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ANSA. he US ratings agency Fitch downgraded Italy from A+ to A- status on Friday.
The two-notch downgrade came after Italian financial police on Tuesday searched the Fitch offices in Milan and two weeks after ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded Italy along with eight other countries including France and Spain. (Read the article)
ANSA. A wagon used to deport Italian Jews to Auschwitz will be exhibited in Naples to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, which will be marked in the southern Italian city by a week of events between January 23 and 30, during which the rail coach will be exhibited in Piazza del Plebiscito. (Read the article)
CORRIERE DELLA SERA. Officers went into action in Turin, Palermo, Milan, Genoa and Padua. Magistrates were acting in response to the violence on 3 July in Val di Susa, when hundreds of No TAV demonstrators attacked police officers guarding the construction site for the Turin-Lyon high-speed train. The charges include resistance, violence, bodily harm, and damage with aggravating circumstances. (Read the article)
BUSINNES WEEK. The fourth day of strikes by truckers continue to disrupt transport across Italy, forcing Fiat SpA to stop production and Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Co. SA. to halt two plants, as protests mount against the government’s austerity measures. (Read the article)
REUTERS. The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after complaining about irregularities in awarding contracts. (Read the article)
MTV. Lady Gaga is know for being ostentatious, outrageous and making the biggest entrance possible. But for a star that has made her name for shocking our senses, Mother Monster's newest venture is decidedly low-key. (Read the article)
REUTERS. Italy could turn out to be the investment bet of the decade if European Union leaders manage to contain the euro zone crisis. (Read the article)
ANSA. Italian Premier Mario Monti and Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday signed a long-term bilateral cooperation and partnership accord. (Read the article)
The economic crisis is eating into the real incomes of Italian people, with the gap between wages and inflation rising to 1.9 percentage points in December, the highest level since 1995, ISTAT said Thursday.
ANSA. Rome is "still fighting" to overcome opposition to a multi-million-euro restoration of the Colosseum funded by shoe magnate Diego Della Valle, Mayor Gianni Alemanno said Thursday. (Read the article)