The studio of the Italian TV program Di Martedì (On Tuesday) was turned upside down. Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio, Minister of Labor and also party leader of the popular ruling Party Five Star Movement, entered the hall. The audience in the hall greeted him with overwhelming applause and cheers.
Pope Francis refuses to accept accusations that he has covered up abuse scandals within the Roman Catholic Church. During his return trip to Rome, the spiritual leader on the plane said that the document with the allegations 'speaks for itself'. and that he does not want to elaborate on it.
What should have been an adventurous leap, base jumper Robert Haggarty was fatal. The 47-year-old Briton died in a 2.9-kilometer jump in the Dolomites.
A former diplomat of the Vatican has been sentenced to five years in prison for the possession and distribution of child pornography. The court in the Vatican also imposed a fine of 5000 euros on Saturday.
Interest rates on Italian government bonds run on Tuesday. The Italian state must pay investors 84 basis points for biennial debt, and 21 basis points for 10-year debt.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella has commissioned former IMF official Carlo Cottarelli to form a government.
Italian president Sergio Mattarella has invited a former top official of the International Monetary Fund to come by on Monday. Reportedly, the Italian economist Carlo Cottarelli is the intended candidate to form an emergency government, now that a political and constitutional crisis in Italy is threatening.
Who ordered the manipulation of the libor, the most important interbank interest rate? Those involved belittle their positions in a major lawsuit. A vice-president compares his role with that of an employee at McDonald's hamburger chain.
The police arrested a former diplomat from the Vatican who had worked at the embassy in the United States.
In Copenhagen, the most expensive vodka in the world was stolen at the beginning of this week. The Russo Baltique bottle is worth more than 1.5 million euros.
Is it good or not? That is what students from the Sapienza University in Rome wondered when they watched their mathematics teacher Ruggero Freddi. The man who is busy with his doctorate and teaches, has for years played under the name Carlo Masi in hardcore gay porn movies.
The 7-year-old Crystal from the American state of Texas has written an emotional letter to Santa. She does not want presents but rather a blanket or some food. 'Because at home I only have one blanket and that is not warm enough.'
Italy faces problems with the gas supply after the explosion in the Austrian gas distribution station in Baumgarten an der March. The transport of gas from Russia to Italy was interrupted by the incident.
French actress Danielle Darrieux died at the age of 100 in her hometown of Bois-le-Roi. She was a true movie diva who made her debut in the movie Le Bal in 1931, when she was fourteen years old.
The rescue of the Italian problem bank gets support from Brussels.
Of the thousands of football fans who were injured on San Carlo in Turin on Saturday, there are still three in critical condition.
With spectators of the Champions League final at San Carlo Square in Turin, massive panic broke out on Saturday night when someone called 'bomb, bomb!' It turned out to be a bad joke.
Everyone is shocked at the bill on the terrace or in a restaurant. But it can always be worse... An unexpected lifeguard in Monaco had to pay such an astronomical amount after an afternoon on the Nikki Beach terrace, which is the ticket for the whole internet.
Pope Franciscus was received by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Friday afternoon at the start of his two day visit to Portugal.
The 9-year-old Edoardo has ensured that two young children were able to survive in the disaster Rigopiano hotel in the Italian city Farindola. Edoardo, who lost both parents in the disaster, hugged them, sang songs and told them stories.
The Italian bank Unicredit in its fourth quarter, € 8.1 billion needed for new facilities. Those billions have to cover the risk of bad loans on its balance sheet.
It fails to pick up the Italian problem bank Monte dei Paschi not capital on time € 5 billion. The self-rescue, making it fails, the bank announced Thursday.
Investors react very negatively to issue shares by the Italian problem bank Monte dei Paschi rescue plan. The interest is very moderate.
The new Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni comes with much the same cabinet by. The successor Matteo Renzi, who stepped down after losing a referendum on the constitutional reform, presented his new team of ministers Monday with President Sergio Mattarella, and the members were sworn in. The House of Representatives and Senate have Tuesday and Wednesday still express their faith.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella Italy must decide how to proceed after the departure of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The reform drive Renzi Sunday foundered on a referendum on the question of how parliament and government can be more effective thanks to constitutional amendments.
The future region down Wednesday in Amsterdam. He came up with robots, more or less self-propelled cars, 3d printers, flying cars and speakers who explain what all would lead to new technology.
A large mural of a penis that last weekend was made in Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles will soon be removed. The aldermen find shocking this form of street art. Perhaps factor was that the painted genitals can be seen from a Catholic girls' school.
The board of the Italian bank Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena has approved a capital injection by investors. That made a director of the bank known Friday night, without going into details of the rescue plan for the ailing bank.
The troubled Italian bank Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena according to Italian media wants his daughter Antonveneta, previously owned by ABN Amro, get rid of.
The Italian business brothers Carlo and Franco De Benedetti on Monday sentenced to five years and two months in prison for the death of twelve workers due to asbestos in their typewritten texts and computer company Olivetti. Former Industry Minister Corrado Passera, which between 2011 and 2013 was CEO at Olivetti, received one year and eleven months.
