Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni's government will propose its candidate for Bank of Italy governor at a Cabinet meeting on Friday, a government source said on Monday. More »
Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures during the television talk show ”Porta a Porta” (Door to Door) in Rome, Italy June 21, 2017. Picture taken June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Remo Casilli Italy’s center-right parties were the big winners in mayoral... More »
FILE PHOTO:Fireworks explode next to the Quadriga sculpture atop the Brandenburg gate during New Year celebrations in Berlin, Germany, January 1, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo Over the years, euro zone economic growth has been a bit like the Sirens ... More »
The main entrance of the Monte dei Paschi bank headquarters is seen in Siena, Italy March 13, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo On the morning of July 29, former Italian Industry Minister Corrado Passera was traveling in a high-speed train towards the medieva... More »
European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici attends a news conference with Portugal’s Finance minister Mario Centeno (not pictured) in Lisbon, Portugal November 18, 2016. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante Italy can handle the fallout from ... More »
Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem attends a euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, November 7, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman Political instability in Italy makes life more difficult for Italy and the whole euro z... More »
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during a media conference after a referendum on constitutional reform at Chigi palace in Rome, Italy, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced on Monday that he would ... More »
The main entrance of the Monte dei Paschi bank headquarters is seen in Siena, Italy March 13, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo The European Central Bank has rejected a request by Italy’s Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS.MI) for more time to raise capital, a s... More »
Elke Koenig, Chair of the Single Resolution Board, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Brussels, Belgium, August 10, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir The head of the euro zone banking watchdog, the Single Resolution Board (SRB), said on Monday that Italian... More »
Director Riccardo Chailly and the cast acknowledges the applause at the end of the Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, opening of the 2015-16 opera season at La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo Milan’s La Scala opera hous... More »
A man sits on a marble wall as pedestrians walk on the streets in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson U.S. equity index futures fell on Sunday after a stinging defeat for Italian Prime Minister Matteo ... More »
Euro coins are seen in front of a displayed Greece flag in this picture illustration, June 29, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo Euro zone finance ministers hope to reach a compromise on Greek reforms on Monday in a final bid to get International Monetary Fu... More »
An employee of a foreign exchange trading company works near monitors showing Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on TV news (top C), and the Japanese yen’s exchange rate against the euro in Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai The euro fell to a... More »
Piles of two Euro coins are pictured in an illustration taken October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger The euro tumbled on Monday after Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi conceded defeat in a referendum over his plan to reform the constitution and said he wo... More »
The German share prize index (DAX) board is seen at the trading room of Frankfurt’s stock exchange (Boerse Frankfurt) during trading session in Frankfurt Germany, October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach European shares were expected to open lower on Monday a... More »
The headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) are illuminated with a giant euro sign at the start of the ”Luminale, light and building” event in Frankfurt, Germany, March 12, 2016. EUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo The European Central Bank is ready to t... More »
A man walks next to a poster in support of the ‘Yes’ vote in the upcoming constitutional reform referendum in Rome, Italy November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Tony Gentile Italy’s constitutional reform referendum on Sunday could lead to the resignation of Prime Minister... More »
The Bank of Italy logo is seen at the company’s headquarters in Milan, Italy, January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo Speculators convinced the euro zone faces fresh instability have zeroed in on Italy’s constitutional reform referendum on Sund... More »
Governor of the Bank of France Francois Villeroy de Galhau attends a press conference after the Franco-German Financial Council meeting in Berlin, Germany, September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt Italian voters’ defeat of a referendum on constitutional reform... More »
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during a media conference after a referendum on constitutional reform at Chigi palace in Rome, Italy, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi vowed to resign after suffering a ... More »
U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. Picture taken November 7. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Investors pulled $4.1 billion from U.S.-based taxable-bond mutual funds, the most since June, as a bond selloff forced interest ... More »
The Federal Reserve Building stands in Washington April 3, 2012. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo Clues on future U.S. policy under Donald Trump rather than economic data are likely to dominate minds and markets in the week ahead, given a U.S. interest rate h... More »
Euro coins are seen in front of displayed flag and map of European Union in this picture illustration taken in Zenica, May 28 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic The euro zone has withstood several crises since 2008 that have thrown the 19-nation bloc’s very existence in... More »
Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi talks to the media as he leaves a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Monday that a letter in which the European Commissio... More »
Italian 1997 Nobel literature prize winner Dario Fo reacts on unveiling a commemorative postage stamp in Stockholm November 13, 2008. REUTERS/Scanpix/Anders Wiklund Nobel prize-winning Italian playwright, director and political activist Dario Fo, an acclaimed ... More »
Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) President Giovanni Malago speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the official logo for the 2024 Olympic bid in Rome, Italy, December 14, 2015. REUTERS/Max Rossi Italy’s Olympic Committee has officially withdrawn its b... More »
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi makes a speech during a news conference in Rome, Italy, November 24, 2015. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File Photo He’s rude about Brussels, calls Berlin stingy with cash and Paris mean on helping refugees- he threw a tantrum this m... More »
Director of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum Axel Ruger poses next to a painting by the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, that was stolen in Amsterdam 14 years ago, during a news conference in Naples September 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca Two stolen Vincent Van Gogh... More »
A man walks on a logo of the Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena bank in Rome, Italy September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo European regulators expect Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena will have to turn to the government for support, three euro z... More »
Outgoing French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron attends a news conference after his resignation, at Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris, France, August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo Inside the election war rooms of Paris, French politicians on both... More »
A logo of Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank is seen on the ground in Siena, Italy, November 5, 2014. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito/File Photo Italian bank Monte dei Paschi plans to appoint a new chief executive in the next few days to lead a 5 billion-euro ($5.6 bill... More »
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and French President Francois Hollande (L) pose on the Italian aircraft carrier Garibaldi off the coast of Ventotene island, central Italy, August 22, 2016. REUTERS/Remo Casilli The leade... More »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C), French President Francois Hollande (L) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi attend a news conference at the chancellery during discussions on the outcome of the Brexit in Berlin, Germany, June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal ... More »
