DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Row over Mussolini photo as Italy's Meloni readies for power
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Leader of Brothers of Italy party Giorgia Meloni attends the fourth voting session to elect the new speaker, at the lower house of parliament, in Rome, Italy, October 14, 2022. The Mussolini portrait will be taken down "to avoid polemics and manipulations," the industry ministry said in a statement. The statement noted that another picture of Mussolini hangs in Palazzo Chigi, the prime minister's office, along with portraits of other Italian heads of government. Earlier, former centre-left leader and industry minister Pier Luigi Bersani chafed at being hung alongside Italy's late dictator. The public sector chapter of the CGIL, Italy's largest trade union, was also outraged, condemning the "deplorable" display and calling for its immediate removal.

☆ Holocaust survivor to oversee start of rightist Italian parliament
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Senator Liliana Segre attends a debate ahead of a confidence vote at the upper house of parliament after former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi pulled his party out of government, in Rome, Italy, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/Pool/File PhotoROME, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Italy's new parliament opens on Thursday, with a Holocaust survivor due to preside over the first session of the upper house Senate as the most right-wing coalition since World War Two takes control of both chambers. Liliana Segre was the only member of her family to emerge alive from the Nazi Auschwitz concentration camp at the end of the war. Honoured as a senator for life, the 92 year-old is the oldest active member of the house, meaning she will start proceedings. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterAdditional reporting by Angelo Amante; editing by Barbara LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Michael Cohen says Trump is a 'poster boy for fascism': 'I helped create this Frankenstein's monster'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In his new book, "Revenge," Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen accused him of being a fascist. Cohen said the US is "in danger" of losing its government to fascists who want to destroy democracy. He called Trump the "standard bearer for corrupt dictator wannabes" and a "poster boy for fascism." In his book, Cohen also accused Trump of being a "mirror into the depths of the soul of government corruption." Since his release, Cohen has become an outspoken critic of Trump and has commented extensively on the former president's many legal troubles.

☆ Michael Cohen says the DOJ should look into whether Trump is keeping photocopies of classified documents
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Cohen is urging the DOJ to investigate if Trump kept photocopies of top-secret files. Cohen accused Trump of using "Art of the Deal" tactics to trade these files for other documents. Cohen also wondered aloud why Trump — after being president for four years — didn't attempt to get the documents while he was in office. During its search of Mar-a-Lago on August 8, the FBI seized classified documents, including some marked "top secret." The DOJ is investigating whether Trump broke three federal laws — including the Espionage Act — by keeping the files at his Florida residence.

☆ Michael Cohen says Trump's downfall will resemble Al Capone's: 'You're not going to get them on murder, extortion, or racketeering. You're gonna get them on tax evasion.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Cohen said he thinks Trump will get indicted on tax charges. Speaking to MSNBC, Cohen predicted Trump would face the "Al Capone effect." Capone, a notorious gangster, was indicted in 1931 on tax evasion charges. "Like the Al Capone effect, you're not going to get him on murder, extortion, racketeering. During his MSNBC appearance, Cohen commented on Trump's legal troubles and predicted that the former president would use a "playbook" — which Cohen helped create — in response to them.

☆ Fact Check-Video showing Italian neo-fascist group tearing down EU flag is from 2013
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The video shows a 2013 protest where an Italian neo-fascist group tore down the European Union flag at the European Commission headquarters in Rome. The text in one post reads: “Italy… The EU flag is torn down and replaced by the Italian flag. “As a coalition of right-leaning parties stood poised to form a new government in Italy after Sunday's elections, a group of Italian protestors reportedly torn (sic) down the European Union flag from the E.U. 's headquarters in Rome,” reads part of another post (here). The video shows an Italian neo-fascist group tearing down the European Union flag at the European Commission headquarters in Rome in 2013, not 2022.

Giorgia Meloni, a nationalist accused by political rivals and experts of spreading white supremacist ideas, was on Monday set to become Italy's first far-right leader since World War II. The results confirm her party’s rise from a radical fringe group to the driving force in right-wing Italian politics. Meloni, who would be Italy's first female leader, and the Brothers of Italy advocate naval blockades to stop unauthorized migration from Africa. Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, in Rome on Monday. Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni casts her vote at a polling station in Rome on Sunday.

☆ Michael Cohen is selling t-shirts depicting Trump in prison to 'celebrate the fall of the Mango Mussolini'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Michael Cohen is selling t-shirts depicting Trump behind bars. Cohen said the shirts were meant to "celebrate the fall of the Mango Mussolini." "BREAKING: I am excited to announce my new Mar-a-Lardo clothing line during Milan Fashion Week as we celebrate the fall of the Mango Mussolini," Cohen wrote. BREAKING: I am excited to announce my new Mar-a-Lardo clothing line during Milan Fashion Week as we celebrate the fall of the Mango Mussolini. I mean, this guy is out of his mind," Cohen quipped.

☆ Italy is on track to electing the most right-wing government since Mussolini
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | 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 EmailItaly is on track to electing the most right-wing government since MussoliniItalians are on course to electing the country’s first female prime minister and the first government led by the far-right since the end of World War II. CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick reports live from Italy.

☆ A look at Giorgia Meloni's ascent to power as a far-right leader set to become Italy's next prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Far-right politician Giorgia Meloni is poised to become Italy's first woman prime minister. The 45-year-old ascended to power after she joined the Italian Social Movement as a youth activist in her teenage years. Sign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox. "It's a victory I want to dedicate to everyone who is no longer with us and wanted this night," Meloni said to a crowd of supporters, according to the news outlet. One decade later, Meloni became Italy's youngest minister when she was appointed to the youth portfolio in 2008 during the reign of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.

☆ The far-right win big in Italy. Here's what that means for Europe
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Giorgia Meloni seen speaking during the campaign. Fratelli d'Italia's runaway success means that Giorgia Meloni is likely to become Italy's next prime minister and the country's first female leader. Speaking as the results emerged, Giorgia Meloni said the party would "govern for everyone" and would not "betray" the country's trust. "We are dealing with a right-wing coalition and we need to understand what type of right-wing coalition," Francesco Galietti, chief executive and co-founder of political risk consultancy Policy Sonar, told CNBC Monday. Fratelli d'Italia has argued for a slimmed down, less bureaucratic EU and has championed the primacy of Italian law in domestic issues.

☆ A far-right nationalist looks likely to become Italy’s first female prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

Meloni leads the Brothers of Italy Party (Fratelli d’Italia, or FdI), a populist party with roots in Italy’s post-war fascist movement. From left, The League's Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia's Silvio Berlusconi, and Brothers of Italy's Giorgia Meloni attend the final rally of the center-right coalition in Rome on Thursday. Meloni’s office and the Brothers of Italy Party did not answer requests for comment by NBC News. Clashes between protesters and police close to a rally held by election frontrunner Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday in Palermo, Sicily. And now it’s happening with Giorgia Meloni,” he said.

☆ Giorgia Meloni and her far-right Brothers of Italy party top vote in Italian elections, exit poll shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Matt Clinch | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party are set to gain 22.5% to 26.5% of the vote, according to an exit poll late Sunday night. But the vote could mark a big political shift for a pivotal European country dealing with ongoing economic and political instability. Meloni's Brothers of Italy party was created in 2012, but has its roots in Italy's 20th century neo-fascist movement that emerged after the death of fascist leader Benito Mussolini in 1945. After winning 4% of the vote in 2018′s election, Brothers of Italy and 45-year-old Meloni used their position in opposition to springboard into the mainstream. The snap election on Sunday in the EU's third-largest economy comes six months before they were due to be held.

Giorgia Meloni, leader of the right-wing party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) holds a giant Italian national flag during a political rally on February 24, 2018 in Milan, Italy. Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party was created in 2012, but has its roots in Italy's 20th century neo-fascist movement that emerged after the death of fascist leader Benito Mussolini in 1945. After winning 4% of the vote in 2018's election, it has used its position in opposition to springboard into the mainstream. The Brothers of Italy party is expected to gain the largest share of the vote for a single party on Sunday. Fratelli d'Italia has been pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine and supports sanctions against Russia, unlike Lega which is ambivalent about those measures.

☆ The far-right is expected to win Italy's election in Rome's biggest political shift for decades
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The Brothers of Italy party stands out from the crowd and is expected to gain the largest share of the vote for a single party. Giorgia Meloni, leader of the right-wing party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) holds a giant Italian national flag during a political rally on February 24, 2018 in Milan, Italy. The snap election follows the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi in July, after he failed to unite a fractious political coalition behind his economic policies. An election win by Fratelli d'Italia could see the party's leader, Giorgia Meloni, become Italy's first female prime minister. Fratelli d'Italia has been pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine and supports sanctions against Russia, unlike Lega which is ambivalent about those measures.

☆ How Italy could tip into a tailspin
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Hugo Dixon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, speaks during a rally in Duomo square ahead of the Sept. 25 snap election, in Milan, Italy, September 11, 2022. Italy will probably muddle through under Meloni, the leader of the Brothers of Italy, which opinion polls suggest will be the largest party after this Sunday’s election. Nobody wants Italy to go into a tailspin and drag down countries such as France and Spain, which also have high levels of sovereign debt. She might think the EU would still keep financial support flowing to Italy as it wouldn’t have the guts for a confrontation. But if the ECB then refused to buy Italian debt, and if neither side blinked, there would be a blow-up.

☆ Italian women divided over the prospect of far-right female premier
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

ROME — If Italy elects the nation’s first female premier, will its women be delighted or dismayed? Should opinion polls prove on the mark, Giorgia Meloni and the far-right Brothers of Italy party she co-founded less than a decade ago will triumph in the Sept. 25 election. Nothing.”Meloni, 45, is the only main party leader who didn’t join Premier Mario Draghi’s pandemic national unity government in 2021. After populist forces, including two of Meloni’s campaign allies, yanked support for Draghi in July, the former European Central Bank chief’s coalition collapsed, prompting an early election. But she has snapped back at contentions that it wouldn’t be a victory for women if she becomes premier.

☆ Nationalist Meloni set to smash Italy's glass ceiling, become premier
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-29 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Leader of Italy's nationalist Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) party and frontrunner to become prime minister Giorgia Meloni, holds a closing rally in Naples, Italy, September 23, 2022. Fast forward three years, and the nationalist leader is also poised to become Italy's first female prime minister. It is from tomorrow that we must prove our worth," the 45-year-old Meloni told party faithful early Monday morning. All the tough talking inevitably draws comparisons in the Italian press between Meloni and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Just as Thatcher shattered Britain's glass ceiling to top office 43 years ago, so Meloni looks set to follow suit in Italy.

☆ I’m no danger to democracy, Italy’s far-right leader Giorgia Meloni says ahead of elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-10 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Italy’s far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, who is leading in opinion polls ahead of Sept. 25 parliamentary elections, insists she won’t be a danger to democracy if she becomes premier, contending that the Italian political right has “unambiguously” condemned the legacy of fascism. Meloni made the comments in a message recorded in English, French and Spanish, and distributed Wednesday by her campaign. Fratelli D'Italia party leader Giorgia Meloni at an election rally in Piazza Roma in Monza, Italy, on May 30. Meloni has been dogged by criticism that she has been ambiguous about denouncing Italy’s fascist past. Recent opinion polls have indicated Meloni’s support among eligible voters slightly ahead of her main rival in the election, Democratic Party leader Enrico Letta, a former premier.

☆ (video) Recomandări de la Mircea, fără spoilere: cinci filme savuroase pentru iubitorii de vinuri
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-19 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +7 min

O poveste romantică, nebunatică, în care două spirite rătăcite se află pe sine și își acceptă limitele. E o poveste ușoară, pe alocuri zburătoare, îndesată cu glume de tot soiul. O rezolvare modestă, un sfârșit previzibil și o atmosferă plăcută. Deși lasă de dorit, totuși e un film autentic, care merită atenție, îți trezește emoții și îți dă de gândit. O poveste în care vinul orbește asemenea unei comori blestemate și ademenește spre o cale greșită.

Persons: Miles, Paul Giamatti, Jack, Thomas, Alexander Payne, Schmidt, Steven Spurrier, Alan Rickman, Jim Barret, Bill Pullman, Jim, Bo, Chris Pine, Gustavo, Freddy Rodríguez, Sir Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard, Max Skinner, Henry, Max, Paul, Marseul, Niels Arestrup, Martin, Francois, Philip, Mussolini, Stanley Kramer, Anthony Quinn, Rudy Organizations: Prime, HBO GO Locations: Californiei, Paris, California, Franța, Saint, Italia, Santa Vittoria, Bombolini

☆ World’s most beautiful castles
▼ + stars: | 2019-08-07 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

As the UK crowns a new monarch, we’re exploring all things royal, from castles to grand tours. “Castles are places were plots were hatched, marriages were consummated, murders carried out, royal babies born, and so on. With castles, you are never short of fascinating things to talk about.”Read on to find out more about 21 of the world’s most beautiful castles, fortified homes that are both a feast for the eyes and a time trip back to the bygone age during which they were created. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThis classic medieval castle towers above the island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. The castle’s vivid red-and-yellow color pattern – and its flashy clock tower – endow Pena with a much more playful air than the somber castles found elsewhere in Europe.

☆ (foto) Ilustrații înfricoșătoare cu lideri renumiți din întreaga lume
▼ + stars: | 2015-08-13 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

Pictorul Gunduz Agayev a creat o serie de ilustrații pe care a numit-o „Just leaders”, ceea ce înseamnă „Doar lideri”. Imaginile sale înfricoșătoare prezintă chipurile celor mai recunoscuți conducători care s-au remarcat în istorie. Ilustratorul este renumit și pentru alte două serii ingenioase, despre cum arată ofițerii de poliție în diferite țări ale lumii și cum arată fenomenul selfie în ilustrații religioase. Augusto Pinochet (Chile)Kim Jong-Un (Korea de Nord)Vladimir Putin (Rusia)Iosif Stalin (Uniunea Sovietică)Saddam Hussein (Irak)Mobutu Sese Seko (Kongo)Benito Mussolini (Italia)Amin Dada (Uganda)Napoléon Bonaparte (Franța)Muammar Gaddafi (Libia)Adolf Hitler (Germania)Ilham Aliyev (Azerbaijan)Fidel Castro (Cuba)

Persons: Agayev, Ilustratorul, Augusto Pinochet, Kim Jong, Vladimir Putin, Iosif Stalin, Saddam Hussein, Mobutu, Seko, Benito Mussolini, Amin, Napoléon Bonaparte, Muammar Gaddafi, Adolf Hitler, Fidel Castro Locations: Chile, Korea de Nord, Rusia, Uniunea Sovietică, Irak, Kongo, Italia, Uganda, Franța, Libia, Germania, Azerbaijan, Cuba

☆ "Naţiunile au fost mereu dezmembrate, pentru ca să îşi piardă memoria, voinţa şi raţiunea de a fi"
▼ + stars: | 1990-05-25 | by ( Ion Petrescu | ) adevarul.ro time to read: +53 min

Lovitura finală dată proiectului lui Gorbaciov a fost rezultatul referendumului din Ucraina, ţinut pe 1 decembrie, în care majoritatea populaţiei s-a pronunţat în favoarea independenţei. Există numeroşi experţi care demonstrează că adevăratul Putin a fost înlocuit în timpul celui de al doilea mandat de preşedinte al RF. Apoi, ADN-ul a fost comparat pentru a găsi similarităţi. De-a lungul istoriei, naţiunile mereu au fost dezmembrate pentru ca să-şi piardă memoria, voinţa şi raţiunea de a fi. Imposibil de precizat cum a fost realizată această modificare a ADN-ului uman.

Persons: Gorbaciov, Mircea Druc, Crăciun, Albert Jacquard, Dimitrie Gusti, Cristian Rakovski, Joseph Arthur, Gobineau, Cristian Alexandrescu îşi, Putin, Cui, Iuri Şveţ, Spaţiul, Vladimir Putin, Anatol Sobceak, Vladimir Putin ., francez Jacques Attali, Roosevelt, Mussolini, Lenin, Trump, utopistă, Utopiile, ., Dumnezeu, Alţii, etnocentrismul, îşi, Remediul, René Descartes, Joe Dispenza, Aceştia, Individul, Etnoconştinţa, Etnosistemologii, Рогинский Яков Яковлевич, Путин, Андрей Илларионов, Александр Невзоров, Игорь Яковенко, Александр Сотник, Валерий Соловей Organizations: Partidul Comunist, Europeana, Uniunea Europeană, Universitatea din, New, Universitatea de Stat, KGB, Israelul, Statul, terorişti, Epigenetică, Phoenix, Этнопсихология, Дружба народы Locations: Chişinău, francez, spaniol, englez, italian, german, România, Estonia, Letonia, Lituania, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Bucureşti, Moscova, Prut, Nistru, Ucraina, independenţei, Rusiei, Belarusului, Ucrainei, Minsk, Statelor Independente, URSS, preşedinte, Republicii Sovietice Socialiste Moldova, Basarabiei, Nordului Bucovinei, Uniunea Sovietică, Universitatea din Leningrad, New, York, bancherului, Ruse, Leningrad, Cernăuţi, Bucureşti şi, Brazilia, introvertire, SUA, Chinei, Rusia, sovietic, american, Tallinn, Davos, Stalin, FR, mediafrenie, China, Imperiului, Naţiune, Europa, consumismului, Franţa, Naţiunea, generaţii, provocatori, Etnosisteme, Informaticul, Rocrematicul, bioeconomie, funcţionează, biocentrismului, comunist, Statul, Etnoenergia, delăsarea, Россия

Search resuls for: "Mussolini"

23 mentions found