face a social “revolt”… Read More ›
Common osteoporosis drug slows formation of new bone
Contact: Jenni Glenn Gingery jgingery@endo-society.org 301-941-0240 The Endocrine Society Study results suggest combination treatments may be needed to stop bone loss, fuel growth Chevy Chase, MD––Although the drug zoledronic acid slows bone loss in osteoporosis patients, it also boosts levels… Read More ›
How the Italian Mafia turned clean energy into dirty money
Justin Smith April 9, 2013 06:34 If the 1970s mob classic “The Godfather” had been filmed today, you’d see giant wind turbines in the backdrop of scenes around Vito Corleone’s hometown. Wind turbines near the village of Patirnico, between… Read More ›
EU Chief: Stealing from Bank Savings Accounts in Spain, Italy is next
Tuesday, 26 March 2013 Savings accounts in Spain, Italy and other European countries will be raided if needed to preserve Europe’s single currency by propping up failing banks, a senior eurozone official has announced. The new policy will alarm hundreds… Read More ›
Three quarters of a million Britons living in Europe could see their savings raided to help save the European Union’s single currency following the Cyprus debt crisis.
British expats in Cyprus face eurozone raids on their savings By Bruno Waterfield, in Brussels 9:43PM GMT 25 Mar 2013 A senior eurozone figure on Monday suggested the plan to save Cyprus could serve as a template for rescuing… Read More ›
New EU Plan: Steal Bank Accounts from people
Monday, 18 March 2013 The surprise decision by euro zone leaders to part-fund a bailout of Cyprus by taxing bank deposits sent shockwaves through financial markets on Monday, with shares and the bonds of struggling euro zone governments tumbling…. Read More ›
‘In fact, Italy’s already out of the euro’ – Grillo
Mar 13, 2013 18:20 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Beppe Grillo, the leader of the “Five Star Movement” which won 25% of the votes cast in the last parliamentary elections was interviewed by the German financial newspaper Handelsblatt. The former comic… Read More ›
Wave of euroscepticism reaches Germany / “predicted the collapse of the Eurozone”
Natalia Kovalenko, Alexander Shishlo Mar 12, 2013 16:31 Moscow Time © Flickr.com/Luigi Rosa/cc-by-sa 3.0 German opponents to the common European currency have set up a new political party named Alternative for Germany. They urge disbanding the Eurozone, going back to… Read More ›
Banks saved, but may have lost an entire generation of young people in the process, the president of the European Parliament said.
Banks saved, but Europe risks “losing a generation” By Luke BakerPosted 2013/03/11 at 3:37 pm EDT BRUSSELS, Mar. 11, 2013 (Reuters) — Europe has spent hundreds of billions of euros rescuing its banks but may have lost an entire generation… Read More ›
Human brain treats prosthetic devices as part of the body
Contact: Jyoti Madhusoodanan jmadhusoodanan@plos.org 415-568-4545 Public Library of Science People with spinal cordPeople with spinal cord injuries show strong association of wheelchairs as part of their body, not extension of immobile limbs injuries show strong association of wheelchairs as part… Read More ›
Italy’s Pier luigi Bersani vowed to break free of the country’s austerity regime
Italy’s Bersani on collision course with Germany and ECB over austerity Italy’s Pier luigi Bersani vowed to break free of the country’s austerity regime as he laid out plans for a centre-Left government, risking a serious clash with Germany and… Read More ›
Anger builds in Italy as old guard plots fresh technocrat take-over : Will risk Revolution
Italy’s president Giorgio Napolitano is exploring the creation of a second technocrat government to break the political log-jam and calm markets after key parties failed to reach an accord, risking a serious popular backlash. Comedian Beppe Grillo repeated his vow… Read More ›
Eurozone breaks record on Jobless level
Friday, 01 March 2013 Italy’s voters gave their verdict on the austerity medicine they’ve been forced to take when they went to the polls earlier this week. By Friday, one of the reasons behind the protest was highlighted when the… Read More ›
Italy might leave the Euro “In six months, we will no longer be able to pay pensions and the wages of public employees.”
Beppe Grillo suggests Italy might leave the Euro Post-election power broker also thinks the country will have to renegotiate on debt James Legge Saturday, 2 March 2013 Italy’s comedian-cum-power broker will have raised further eyebrows in Eurocrat circles today with… Read More ›
Italy halts austerity plan leaving EU in turmoil
Fears that deadlock will lengthen Italy’s two-year recession and spill over into rest of the eurozone hit markets across Europe Ian Traynor in Brussels, John Hooper in Rome and Phillip Inman The Guardian, Tuesday 26 February 2013 15.38 EST Italy’s decision… Read More ›
Italian Mafia corrupts green energy sector, sting operations show
3:34 AM 01/25/2013 The Italian Mafia has heavily infiltrated the country’s renewable energy sector, according to reports of sting operations there. Since the early 2000s, when governments started flooding global energy markets with cheap loans, organized crime elements have taken… Read More ›
Immigration: Italy summarily returning unaccompanied kids
Violating children asylum seekers’ rights, HRW report 22 January, 17:44 (ANSAmed) – ROME, JANUARY 22 – Italy is summarily returning unaccompanied migrant children and adult asylum seekers to Greece, where they face a dysfunctional… Read More ›
Italian elections may decide euro’s fate
It’s Monti vs. Berlusconi as Yuletide sparring launches campaign. Paul Ames December 28, 2012 06:15 ROME, Italy — Italians took a break from politics for most of 2012. Bitter party rivals buried their grievances to give a non-elected, technocratic government… Read More ›
Monti resignation announcement causes fears of renewed euro turbulence
News sees Italy’s borrowing costs rise and share prices fall, and EU leaders worry about possible spillover into Spain The Guardian, Monday 10 December 2012 16.14 EST Mario Monti, Mariano Rajoy and Antonis Samaras, the prime ministers of Italy,… Read More ›
Lithium restores cognitive function in Down syndrome mice
Contact: Jillian Hurst press_releases@the-jci.org Journal of Clinical Investigation Down syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is the leading cause of genetically defined intellectual disability. In the brain, Down syndrome results in alterations in the connections between neurons and a reduction… Read More ›
Russia, Italy in joint naval exercises
Nov 9, 2012 18:31 Moscow Time Photo: RIA Novosti A frigate and a naval tugboat from Russia and two frigates from Italy have successfully carried out joint counter-piracy and air defence exercises in the Ionian Sea. The mock attackers were… Read More ›
Anonymous hack 30000 accounts and Social Security Numbers from ‘Telecom Italy’
Engineering Evil: Please use Caution when Clicking on any unknown links…. Posted by Mohit Kumar on 11/05/2012 07:44:00 AM | “Please don’t mind, its 5th of November” slogan for today ! Anonymous Hackers hacked into “Telecom Italy” (www.telecomitalia.it) and dump… Read More ›
Spain and Italy criticise Berlin plan for EU to police budgets
Europe divided over German proposals for a ‘super commissioner’ who could punish nations with large deficit Giles Tremlett in Madrd The Guardian, Monday 29 October 2012 16.53 EDT Spain’s prime minister Mariano Rajoy said about plans for an EU ‘super commissioner:… Read More ›
Health Canada suspends dispersal of Novartis flu shots after discovery of virus particle clumps
By Helen Branswell, The Canadian PressOctober 27, 2012 TORONTO – Canada is following the lead of several European countries and suspending distribution of flu vaccine made by the pharmaceutical firm Novartis. The decision relates to the discovery by the company… Read More ›
France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland now imposing partial ban on the Novartis Flu Vaccine
France halts sale of Novartis flu vaccine Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:18 GMT Source: reuters (Adds comment from European Medicines Agency) PARIS, Oct 26 (Reuters) – France said it was halting sales of an influenza vaccine made by Swiss drugmaker… Read More ›
Silvio Berlusconi four-year sentence quickly cut to one year
Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, was sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion, only for the prison term to be reduced swiftly to one year. Mr Berlusconi has been tried numerous times for his business dealings… Read More ›
Spain regulator halts sale of some Novartis flu vaccines
Update #2 : France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland now imposing partial ban on the Novartis Flu Vaccine Italy has banned them..Switzerland is now considering Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:57 GMT Source: reuters MADRID, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Spain joined… Read More ›
Italy bans Novartis flu vaccines pending tests. Switzerland to also take precautionary steps.
Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:14 GMT Source: reuters ROME/ZURICH, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Italy banned the sale and use of anti-influenza vaccines produced by Novartis on Wednesday pending tests for possible side effects, prompting authorities in Switzerland to also take… Read More ›
Unemployed young cost Europe €153bln a year
Published: 22 October, 2012, 15:57 Edited: 22 October, 2012, 15:57 As many as 14 million young unemployed Europeans cost the region’s economy about 153 billion euro a year or 1.2% of the EU’s gross domestic product, according to the study… Read More ›
Italy scientists sentenced to six years jail in quake trial
22Oct2012 L’AQUILA, Italy (AFP) Six Italian scientists and a government official were found guilty on Monday in a watershed trial of multiple manslaughter for underestimating the risks of a killer earthquake in the town of L’Aquila in 2009. Judge Marco… Read More ›
Can your body sense future events without any external clue?
Contact: Hilary Hurd Anyaso h-anyaso@northwestern.edu 847-491-4887 Northwestern University New Northwestern analysis focuses on ‘pre-feelings’ and ability to anticipate the near future EVANSTON, Ill. — Wouldn’t it be amazing if our bodies prepared us for future events that could be very… Read More ›
