Indeed, Emma Marcegaglia, president of Confindustria, Italy's main business lobby, says that more than 90 of Italy's 104 officially recognised clusters, the bedrock of the country's industry, are in difficulty.
Italy's prime minister and Rome's mayor, both on the left, sided with the Vatican in a row over a World Gay Pride parade to be held in Italy's capital next month.
When he was appointed last November, it was to restore Italy's credibility on international financial markets, whose mirror image is the spread between Italy's benchmark government bonds and their German equivalents.
At the time of the earthquake, Italy's biggest in three decades, the defendants were members of Italy's National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Major Risks, a unit of Italy's Civil Protection Agency.
The BBC's David Willey in Rome says the Bank of Italy's financial intelligence unit tipped off Italy's tax police last week, after two suspicious transactions were reported between the Vatican Bank and two different Italian banks.
This lending constriction worsens a eurozone recession, which in turn exacerbates the weakness of banks: a financing or liquidity crisis morphs into a solvency crisis, as has already happened in Spain and looks set to happen in Italy (yesterday's refinancing of Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena augurs ill).
On a petition from Italy, India's Supreme Court allowed the marines to return home in February to vote in Italy's general elections with the proviso they come back to face trial.
On a petition from Italy, India's Supreme Court allowed the marines to return home for Christmas and again in February to vote in Italy's general elections with the proviso they come back to face trial.
Mr. Andreotti's longevity in Italy's revolving-door politics earned him the nickname "Mr. Italy" to many foreign leaders.
In an economy the size of Spain's or Italy's they would be a terrible danger.
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Why are the English matches more popular than Spain's and Italy's, which are just as skilful?
The downgrading by Moody's of Italy's credit rating could not have come at a worse time for the eurozone.
America's fertility rate is 50% higher than Russia's, Germany's and Italy's.
Last month they arrested Mr Saric's brother, at Italy's request, as part of a co-ordinated operation involving over 80 arrests in Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia.
But if her original conviction is upheld on appeal and confirmed by Italy's high court, she would almost certainly face extradition orders to return to Italy to serve time for Kercher's murder.
Under Prime Minister Mario Monti's stewardship, Italy's borrowing costs shrank and reforms are being pushed through.
Too few ever complained about Silvio Berlusconi's grip on Italy's broadcast media, for instance.
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The more you look at his government's plans for Italy's economic future, the more you understand why.
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Crafting monetary policy for a currency zone that includes Ireland's boom and Italy's bust was a troublesome affair.
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Britain's Mirror, France's Paris Match, Germany's Bild and Italy's Corriere della Sera have all bought first serialisation rights.
The fourth of Mr Giulini's pillars is Italy's profusion of small independent retailers.
Women's groups and Italy's Radical Party have collected four million signatures to force the referendum on whether to ease the rules.
Either side can appeal this court's ruling to Italy's High Court, but such an appeal would be on narrow technical grounds only.
What's more, Italy's dividend yield, meaning annual dividends divided by the stock price, is above 4%, compared with just 2.7% for the world overall.
Germany's Kirch and Italy's Mediaset agreed to form an alliance in European television, which they hope Canal Plus of France, and others, will join.
While still outranked by England's Premier League, Spain's Liga and Italy's Serie A in terms of broadcasting dollars and ratings, the Bundesliga's overall appeal is undoubtedly growing.
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Goldman Sachs' Jernej Omahen has "Buy" ratings on Spain's BBVA, Britain's HSBC, Italy's Unicredit and France's BNP, with predicted upsides of 45% or more for all four banks.
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To the displeasure of the European Commission, Poland's government has gone to court to block the takeover of Germany's HVB by Italy's Unicredit, because it involves the merger of two Polish subsidiaries that the government is against.
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