Italy

ROME – Clashes between police and protestors in Padua and Milan have coincided with major public transport closures in Friday’s nationwide, so called “social”, strike.

ROME - A new law was introduced by the Senate this week reducing VAT to 10 percent for moorings in Marina Resorts to encourage marine lodging.

ROME- Clashes took place between police and residents protesting against a new refugee centre in the Tor Sapienza surburb on Tuesday night.

GENOA –Severe weather warnings in place until Wednesday as prosecutors open a manslaughter inquiry into the deaths of an elderly couple in Leivi.

ROME – Thursday’s storms have left Rome in disarray with a possible tornado on the way in Sicily.

ROME – “The worst is yet to come” warns Roman mayor Ignazio Marino as the city remains on red-alert for further flooding.

BRESCIA – Prime Minister Renzi tells unions that economic reform will happen as violent protests take place outside the building.

MILAN – The former finance minister for Berlusconi’s government, Giulio Tremonti, is under investigation for allegedly taking a 2.4 million euro bribe from Finmec

ROME – The new foreign minister is to be experienced politician Paolo Gentiloni despite speculation that Prime Minister Renzi would favour a female candidate.

ROME - Italy is to eliminate 3.3 billion in planned tax cuts, according to a letter to the European Commission written by Italian Economy minister Carlo Padoan.

ROME – A decision to quarantine about a dozen American soldiers for Ebola screenings in Vicenza has outraged local authorities and fueled popular near-psychosis.

ROME- A strike of steelworkers in Terni ended Wednesday with three injured as they protested against ThyssenKrup - a German company located in Umbria- because of t

ROME - Debate continues between Renzi’s government and CGIL –Italy’s largest Labour Union- after Tuesday’s meeting on the controversial Jobs Act.