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It can not only be caviar

Oysters and champagne, luxury cars, seaside holidays, glamourous photoshoots: local politicians in Lazio, the region surrounding Rome, have been caught using public money to finance their opulent lifestyles. Rome (dpa) - Franco Fiorito, the

Business

Focus on high-end models

Fiat on Wednesday opened a new plant for the manufacture of Maserati sport cars near its headquarters in Turin, Italy. "We have a serious commitment," Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said at the plant in Grugliasco, confirming that the company

Prodi fails in Italian elections

Italy's presidential election was still up in the air on Friday, as the centre-left failed to secure enough support in parliament for its latest candidate, former premier and European Commission president Romano Prodi. Rome (dpa) - Having been

Italian premier on Wednesday

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano was expected to appoint a new prime minister on Wednesday, in a move designed to lay the ground for a grand coalition government and end eight weeks of political deadlock. Rome (dpa) - Napolitano on Tuesday held

Grand coalition reboots Italy

A grand coalition government masterminded by President Giorgio Napolitano and led by a relatively young prime minister, 46-year-old Enrico Letta, was faced with drama as soon as it was sworn in Sunday. Rome (dpa) - While Letta and his cabinet

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| footnotes = }}"Turin" ( ; Piedmontese: "Turin"; ) is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch.