10:06am: And over to Rome, where our correspondent John Hooper reports on the upcoming meeting between Monti, Merkel, Hollande and Rajoy.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Eurozone crisis: Mario Monti defends Italy’s record
Exclusive: bond rates continue to rise, but PM says markets have not acknowledged his country’s financial probity.
Pope’s newspaper sings praises of The Blues Brothers
L’Osservatore Romano says riotous comedy about adventures of a convicted armed robber and his brother is a ‘modern classic’.
Eurozone crisis: Italy next in line for a bailout?
The options are running out for Mario Monti as Italy’s deep-seated economic problems continue to restrict growth.
Workshy Italians? We can’t help being the bel paese, says economy minister
Gianfranco Polillo may regret admitting his countrymen are ‘accustomed to leisure’, especially if his words reach Germany.
Eurozone crisis live: Markets fear Spanish bailout will top €100bn
News in from Rome, where my colleague John Hooper reports on a claim that Italian factory workers are taking three months of holiday a year.
Eurozone crisis live: Spanish borrowing costs hit new high as market rally fades
What’s the view from Rome? John Hooper reports.
Italy’s Monti welcomes Greek election result
Italian PM says Greeks have ‘understood value of the EU’ but markets and commentators in his country are profoundly wary.
Boato per gol Italia interrompe Monti e Hollande
In Italy, even high diplomacy has to yield to football. Hilarious interruption of Mario Monti-Francois Hollande press conference in Rome.
Umberto Bossi resigns as leader of Northern League amid funding scandal
Rightwinger formerly in coalition partnership with Silvio Berlusconi steps down as party treasurer is investigated.