„It‘s us or them now; the choice is simple,“ he wrote Monday. „Those who are now appointed to the command of the nation are responsible for its destruction“. Grillo may be joined in his opposition by the PD‘s left wing, which could refuse to back this new government amid strong grass-root anger at leadership bungling and wider public disaffection with a discredited political class.

And he called on Italy to meet its European obligations on debt and finances, while working to „advance the united Europe..“

There has been speculation Napolitano may step down after the work of a broad-based reform government has been completed, in a year or so.

„We must promote a united Europe,“ said the newly re-elected head of state,

Mancino was charged along with 11 other people in July in relation to alleged negotiations to stop a series of Cosa Nostra bomb attacks in the early 1990s that claimed the lives of anti-Mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992, among other people.
Mancino is accused of perjury for saying he did not know about the negotiations.

Giorgio Napolitano was on Monday sworn in for his second straight stint as Italian president

Zudem habe Russland „seriöse Goldreserven“, während die Reservefonds ein „sicheres Polster“ bilden würden. „Auch ist wichtig, dass die Realeinkommen der Bürger – Gott sei Dank – nicht sinken, sondern kontinuierlich wachsen“.

The Turkish Central Bank’s reserves surpassed $130 billion, marking a record, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced.

One of these alternatives is a return to the good old Cyprus pound, with its history of strength and resilience in adversity and well managed by the Republic of Cyprus.

A Cypriot MEP has warned his country could be ready to say „a big good bye“ to the EU once the current crisis is over.

The Cyprus‘ Production Index in Construction for the fourth quarter of 2012 reached 57,8 units (base year 2005=100,0), recording a decrease of 27% over the fourth quarter of 2011,

The central bank said insurance companies, charities and private educational institutions would take a 27.5 percent impairment on their savings in Bank of Cyprus. Under a previous arrangement, they would have been excluded.

The Conference will be attended by the presidents and vice-presidents of Parliaments of EU member states, as well as the President of the European Parliament.

The key ally of the riven centre-left Democratic Party (PD), Left Ecology and Freedom (SEL), said Monday it would join the opposition if the PD teamed up with centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi‘s People of Freedom (PdL) party in a left-right administration to break Italy‘s 55-day post-election stalemate.

So… just give up national practices sometimes. And yes, Merkel is of course ready to head the asset-stripmined continent. The question is who else in Europe is willing to hand over their liberties to the next iteration of the German Reich?

Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said that the German government held Napolitano in high consideration for his personal profile and for his work in the international arena.