Lecce, Italy News

Rome, July 8 - World leaders are meeting in the central Italian city of L'Aquila from Wednesday to Friday for this year's Group of Eight summit, hosted by Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi.

Leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized countries and emerging economies are expected to make a new push for reform of the global financial system when they meet for a summit as from Wednesday.

Leaders from the Group of Eight industrial nations and leading developing nations will hold talks from July 8-10 in the central Italian city of L'Aquila. The talks are expected to focus on the state of the world economy, financial regulation, climate change, trade, food security and aid.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is flanked by Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti, left, and Italian General Director Treasury Vittorio Grilli during a break at the G8 finance ministers meeting Lecce, Italy, on Friday.

Leaders from the Group of Eight industrial nations and major developing nations will hold talks from July 8-10 in the central Italian city of L'Aquila. The talks are expected to focus on the state of the world economy, financial regulation, climate change and trade and development.

The U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency of choice has been a stabilizing force during the current financial crisis, Canada said on Friday, downplaying calls to debate the greenback's dominant status.

Tuesday 30 June in the Paul VI Hall, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI received in audience the new Archbishops on whom he had imposed the Pallium the day before the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.

The Group of Eight leading powers turned their attention Saturday to stabilizing Afghanistan and Pakistan in talks aimed at shoring up faltering efforts with some 30 regional players.

SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy, JUNE 21, 2009 .- Here is a translation of the homily Benedict XVI gave today in a Mass at the Church of San Pio de Pietrelcina in San Giovanni Rotondo, where he is visiting.

SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy, JUNE 21, 2009 .- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today to priests, religious and youth at the Church of San Pio de Pietrelcina in San Giovanni Rotondo, where he is visiting today.

Push James Giacomo Lecce on any topic and he gently shushes you. "Ahhh, pazienza, pazienza," he says in Italian, his voice slowed by age and Parkinson's disease, his pale hands, still strong, patting down the air.

I have had a nice weekend not least because I have finally received my new laptop and as the first, of many, blog entries to be typed I would like to point your attention to some recent comments made by the German finance minister Peer Steinbrueck in the context of the increasing risk of further downgrades of European sovereigns following the ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appears to have won a respite for the U.S. dollar, economists said Monday, after various officials voiced confidence in the greenback following the weekend meeting of the Group of Eight finance ministers in Italy.

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 16 Jun 2009 A new strategy in the fight against pneumonia, the world's greatest killer of children, was announced in Lecce, Italy.

German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said Canadian and Russian officials support German assistance for Magna International's planned takeover of General Motors's Opel unit.

New York/Lecce , June 15 : A new strategy in the fight against pneumonia, the world's greatest killer of children, was announced today in Lecce, Italy.

Rich nations have taken the first step toward winding down measures designed to rescue their economies amid tentative signs of recovery, reassuring investors who had begun to fret about inflation, but will not move to withdraw stimulus plans yet.

The cost of three-month dollar loans between banks fell Monday to a new low after some cautiously optimistic comments from the finance ministers of the world's eight leading industrial nations.

Common Principles and Standards for Propriety, Integrity and Transparency, announced by G8 finance ministers at Lecce, Italy, June 13, 2009.

World powers launched a project on the sidelines of G8 talks to develop vaccines against pneumococcal diseases as part of a new market-based mechanism for the developing world.