Category : Local News Updates

Category : Local News Updates

Italian election 2018: What will Italy general election mean for Eurozone and euro?

The economy is likely to be the biggest influencer over Sunday’s Italian Election 2018, with Silvio Berlusconi back in the spotlight as he leads the centre-right coalition in battle against the Five Star Movement’s Luigi Di Maio and the Democratic...

Switzerland BOMB THREAT: Bern train station cordoned off as police search nearby church

Suspicious items have been discovered inside the Church of the Holy Spirit which is located just outside the train station main entrance, according to local media. Police have arrested one person and warned the cordon is expected to remain in place...

Potential Italian finance minster rules out austerity and leaving the euro

REUTERSAndrea Roventini (R) and 5Star Movement leader Luigi di Maio Andrea Roventini, who is standing for the anti-establishment 5Star Movement, has been named as a potential finance minister by party leader Luigi di Maio. The economics professor...

Central Michigan University shooting TWO DEAD - ALL schools in city on lockdown

Shots are thought to have been fired on the fourth floor of the college building, with the university’s police department saying they had received a call about what sounded like gunfire. Students have been told to "hide and stay alert" by the univ...

Italian election 2018: Who is Antonio Tajani? Will he be next Italy prime minister?

GETTYItalian election 2018: Berlusconi named Antonio Tajani as his candidate for PM Barred from holding office himself over a tax conviction, 81-year-old Mr Berlusconi announced Mr Tajani was his preferred candidate for PM in the Italian election...

Terror attack on French embassy and army HQ - gunmen storm buildings and explosions heard

People said armed men got out of a car and began opening fire in the Burkina Faso capital, Ouagadougou, this morning. The city mayor said this afternoon the incident was a terror attack carried out by "jihadists". Police said later they had killed...

Italian election: Berlusconi says 'REVOLUTION' is coming as Italy prepares to vote

The ex-prime minister and leader of Forza Italia was appearing with Matteo Salvini, head of coalition partner Lega, at a press conference. Describing him as a fellow rebel, the pair Berlusconi said: "A revolution in this country. And we are diffe...

‘RETALIATION IS INEVITABLE’ – Juncker threatens US after Trump orders steel tariffs

GETTYUS President Donald Trump has imposed tough tariffs on steel and aluminium European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has warned retaliation was inevitable, with the bloc also faced with the task of calculating what the knock-on effec...

European Parliament President Tajani set to be Italy prime minster after Berlusconi invite

Mr Tajani announced yesterday he would stand as Forza Italia’s prime ministerial candidate in the March 4 vote - putting him in pole position for the post. Barred from holding office himself, 81-year-old Mr Berlusconi announced Mr Tajani was his p...

Italian election: ‘Immigration out of control!’ Lega backs Berlusconi in crucial vote

GettyThe 81-year-old Silvio Berlusconi is the founder of liberal Forza Italia (Go Italy) party In an attempt to sway voters on election day, Mr Fontana emphasised that immigration is “not under control” as he issued promises to get rid of immigra...