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Italy's technocrat government has suffered its first major defeat in parliament in a vote that revealed the strains and discontent in the political alliance sustaining Prime Minister Mario Monti as he combats a major economic crisis.
The chamber of deputies on Thursday night voted 264 to 211 to pass a legal amendment which will make it possible to bring civil suits directly against magistrates for trial errors.
Ferrari unveiled its completely overhauled Formula One car in a low-key Internet presentation Friday after the full launch was canceled due to a snowstorm.
The car was named the F2012, which marks a return to the team's traditional jargon after last year's car was called the F150 in honor of the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification.
The chairman of Italy's biggest company adopted the role of cheerleader for his crisis-wracked country and its new Prime Minister, Mario Monti, during the World Economic Forum in Davos last week. "Italy has had more than 68 years as a republic and voters have always asked for reform, but no government leader, lefty or righty, has been able to do it. Now, over the past six months, we got a package [of reforms] that hasn't been seen in 60 years," said Giuseppe Recchi, who chairs the board of partly state-owned energy conglomerate Eni SpA (E, ENI.MI), in an interview on the sidelines of the conference.
As harsh weather conditions continue to grip Italy, the Thursday evening Serie A soccer match between Novara and Chievo Verona risks being postponed, as do AS Roma v Inter Milan Saturday evening and AC Milan v Napoli Sunday.
Building Rome's newest metro line appears destined to become the slowest and most expensive construction project in Italian and European Union history and it risks not being finished, the Audit Court president said Thursday.
Rome zoo's chimpanzees are getting hot tea and barley coffee to help them through the cold snap in the Italian capital.
For nearly three hours on Monday night, a large audience at the Arlington was thoroughly charmed by the sparkling wit, generous demeanor, and immense achievement of master director Martin Scorsese
Much has been written about Torrisi Italian Specialties, the terrific Italian-American restaurant on Mulberry Street, including Pete Wells's review these week of the Torrisi spin-off, Parm. But almost none of the attention has focused on Torrisi’s unusual all-American wine list, which has grown from a half-dozen bottles when the restaurant opened two years ago to around 80 bottles now.
Italian ex-ultraleftist militant Cesare Battisti, convicted of several murders in his country and living in exile in Brazil, on Tuesday spoke of his upcoming new book at the anti-capitalist World Social Forum here Tuesday.
Lawyers in Naples taped up their mouths and turned their backs on a government speaker at a solemn ceremony to mark the start of Italy's judicial year.