ROME - Barack Obama led the Democrats to victory in the U.S. elections, being appointed for a second four-year term as President, defeating his Republican opponent Mitt Romney.

EU consumers have once again expressed their dissatisfaction with the performance of some key services markets, according to the Commission’s 2012 Consumer Markets Scoreboard.

Just in time for the holidays and gifts shopping season, the European Commission has published the results of an EU-wide screening of websites selling games, books, videos and music which can be do

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.