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☆ Victor Osimhen: Napoli ‘never intended to offend of make fun of’ striker with TikTok video
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Italian soccer club Napoli has said that it “never intended to offend or make fun of” star player Victor Osimhen after coming under fire for posting – and then deleting – a video of the striker missing a penalty on TikTok. “To avoid any potential exploitation of the matter, SSC Napoli would like to explicitly state that the club never intended to offend or make fun of Victor Osimhen, who is an asset to the club,” Napoli said in Thursday’s statement. “Over the course of the summer Napoli rejected all offers to sign the striker – firm proof of the club’s appreciation of him. “A video mocking Victor was first made public and then, but now belatedly, deleted. Osimhen scored in Napoli’s match against Udinese but celebrated in muted fashion before embracing his teammates.

Persons: “, Victor Osimhen, ”, –, Osimhen, ” Napoli, Victor, Roberto Calenda, Calenda, Gennaro Del Vecchio, Giuseppe Santoro Organizations: CNN, Napoli, Nigeria international Osimhen, Serie, Bologna, SSC Napoli, Udinese, Wednesday, Lecce Locations: Italian, Nigeria

☆ Napoli say they never intended to offend Osimhen amid row
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Napoli said on Thursday they never intended to offend their striker Victor Osimhen with mocking social media videos, but the Serie A champions stopped short of apologising to the Nigeria international. Osimhen's agent Roberto Calenda later threatened legal action, while the 24-year-old player removed all images of himself in a Napoli shirt from his social media accounts. "On social media, and TikTok particularly, expressive language is used in a light-hearted and playful manner. Osimhen helped Napoli end their 33-year wait for a league title last season as he was Serie A's top scorer with 26 goals. Champions Napoli are fifth in the league standings and will face Lecce on Saturday before hosting Real Madrid in the Champions League.

Persons: Napoli, Victor Osimhen, Roberto Calenda, Victor, Osimhen, Janina Nuno Rios, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Serie, Nigeria, Bologna, Napoli, Serie A's, Napoli's, Udinese, Lecce, Real Madrid, Champions League, Thomson Locations: Mexico City

☆ Osimhen's agent threatens legal action against Napoli after video 'mocks' striker
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Roberto Calenda released a statement on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, saying the video caused "very serious damage to the player". "What happened today on Napoli's official profile on the TikTok platform is not acceptable. A video mocking Victor was first made public and then, but now belatedly, deleted," said Calenda. "We reserve the right to take legal action and any other useful initiative to protect Victor." Osimhen missed a late penalty in a goalless draw against Bologna in Serie A on Sunday.

Persons: Renato Dall'Ara, Napoli's Victor Osimhen remonstrates, Rudi Garcia, Ciro De Luca, Victor Osimhen's, Roberto Calenda, Victor, Napoli, Osimhen, Angelica Medina, Toby Davis Organizations: Soccer Football, Bologna, Napoli, Serie, Udinese, Thomson Locations: Bologna, Italy, Mexico

☆ Italy's PM says migration won't solve Europe's demographic crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sept 14 (Reuters) - Some legal migration can benefit European economies, but migration is not the solution to the continent's demographic crisis, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday as she met right-wing ally Viktor Orban in Budapest. Meloni was addressing a summit meeting on demography hosted by the Hungarian prime minister, a long-time political friend. Carlo Calenda, a centrist Italian opposition politician, called the reference to God "truly singular for the head of government of a liberal democracy. Meloni faces a mounting migration crisis at home, where the tiny, far-southern Italian island of Lampedusa has seen thousands of people coming ashore from Northern Africa over the last few days. Reporting by Federico Maccioni and Angelo Amante; editing by Alvise Armellini, Mark Heinrich and Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni, Viktor Orban, Meloni, Carlo Calenda, X, Orban, Federico Maccioni, Angelo Amante, Alvise Armellini, Mark Heinrich, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Italian, European Union, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungarian, Italian, Italy, Hungary, Europe, Brussels, Lampedusa, Northern Africa

☆ 'Very stupid': Italy's bank tax remains controversial as government scrambles to update it
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Silvia Amaro | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

European bank shares dropped significantly in August after a surprise announcement from the Italian government for a new tax. Italy's shock tax on banks continues to prove controversial, even as the government insists it can improve it. "It's a very stupid law," Carlo Calenda, national secretary of the Azione political party, told CNBC over the weekend. Italy's Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said at Ambrosetti that the bank tax "can certainly be improved upon...but I do not accept that it is considered an unfair tax," according to Reuters. Antonio Tajani, the country's foreign minister and leader of the centre-right Forza Italia party, said the government is stable and the bank tax is not creating tensions.

Persons: Carlo Calenda, Italy's, CNBC's Steve Sedgwick, Giancarlo Giorgetti, Antonio Tajani, CNBC's Sedgwick Organizations: CNBC, House Ambrosetti, Brothers, Italy's, Reuters, Forza Italia Locations: Rome, Italy, Europe, Ambrosetti

☆ Meloni’s windfall tax on Italian banks ‘very stupid’ and ‘very dangerous,’ Azione party leader says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMeloni’s windfall tax on Italian banks ‘very stupid’ and ‘very dangerous,’ Azione party leader saysCarlo Calenda, leader of centrist Azione party, discusses the first year of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government. He says Meloni’s surprise move to impose a windfall tax on Italian banks was “very stupid” and the principle is “very dangerous.”

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☆ Italian senator reads AI-generated speech in parliament 'to stir debate'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ROME, June 1 (Reuters) - An Italian senator has surprised his colleagues by reading out in parliament a speech drafted by a chatbot, saying afterwards that he pulled the stunt to stir "a serious debate" on risks and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence. "How many of us today are able to distinguish between a text produced by human intelligence and a stream of thoughts ... produced by an artificial intelligence algorithm?" His speech, on the subject of various bilateral deals with Switzerland, was produced by Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O)-backed OpenAI's GPT-4 chatbot, the senator told Reuters on Thursday. He said his staff "took a couple of hours" to feed the necessary information into the software, which then produced the speech "instantaneously". Reporting by Federico Maccioni; Editing by Alvise Armellini and David HolmesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Marco Lombardo, Lombardo's, Carlo Calenda, " Lombardo, Margrethe Vestager, Federico Maccioni, Alvise Armellini, David Holmes Organizations: Microsoft Corp, Reuters, Twitter, European Union, Thomson Locations: Italian, Switzerland, Italy

☆ Parents of ex Italy PM Renzi acquitted of false invoice charge
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ROME, Oct 19 (Reuters) - An Italian appeals court has acquitted the parents of former prime minister Matteo Renzi on charges of issuing false invoices. "After years of struggle and pain, my parents were acquitted," Renzi said in a tweet. "I do not wish anyone to live through what my parents had to live through, they did not deserve so much hate. At the last national election on Sept. 25, Renzi teamed up with the Azione party led by Carlo Calenda and got about 8% of the vote. The lower court handed a third defendant, businessman Luigi Dagostino, a two-year term for having accepted bogus invoices.

Newly elected Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa gives his first speech in the upper house of parliament in Rome, Italy, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Yara NardiROME, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Italy's new rightist coalition got off to an inauspicious start on Thursday when it split over the election of the Senate speaker, who clinched the post despite a revolt by Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party. The right-wing bloc, which includes Brothers of Italy, Forza Italia and Matteo Salvini's League, have promised to bring political stability to the country after years of short-lived governments. "I will try with all my efforts to be the speaker for everybody," La Russa told the senators, as opposition chiefs denied they were responsible for his election. Former businessman Carlo Calenda, leader of the centrist Action party, denied his senators provided La Russa with the votes he needed.

Leader of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) Enrico Letta reacts as he speaks to media a day after Italy's election where the rightwing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni triumphed, in Rome, Italy, September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Stoyan NenovROME, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The leaders of Italy's opposition parties on Monday blamed their defeat on a lack of unity and on voters choosing a path of populism, after Giorgia Meloni's rightist bloc overwhelmingly won the national election. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterEnrico Letta, the head of the opposition Democratic Party (PD), announced he would stand down. M5S leader Giuseppe Conte said overnight it was the PD's fault if it proved impossible for the centre left to win. "They have undermined a political offer that could have been competitive against this centre right," Conte said.

☆ Putin invaded to put 'decent people' in Kyiv, says Italy's Berlusconi
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Alvise Armellini | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"I haven't even understood why Russian troops spread around Ukraine while in my mind they should have only stuck around Kyiv", said the 85-year-old Berlusconi, who once described Putin as being like a younger brother. Ukraine initially chased his troops from the Kyiv area, and more recently from parts of the northeast near the Russia border. Putin now says the main aim is to secure territory in the Donbas region partly controlled by pro-Russia separatists. REUTERS/Yara Nardi"If on Sunday night the result is favourable to the right, the happiest person would be Putin," Letta told RAI radio. Centrist leader Carlo Calenda, another election contender, said on Radio24 said Berlusconi had spoken"like a Putin general".

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