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Amy Kazmin

August

Tourists swarm the Trevi Fountain in Rome in July.

Italy considers hefty tax on visitors after over-tourism backlash

The government proposes a levy of up €25 a night for the most expensive hotel rooms to help cash-strapped cities.

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August 2023

Giorgia Meloni

Meloni’s ‘crazy’ bank tax harms Italy’s credibility

The right-wing government’s surprise windfall tax on banks is branded a “major miscalculation”.

Giorgia Meloni.

Meloni under fire as Italy’s economy falters

Dismal data and a decision to pull a poverty relief scheme has put pressure on the Italian prime minister.

June 2023

Giorgia Meloni’s government announced at the weekend it would impose a “network of measures to safeguard Pirelli’s independence”.

Italy strips China’s Sinochem of its influence as Pirelli’s largest investor

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government has invoked national security concerns about the potential for misuse of Pirelli’s chip technology, as well as Chinese Communist Party interference.

May 2023

Giorgia Meloni says she has not yet decided whether to terminate Italy’s participation in the signature foreign policy program of China’s President Xi Jinping.

Italy to hold talks with China about exiting Belt and Road Initiative

Rome was firmly rebuked by Washington and Brussels when it joined China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative in 2019, the only G7 country to do so.

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July 2022

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (centre) with, from left, Italy’s former prime minister Mario Draghi , German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Romanian President Klaus Johannis in Kyiv in June.

Europe’s fight to stay united over war in Ukraine

The EU has shown solidarity against Russia’s invasion, but with soaring inflation, a cost of living crisis and possible energy rationing, leaders now face a daunting test.

Italian PM Mario Draghi waves to MPs at the end of his address at the Parliament in Rome.

Draghi resigns as PM, throwing Italy into political chaos

His resignation brings an end to a government seen to have had a once-in-a-generation opportunity to unlock the nation’s economic potential and set it on a higher growth trajectory.

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Mario Draghi.

Mario Draghi offers to resign as Italy lurches into crisis

Italy’s president rejected the resignation of the former ECB chief and asked him to speak to parliament next week.

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May 2022

What is America’s end game for the war in Ukraine?

The US is trying to provide effective military support to Kyiv while keeping the support of allies worried about a long conflict.

February 2021

Not me: Modi claims the charges against him are politically motivated.

Jeweller in $2.5b alleged fraud can be sent to India

Shortly before Nirav Modi was arrested, he was filmed walking around London in a distinctive ostrich-leather coat,

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September 2020

Sushant Singh Rajput, who moved to Mumbai from the rural and impoverished state of Bihar, was portrayed as an outsider struggling with the heartlessness of the big city.

Indian TV news serves up a potboiler to distract from national malaise

Amid a tense stand-off between Delhi and Beijing, and a COVID-19 surge, all talk is about the mystery surrounding the death of a Bollywood actor.

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