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Italian politician launches ‘Italexit’ party to take country out of eurozone
Jul 24, 2020 08:07A well-known Italian senator has launched a political party in a move to take his country out of the European Union, amid a rise in anti-EU sentiments over the bloc’s failure to respond quickly to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.
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France, Germany, Italy threaten sanctions on violators of Libya’s arms embargo
Jul 19, 2020 05:13France, Germany and Italy have threatened to impose sanctions against countries that are violating a United Nations (UN) arms embargo on conflict-torn Libya.
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Italian cabinet approves ‘mother of all reforms’ to slash red tape
Jul 07, 2020 07:24The Italian government approved a package of measures on Tuesday aimed at cutting the complicated red tape that has long been blamed for crimping growth in the euro zone's third-largest economy.
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Refugees stranded in Mediterranean to be quarantined on Italian ship
Jul 05, 2020 04:58Refugees stranded on board a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea have been scheduled to be transferred to a quarantine vessel, after the ship declared an unprecedented state of emergency.
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Italy seizes 14 tons of amphetamine pills made by Daesh in Syria
Jul 01, 2020 08:58Police in Italy say they have seized a 14-ton haul of amphetamine pills made by the Daesh terrorist group in Syria, in an operation they described as the biggest seizure of the drug in the world.
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Tensions flare over virus-hit 'ghetto' in southern Italy
Jun 26, 2020 10:25Italy sent riot police as reinforcements Friday to a council estate in the south where a cluster of coronavirus cases among Bulgarian farm workers has sparked tensions with locals.
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Virus already in Italy by December, waste water study finds
Jun 19, 2020 08:51The coronavirus was already present in two large cities in northern Italy in December, over two months before the first case was detected, a national health institute study of waste water has found.
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UK, France, Italy, Spain slam US over exit from digital services tax talks
Jun 18, 2020 05:07The United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain have criticized the US over its decision to pull out of negotiations on a global digital services tax, an idea proposed by the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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Italy's economy shrinks by 5.3 percent in first quarter due to coronavirus: ISTAT
May 29, 2020 11:59Italy's economy shrank 5.3 percent in the first quarter, much worse than first thought, official data showed Friday, as the effects of a tough coronavirus lockdown began to be felt.
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Doctors, nurses and workers demand govt. help as Italy prepares to ease lockdown
Apr 30, 2020 11:33Four days before Italy begins to gradually lift strict lockdown restrictions, people across the country are increasingly frustrated by the social and economic problems that two months of quarantine has brought.