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Parliament rejects M5S bid to impeach Napolitano

IMG class=hide alt=”Parliament rejects M5S bid to impeach Napolitano” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-0155763c871c7bce862034016fa52d7f.jpg” (By Paul Virgo) (ANSA) – Rome, February 11 – A parliamentary committee on Tuesday rejected a petition from the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) for President Giorgio Napolitano to be impeached. … Continue reading

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Napolitano and Renzi discuss election law reform

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-08ac3110293162aec335abe0b24a7569.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Napolitano and Renzi discuss election law reform” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-08ac3110293162aec335abe0b24a7569.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, January 13 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and newly anointed centre-left Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi met to discuss electoral and other … Continue reading

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Napolitano urges ‘maximum attention’ to people in hardship

IMG class=hide alt=”Napolitano urges ‘maximum attention’ to people in hardship” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-8235e345c56acdf0f51597a1e2a35dde.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, December 16 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano called Monday for “maximum attention” to be paid to people who live in “hardship” and poverty. POtherwise, the frustration … Continue reading

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Napolitano chides Berlusconi for ‘imaginary coups’

IMG class=hide alt=”Napolitano chides Berlusconi for ‘imaginary coups’” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-92a4eb9b6d4c5ee1a3dff68a22badbac.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, December 16 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Monday chided former premier Silvio Berlusconi for invoking “imaginary coups” in recent comments. PNapolitano has come under consistent pressure from … Continue reading

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Napolitano lashes out at ‘inhumane’ prison conditions

IMG class=hide alt=”Napolitano lashes out at ‘inhumane’ prison conditions” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wpid-972fc43ccefb15525272aed80c2397ee.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, December 16 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano spoke out Monday against the “inhumane conditions” plaguing the country’s jails and asked parliament to bring in justice-system reform. PIn … Continue reading

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Napolitano gives ultimatum on prison overcrowding

(By Emily Backus) (ANSA) – Rome, December 4 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday called on parliament to clearly state whether it would introduce a prisoner amnesty measure. ”Parliament must have the sense of responsibility necessary to say that … Continue reading

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Letta traces govt ‘road map’ with Napolitano

(By Denis Greenan). (ANSA) – Rome, December 2 – Premier Enrico Letta met President Giorgio Napolitano Monday night to trace the road map for a government whose balance of power has changed after the exit of Silvio Berlusconi following a … Continue reading

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Confidence vote possible next week says Napolitano

(ANSA) – Rome, December 2 – A confidence vote in Enrico Letta’s new, smaller government is possible as soon as next week, President Giorgio Napolitano said after consulting with the premier Monday. Napolitano said Letta would set the date after … Continue reading

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Napolitano urges ‘profound’ renewal of public policy

(ANSA) – Rome, November 29 – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano called Friday for a “profound renewal” of public institutions and political participation to support democratic development. It is time for a “profound renewal in political participation, to combat the phenomenon … Continue reading

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Napolitano says reforms need to be completed next year

(ANSA) – Florence, October 23 – President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday said institutional reforms to make Italy easier to govern needed to be completed by next year, while bemoaning the resistance the planned changes have met in parliament. Premier Enrico … Continue reading

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