ROME - The European Commission has launched an international communication campaign which highlights the diverse cultural and natural heritage Europe has on offer at any time of the year.

ROME - Iveco joins forces with leading South African transport operator in manufacturing venture.

ROME - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has made 200 million euro worth of credit lines available to local companies and entities that were affected by the earthquakes in Emilia

ROME - Claudio Scajola, Minister for Industry in Berlusconi’s government, has been placed under investigation on charges of corruption in supplying navy frigates to Brazil.

ROME - The Finnish multinational Outokumpu, which keeps in hands the fate of the Terni steelworks (3000 direct employees, more than 1000 in ancillary) backtracks assumption, judged

 ROME -- Ryanair has been placed under investigation in Bergamo over alleged tax evasion, judicial sources say.

ROME - At the end of the Ministry of Economic Development discussions in Rome, the Mayor of Terni, Leopoldo Di Girolamo, made a statement toward the fate of the plant in Terni.

ROME - The Fiat managing director, Sergio Marchionne, caused outcry as he lashed out at Florence first citizen Matteo Renzi, calling him the “mayor of a small and poor town.”

ROME -- Following the European Commission’s demand for an industrial remedy related to the Inoxum transaction, Finnish multinational Outokumpu submitted two alternative proposals, announced on 20 S

ROME - Financial markets surged as the European Central Bank unveiled a government bond-buying programme to shore up finances of struggling Spain and Italy

ROME-OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría and Prime Minister Mario Monti will address a major conference on structural reform in Italy September 24 at the Sala Poli

ROME- Ahlstrom, a high performance materials company, will invest into additional capacity in filtration materials at its site in Turin.

ROME- Registration is open for the 97^thannual International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show(IHMRS) and 3^rdannual Boutique Design New York (BDNY).

HELSINKI- The Finnish Ministry of the Finance is reservedly sending two high officers to Rome to discuss how Italy could obtain facilitated loans.

ROME-The last stage of the Chamber of Commerce project that shows Rome and the Lazio region to the Americas was held recently in Toronto. 

ROME –Entrepreneur, designer, and lifetime senator, Sergio Pininfarina, who died this week at age 85, was the number one stylist of the made-in-Italy automobile industry.

ROME- The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Fincantieri signed the first 80 million euro tranche of a 140 million euro loan for financing the Italian shipbuilder’

ROME- The Finnish Meteorological Institute and e-GEOS, an Italian company, have signed a contract worth some millions euro, for setting up a COSMO-SkyMed

ROME- The EU Commission has called on Italy to comply with EU rules on public service contracts once they have expired thereby respecting the principle of non-discri

ROME- The UK economy needs another big dose of quantitative easing to kick-start the stalled recovery, a Bank of England policymaker has asserted.

ROME- Italian Marina del Gargano joins the network of MDL Marinas, Europe’s largest marina operator.

ROME -- Richard Vaughan has announced his resignation as chairman of the Commonwealth Club of Rome as his family prepares to relocate to the United States.