AlHijjah 29, 1432, Nov 25, 2011, SPA -- The crew of an Italian-owned cargo ship, hijacked off the coast of Oman in April, has been freed, authorities said on Friday.
According to Reuters, the MV Rosalia D'Amato was on its way to Iran from Brazil (...)
AlHijjah 27, 1432, Nov 23, 2011, SPA -- Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi of Italy made today a telephone call to the Prime Minister Salam Fayyad of Palestine.
During the telephone conversation, Italian Foreign Minister stressed the necessity for (...)
AlHijjah 22, 1432, Nov 18, 2011, SPA -- Italy's lower chamber of parliament has begun deliberations ahead of a confidence vote for the government formed by Premier Mario Monti aimed at saving Italy from its debt crisis, AP reported.
Monti is to (...)
AlHijjah 22, 1432, Nov 18, 2011, SPA -- Saudi Ambassador to Italy Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Ghamdi met here last night two officials at Italian Foreign Ministry.
During the two meetings, the bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and (...)
AlHijjah 22, 1432, Nov 18, 2011, SPA -- Italy's new technocratic government led by Prime Minister Mario Monti on Friday won the last of two mandatory parliament confidence votes when it received the endorsement of the lower house Chamber of (...)
AlHijjah 21, 1432, Nov 17, 2011, SPA -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti's newly appointed government on Thursday won the first of two mandatory confidence votes when it received the endorsement of the upper-house Senate.
The government won by (...)
AlHijjah 20, 1432, Nov 16, 2011, SPA - Italian Prime Minister-Designate Mario Monti arrived Wednesday at President Giorgio Napolitano's residence for a meeting
in which he is expected to announce his willingness to form a government and propose a (...)
AlHijjah 20, 1432, Nov 16, 2011, SPA -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and the other 16 members of his cabinet were sworn in on Wednesday at a ceremony in Rome before President Giorgio Napolitano, dpa reported.
The new government now has to be (...)
AlHijjah 19, 1432, Nov 15, 2011, SPA -- Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti met the president on Tuesday after ending talks with Italy's parties, political sources said, in a possible indication he is close to forming a new government, according to (...)
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned on Saturday.
Berlusconi tendered his resignation to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, who accepted the request, the president's office said in a (...)
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA -- Italy's president raced to appoint an emergency government on Sunday to face a crisis endangering the whole euro zone after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned to the jeers of thousands of protesters, (...)
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA -- Italy's president appointed former European Commissioner Mario Monti on Sunday to head a new government charged with implementing urgent reforms to end a crisis that has endangered the whole euro zone.
"The (...)
AlHijjah 15, 1432, Nov 11, 2011, SPA -- Saudi Ambassador to Italy Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Ghamdi met here today with the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stefania Craxi.
During the meeting, they reviewed means of enhancing relations (...)
AlHijjah 13, 1432, Nov 9, 2011, SPA -- Two French climbers, who had been missing for a week in the Alps, were found dead Wednesday, dpa quoted Italy's Ansa news agency as reporting.
Olivier Sourzac, a mountain guide, and Charlotte Demetz, an (...)
AlHijjah 13, 1432, Nov 9, 2011, SPA -- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said on Wednesday that a new government would be formed soon or elections called following the adoption of a new financial law and the resignation of Prime Minister Silvio (...)
AlHijjah 10, 1432, Nov 6, 2011, SPA -- Premier Silvio Berlusconi insisted Sunday he still commands enough support in Parliament to enact urgently needed measures to save Italy from financial disaster despite defections from his shaky coalition, AP (...)
AlHijjah 7, 1432, Nov 3, 2011, SPA -- Prince Khalid bin Saud bin Khalid, Assistant Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, met here today with Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Enzo Scotty.
During the meeting, cooperation relations between (...)
AlHijjah 6, 1432, Nov 2, 2011, SPA -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was set
later Wednesday to hold talks with senior cabinet minister on
implementation of a series of urgent economic reforms promised to the
European Union last week, (...)
AlQa'dah 26, 1432, Oct 24, 2011, SPA -- Premier Silvio Berlusconi has lashed back at his German and French counterparts who demanded tough new measures to spur economic growth, saying no one need fear the stability of Italy's economy, as AP (...)
AlQa'dah 17, 1432, Oct 15, 2011, SPA -- Hundreds of hooded, masked protesters rampaged through Rome in some of the worst violence in the Italian capital for years on Saturday, torching cars and breaking windows.
Police repeatedly fired tear gas and (...)
AlQa'dah 16, 1432, Oct 14, 2011, SPA -- President Giorgio Napolitano of Italy received here today Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman bin Mohamed, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Leader of the Saudi Arbitration Team supervising the (...)
AlQa'dah 15, 1432, Oct 13, 2011, SPA -- Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman bin Mohamed, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Leader of the Saudi Arbitration Team supervising the Program for Training Judges abroad met here today with (...)
AlQa'dah 15, 1432, Oct 13, 2011, SPA -- Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman bin Mohammed, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Leader of the Saudi Arbitration Team supervising the Judges Training Program Abroad, patronized a symposium (...)
AlQa'dah 13, 1432, Oct 11, 2011, SPA - Saudi Ambassador to the Republic of Italy Saleh Bin Mohammed Al-Ghamdi, hosted here last night a dinner party in honor of Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman bin Mohammed Al Saud, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two (...)
AlQa'dah 13, 1432, Oct 11, 2011, SPA -- British special forces on Tuesday stormed an Italian cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates in an operation to free the crew, Reuters quoted an Italian defence ministry spokesman as saying.
The 56,000-ton bulk (...)