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5 times the Winter Olympics got super political
Invasions, nuclear crises and Nazi propaganda: The Games have seen it all.
Salvini’s far-right League party is ripping apart
Russia inches toward Olympic readmittance with new IOC youth event recommendation
A new era for merger control
Italian bank’s cry for help from Brussels falls flat as Meloni-linked takeover looms
Two visions of European finance clash at elite Italian banking gathering
Mediobanca rebels at Rome’s efforts to force it into a shotgun marriage
EU backs Olympic bid for 2036, while London wants the Games in 2040
Europe’s sports chief calls for the Olympics to return to the EU — but that aspiration could clash with a bid from London.
Battle over top Italian insurer Generali pits oligarchs against Milan elite
A fight for control over a vast chunk of Italy’s debt pile tests Rome’s influence and could reshape the Italian financial system.
Macron promises €2B worth of new French support to Ukraine
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said France will provide Ukraine with an additional €2 billion worth of military support. Speaking alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr …
Brexit stole the show from London Fashion Week — and gifted it to Paris
As red tape and higher costs hammer British designers, France is ready to pounce.
UniCredit builds stake in Generali, complicating fight for Italy financial sector
The Milan-based bank said its holding is “a pure financial investment” and asserted that it has “no strategic interest in Generali.”
Italian banking battle escalates as UniCredit quietly buys Generali shares
UniCredit acquires stake of less than 4 percent in Generali Group, according to people familiar with the matter.
Rome warns its financial giants: Italy first!
Can Rome still rely on Generali and UniCredit in a crisis if they go ‘full European’?
Why an Italian banking battle is sowing division in Giorgia Meloni’s government
UniCredit’s bid for BPM threatens to frustrate efforts to create a powerful new player in Italy’s banking market.
Macron can’t count on Meloni to kill the EU’s trade deal with South America
France hopes Italy can tip the scales against the EU-Mercosur trade deal. Giorgia Meloni may have other ideas.
EU visitor centers under scrutiny over spiraling costs and sparse attendance
European Parliament’s top bureaucrat called for a review of the project “to assess the causes of the poorer performance.”
Trump 2.0 is already stoking divisions within the European Central Bank
How to react to a president who could send prices soaring — or the economy into a downturn?
Vatican, Israel implicated in Italy hacking scandal, leaked files reveal
Police wiretaps show the sprawling global nature of an investigation into Milan-based private detectives and their clients.
Hacked info from Italy security databases sold to rich clients, prosecutors say
Italian probe reveals “gigantic and alarming market of confidential data,” prosecutors say.
Houthi rebels and the EU make your coffee more expensive
We probably don’t need to tell you that your iced latte is now pricier — but do you know why?
Will Meloni’s rage torpedo von der Leyen’s 2nd term?
It won’t be easy for Italy’s PM to back von der Leyen to remain European Commission president in Thursday’s crucial vote.
The 23 kookiest MEPs heading to the European Parliament
We made our own group of the most outlandish MEPs coming to the new European Parliament.
When the fish died he couldn’t be a fisherman. He became Italy’s finance minister instead.
Quiet man Giancarlo Giorgetti is one of Italian politics’ great survivors. And now he wants to lend Giorgia Meloni’s govenment some credibility.
Scandal-plagued minister quits Italy’s government
Vittorio Sgarbi resigns after wishing death on a reporter covering the case of a stolen 17th-century painting.
Do not adjust your set: Italy is growing faster than Germany
Germany’s struggles with Russia, China and fiscal orthodoxy are challenging established wisdom.
Collision course: What London’s mayor learned when he took on the cars
Sadiq Khan is facing protest, death threats for the expansion of his city’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).
AWS digital sovereignty pledge: A new, independent sovereign cloud in Europe
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is a new, independent cloud for Europe, designed to help public-sector organizations and customers in highly-regulated industries meet their evolving sovereignty needs.
Carbon trading for farmers is back on the table
EU policymakers are coming back to the idea of a cap-and-trade system for the farm sector, where curbing emissions has lagged behind.
NATO bolsters forces in Kosovo as US urges Serbia to withdraw from border
White House calls Serbian military deployment ‘very destabilizing.’
How Italy’s far-right leader learned to stop worrying and love migration
Giorgia Meloni is presiding over a sharp spike in regular and irregular arrivals.