guardian news Italy looks set for fresh elections as it enters third month without government

[umbertino]

Milan bourse drops sharply, spread over 300 points

Tension on markers after EC letter, Salvini blames speculators

 

Redazione ANSA Milan

08 October 201818:21 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/08/milan-bourse-drops-sharply-spread-over-300-points_fadf705a-0546-4fd4-8740-dd2cc902911d.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Juncker,Moscovici are enemies of Europe say Salvini, Le Pen

Le Pen says she's with League leader for 'change in Europe'

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

08 October 201812:14 News

 

 

 

Matteo Salvini & Marine Le Pen in Rome

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http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/08/junckermoscovici-are-enemies-of-europe-say-salvini-le-pen_0b64d5b1-d967-4694-9593-86ad5dfc3616.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Never said reneging on Italy EU membership - Di Maio

We must stay in it to change it

 

Redazione ANSA Berlin

08 October 201816:11 News

 

 

 

 

Luigi Di Maio

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http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/08/never-said-reneging-on-italy-eu-membership-di-maio_4abd89ae-626f-483e-87d8-983a40a683d9.html

 

 

[umbertino]

IMF warns Italy not to breach EU spending rules in next budget

 

Italy’s finance minister confirms plans to run a budget deficit of 2.4% of GDP

 

Phillip Inman in Bali

Tue 9 Oct 2018 17.43 BST

 

 

 

The IMF’s chief economist Maurice Obstfeld (C) speaks at the organisation’s annual conference in Bali

Photograph: Stephen Jaffe/AFP/Getty

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/oct/09/imf-warns-italy-not-to-breach-eu-spending-rules-in-next-budget

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ve launched a migrant rescue ship to resist the racist right in Italy

 

This mission is not only about providing humanitarian aid but protesting against the toxic politics of Italy, Europe and the US

 

 

Michael Hardt and Sandro Mezzadra

Tue 9 Oct 2018 10.05 BST

 

 

 

The Mare Jonio ( Jonian Sea). ‘The project takes place against the backdrop of an Italian government that has sought repeatedly to block and even criminalise humanitarian assistance.’

Photograph: Ruben Neugebauer

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/09/migrant-rescue-ship-racist-politics-italy-us

[umbertino]

Govt stands by economic forecasts - Tria

Parliamentary body didn't OK DEF,said growth data too optimistic

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

10 October 201812:04 News

 

 

 

 

Giovanni Tria, Italian minister of Economy

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http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2018/10/10/govt-stands-by-economic-forecasts-tria_9750ff29-77ec-4539-8085-2ee0e0608b42.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Budget won't change for spread - Salvini

We won't turn back says deputy premier

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

10 October 201810:23 News

 

 

 

Matteo Salvini, minister of Interior affairs

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http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/10/budget-wont-change-for-spread-salvini_f0c50d63-6aaf-42f6-b20e-10285909b7f8.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Carabiniere  (one of the 2 main Italian law enforcement bodies) accuses other cops over Cucchi

Breakthrough in case of 31-yr-old who died in custody in 2009

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

11 October 201818:01 News

 

 

 

Ilaria (sister) Cucchi holding a picture of Stefano Cucchi

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http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/11/carabiniere-accuses-other-cops-over-cucchi_a48b2541-da20-435c-bf94-38c03fecd193.html

 

Murderers with a badge.....So sad and upsetting......

 

 

Stefano Cucchi case

 

https://italychronicles.com/the-shocking-case-of-stefano-cucchi/

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Italy

Edited October 11, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Labour figures unite in support of Italian MEP Cécile Kyenge

 

Minister faces trial (umb's note: UNBELIEVABLE!!!   JUST SHAMEFUL....) for calling League party racist (which it is) after she was compared to an orangutan (sigh....)

 

Jennifer Rankin

Fri 12 Oct 2018 07.00 BST Last modified on Fri 12 Oct 2018 09.45 BST

 

 

Cecile Kyenge, Italy’s first black minister, is being sued for defamation

Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/12/labour-figures-unite-in-support-of-italian-mep-cecile-kyenge

 

 

Fascists and racists will be fascists and racists...And always haters.....Nuff said

 

Edited October 12, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Italy's Matteo Salvini says 'little ethnic shops' should close by 9pm

 

Minister calls late-night stores mostly run by foreigners ‘meeting place for drug deals’

 

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Fri 12 Oct 2018 12.40 BST

 

 

 

A convenience store in Rome. Retail associations described the move, part of a security decree, as discriminatory

Photograph: Alamy

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/12/italy-matteo-salvini-little-ethnic-shops-foreigners

 

The racist fascist on the move again......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We stand with Cécile Kashetu Kyenge

 

Black elected representatives and community leaders from across Europe voice their support for the Italian MEP, who is sued for defamation for calling the Italian League party racist

 

 

Letters

Fri 12 Oct 2018 07.00 BST Last modified on Fri 12 Oct 2018 09.46 BST

 

 

 

Cécile Kashetu Kyenge

Photograph: Domenico Stinellis/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/12/we-stand-with-cecile-kashetu-kyenge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 more Cucchi cops probed, 1 will be quizzed

Tor Sapienza (a Rome neighborhood) station chief office searched

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

12 October 201817:17 News

 

 

 

 

Stefano Cucchi and his sister Ilaria Cucchi (who always fought for truth)

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http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/12/2-more-cucchi-cops-probed-1-will-be-quizzed_cedab1a7-264c-49af-9d21-b966727f20b9.html

 

[umbertino]

Why Italy Could Be the Epicenter of the Next Financial Crisis

 

By Jack Ewing and Jason Horowitz

• Oct. 12, 2018

 

 

The Italian government’s populist spending plans — a proposal is due to Brussels on Monday — have bond investors worried about the potential for another debt crisis.CreditCreditNadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/12/business/italy-debt-crisis-eu-brussels.html

[umbertino]

Matteo Salvini orders removal of refugees from Riace

 

Mayor of Italian town hailed as a model of migrant integration is under house arrest

 

 

Angela Giuffrida

Sun 14 Oct 2018 10.51 BST

 

 

 

A solidarity demonstration in Riace for Mayor Domenico Lucano, who is accused of encouraging illegal immigration

Photograph: Marco Costantino/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/14/matteo-salvini-orders-removal-of-refugees-from-riace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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You are black, now you become white with spray

 

In Bari (Puglia region), an eight-year-old boy attacked by a group of children

 

(ANSA) – BARI, 14 OCT – "You are black, now we make you white". These are the words that a group of children had directed to an eight-year-old son, the son of an Italian and an Ivorian, and then sprayed with the white foam spray. It happened in a city in the province of Bari, this is what the edition of the Bari from the Republic says that the story of the mother of the child has collected.
The child was born in Italy and is the son of an Italian mother and an Ivorian father. The aggression against him – according to the story of the Republic – would have lasted after the boy tried to convince a group of older boys, he knew, to stop grinding the sprayed cars that were parked on the street. The little one then reached his mother at work. "She was very scared – says the woman – they chased him too and said that" white is better than black

 

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https://navva.org/italy/nation/39-you-are-black-now-you-become-white-with-spray-39-puglia/

 

 

 

So shameful...It's the (racist & fascist) Salvini effect, now coming to the South of Italy......

 

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Basically....Matteo Salvini ( and his party Lega) work is proving successful (unfortunately) in giving almost total clearance to open racism in this Country (even in areas like the South where racism used to be virtually unknown ...) aimed at anybody looking "different" ie. immigrants of various ethnic groups, Italians of color, etc......

 

 

Congrats, Matteo....Benito Mussolini would be oh soooo very proud of you!!!!!!!

 

 

Fascist & racist bastard

Edited October 14, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Italy's Salvini forced into U-turn over school lunches for immigrant children

 

Far-right minister forced to drop support for edict that effectively excluded children from school canteens

 

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Mon 15 Oct 2018 15.58 BST

 

 

Italian students burn effigies of the League party’s Matteo Salvini (left) and his coalition partner, M5S’s Luigi Di Maio, to protest against the government’s spending plans

Photograph: Alessandro Di Marco/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/15/italys-salvini-forced-into-u-turn-over-school-lunches-for-immigrant-children

[umbertino]

Italy's deviation unacceptable for others -Juncker

Otherwise other nations would cover us in insults

 

Redazione ANSA Brussels

16 October 201814:25 News

 

 

 

 

Jean-Claude Juncker

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http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/16/italys-deviation-unacceptable-for-others-juncker_282d6c91-5a82-48b0-be80-533320bc88fb.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

M5S-League showdown on fiscal decree

Decree won't change says Salvini

 

Redazione ANSA Brussels

18 October 201817:33 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/18/m5s-league-showdown-on-fiscal-decree_31c01b06-bf21-44c0-9605-d30489e5d5a1.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Budget is wonderful, we expect EC criticism - Conte

Rutte and Kurz express concern

 

Redazione ANSA Brussels

18 October 201818:08 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/18/budget-is-wonderful-we-expect-ec-criticism-conte_4af7c0fb-136f-481c-9474-59973b1e5a23.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genoa evacuees allowed to get belongings from homes

Hundreds of residents forced out after bridge-collapse disaster

 

Redazione ANSA Genoa

18 October 201810:41 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/18/genoa-evacuees-allowed-to-get-belongings-from-homes_6df597ce-7d4f-44d2-90df-0b1e3b86eeb3.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Italy: Are Italians generally racist against black people?

 

Julia Molakeng, EY

Answered Jun 27, 2017

 

 

 

https://www.quora.com/Italy-Are-Italians-generally-racist-against-black-people

[umbertino]

Ball in Italy's court now - Moscovici

Delicate situation, dialogue fundamental says Commissioner

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

19 October 201816:50 News

 

Pierre Moscovici

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http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/19/ball-in-italys-court-now-moscovici_cc878a2d-7003-4382-a838-9d707d72936d.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tension in govt after 'fiscal peace' row

'Starting to get angry' says Salvini

 

Redazione ANSA Brussels

19 October 201819:19 News

 

 

 

Luigi Di Maio ( deputy PM & minister), Giuseppe Conte (PM), Matteo Salvini (deputy PM & minister)

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http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/19/m5s-league-row-over-fiscal-peace-rumbles-on_cecbda99-a403-4614-b776-ee94b1284249.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Moody's downgrades Italy credit rating on debt and deficit concerns

 

Moody's cut Italy's credit rating by a notch on Friday over concerns about government plans for larger deficits and the high public debt load

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

20 October 2018

01:26 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

People stand in front of a "debt clock" screen displaying Italy's public debt at the Rome's Termini central station in February

Photo: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20181020/moodys-downgrades-italy-credit-rating-on-debt-and-deficit-concerns

 

 

Obviously so....What  else did these incompetent politicians / economists / characters expect????????? Problem being that We The People will pay dearly for that....As usual......

Edited October 20, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Italian bank fears expected to grow after debt downgrade

 

Pressure on reserves could trigger crisis as government official issues warning

 

 

Phillip Inman

Sun 21 Oct 2018 18.33 BST Last modified on Sun 21 Oct 2018 20.05 BST

 

 

 

Cabinet undersecretary Giancarlo Giorgetti: ‘We can’t just pretend nothing is happening.’

Photograph: Antonio Calanni/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/21/fears-about-italian-banks-expected-to-grow-following-downgrade

 

 

[umbertino]

Unlikely candidate's hidden camera documentary lifts lid on Italian politics

 

Ismaele La Vardera, who stood for mayor in Palermo, used secret cameras to capture dealmaking

 

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Mon 22 Oct 2018 05.00 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/22/italian-politics-for-dummies-documentary-ismaele-la-vardera-palermo

[umbertino]

EU expected to seek revision of Italy's draft budget

 

Unprecedented move likely after government insists it needs to increase deficit

 

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Mon 22 Oct 2018 15.41 BST

 

 

 

Italy’s prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, speaks at a coalition convention in Rome

Photograph: Marco Ravagli/Barcroft Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/22/eu-expected-to-seek-revision-of-italys-draft-budget

[umbertino]

EU and Italy face off over populist government's budget

 

Unprecedented rejection of spending plan brushed off by deputy PM Matteo Salvini

 

 

Daniel Boffey in Strasbourg

Tue 23 Oct 2018 19.44 BST

 

 

Matteo Salvini said not a single euro would be cut from his government’s budget

Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/oct/23/eu-and-italy-face-off-over-populist-governments-budget

 

 

It reads "Matteo Salvini"...It spells "ARROGANCE" ..And incompetence...And racism. fascism and lots more......

 

It's a rough going for sure.......

[umbertino]

UPDATE 1-S&P leaves Italy rating unchanged but lowers outlook to negative

 

Gavin Jones

October 27, 2018 / 12:19 AM / Updated 16 hours ago

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/italy-ratings-sp/update-1-sp-leaves-italy-rating-unchanged-but-lowers-outlook-to-negative-idUSL8N1X67LT

[umbertino]

Outlook for Italy credit rating 'negative': S&P

 

Ratings agency S&P has downgraded its outlook for Italy's sovereign debt but left its credit rating untouched, upping the pressure on Rome amid a stand-off with Brussels over its budget

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

27 October 2018

11:31 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

A street-art installation by Italian street artist Maupal, showing the shredded European flag uncovering the Italian flag reading "Bank-si". Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20181027/outlook-for-italy-credit-rating-negative-sp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy has 'world's fourth most powerful passport'

 

An Italian passport is one of the world's most useful to have, according to an index that ranks how many countries each passport allows its holders to visit without a visa

 

 

The Local

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

25 October 2018

10:48 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

Photo: DepositPhotos

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20181025/italy-has-worlds-fourth-most-powerful-passport

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

EU Commissioner calls Italian MEP a 'moron' over budget row

 

European Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on Friday stepped up his criticism of an Italian politician who symbolically "trampled" the commissioner's notes rejecting Italy's budget

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

26 October 2018

11:11 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

Italian MEP Angelo Ciocca (belonging to Lega party, the same of Interior affairs minister Matteo Salvini, party currently in the Gov't along with M5S) raises his shoe to 'trample' on EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici's notes. Photo: Angelo Ciocca/Twitter

 

 

"He's a moron, an agitator, a fascist," Moscovici said of EU parliament lawmaker Angelo Ciocca on CNews television on Friday.

 

On Tuesday Ciocca, a member of Italy's hard-right League party, was in the audience as Moscovici gave a press conference in Strasbourg, France, after the EU rejected Italy's 2019 budget proposal, the first time it had opposed a member's spending plans.

 

After Moscovici's presentation, Ciocca approached the podium and seized the commissioner's papers, then removed his shoe and theatrically crushed them on the table before Moscovici grabbed them back. Ciocca later posted a video of the stunt on Twitter, calling for "respect" for Italy and assailing "Euro imbeciles".

 

Moscovici, who had already assailed the "grotesque" incident on Twitter on Wednesday, warned that such actions were a threat to the democratic fundamentals of the 28-nation bloc.

 

"When you start using violence against institutions, when you trample on the rules, including with shoes, you start drifting toward what we call an illiberal democracy," Moscovici said. "It's truly the kind of politics I despise, and I'll combat these people until my last breath," he added, noting that Italy's combative Interior Minister Matteo Salvini had also denounced Ciocca's actions.

 

"You don't change Europe with provocations," Salvini, also a League member, told Italian radio on Wednesday.

 

Italy's government has provoked a standoff with Brussels after proposing a 2019 budget which would increase public spending, worsening the country's huge debt levels.

 

The EU commission has given Rome three weeks to revise its plans, or face disciplinary action which could include billions of euros in fines. 

 

 

[umbertino]

Draghi is poisoning the climate - Di Maio

ECB president said Italy should respect EU budget rules

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

26 October 201814:32 News

 

 

 

 

Luigi Di Maio

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http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/26/draghi-is-poisoning-the-climate-di-maio_ce057511-a7f0-41bc-b6ec-f0d0cb9d50ce.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Superior sent changed Cucchi report - Carabinieri

Probe into alleged cover-up after 2009 death in custody

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

26 October 201813:25 News

 

 

 

 

Stefano Cucchi

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http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/26/superior-sent-changed-cucchi-report-carabinieri_7c3095b8-6606-4d3d-bd03-e74953e34e43.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last survivor of 1943 Rome ghetto raid dies

Lello Di Segni was among handful who returned from death camps

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

26 October 201812:28 News

 

 

 

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http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/26/last-survivor-of-1943-rome-ghetto-raid-dies_39b8e978-7d7c-4f2f-9e14-30bafa40fdab.html

 

[umbertino]

Five killed, one missing as storms batter Italy

75% of central Venice flooded

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

29 October 201818:49 News

 

 

 

 

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/29/five-killed-one-missing-as-storms-batter-italy_14a225bd-e280-4219-bb17-7461acd8b4ed.html

 

Even my hometown currently at risk of flooding after 3 days of non-stop rain.....Let's hope......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ready to go to Brazil to get Battisti - Salvini

'Can't wait to go and meet new president Bolsonaro'

 

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

29 October 201817:07 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/29/ready-to-go-to-brazil-to-get-battisti-salvini_b702d98a-f1b4-4073-8e67-6410e3f11d00.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Budget 'text is closed', to hit parliament Wed

525 mn euro a year fund for bilked bank shareholders

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

29 October 201819:23 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/29/budget-text-is-closed-to-hit-parliament-wed_7dc54b3d-d5a6-4ad5-9974-5c806bffe9f0.html