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President Napolitano visits ANSA to see new website

IMG class=hide alt=”President Napolitano visits ANSA to see new website” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-ba77f097133c1f2cdecaf8ac46ebaa9d.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, March 26 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday said news agencies were “essential”. PSpeaking at ANSA headquarters in Rome for a preview of its new … Continue reading

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League slams president for ‘shameful’ pro-EU speech

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-6fed7d2fbee301e6e47e5835e02ba739.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”League slams president for ‘shameful’ pro-EU speech” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-6fed7d2fbee301e6e47e5835e02ba739.jpg” (see related) (ANSA) – Rome, March 24 – The head of the right-wing Northern League said President Giorgio Napolitano’s speech marking a 1944 Nazi massacre in … Continue reading

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President urges parliament to address euthanasia

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-93645921c98deb8938cbf30a07d341bf.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”President urges parliament to address euthanasia” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-93645921c98deb8938cbf30a07d341bf.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, March 18 – President Giorgio Napolitano urged parliament on Tuesday “not to ignore” the issue of physician-assisted suicide and to produce “ideas on the … Continue reading

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Italian president calls for shorter migrant detentions

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-2d0d398971ebea7d431a3458dfd3300c.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Italian president calls for shorter migrant detentions” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-2d0d398971ebea7d431a3458dfd3300c.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, February 7 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano called for shorter detentions at the CIE migrant centre on the outskirts of Rome, which has … Continue reading

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Liguria ex-vice president arrested in spending probe

IMG class=hide alt=”Liguria ex-vice president arrested in spending probe” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-b286696117baee35dbca9ac598fac315.jpg” (ANSA) – Genoa, January 14 – Finance police on Tuesday arrested the former vice-president of the northern Liguria region Nicol

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Italian president criticises pessimism about the south

(ANSA) – Rome, December 6 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano encouraged people to look at the ”positive side of the situation” in Naples and southern Italy in an interview published Friday. He said number of initiatives make him “look with … Continue reading

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Berlusconi says president should pardon him

(ANSA) – Rome, December 4 – Three-time premier Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday the president of the republic should pardon him from serving community service as part of a tax-fraud conviction this summer. “If one is going to be the least … Continue reading

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Italian president condemns violent Rome protests

(ANSA) – Rome, November 22 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday blasted protesters for violence in Rome on Wednesday during a visit from French President Francois Hollande. “We must oppose an ethic that does not nurture respect for the … Continue reading

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Italian president sets December deadline for election reform

(ANSA) – Rome, October 25 – President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday set parliament a December deadline to change Italy’s widely criticised election law. He said parliament should intervene before the Constitutional Court, which is set to hold its first hearing … Continue reading

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