Giovanni Legorano

1 week ago | thebanker.com | Giovanni Legorano

More than 15 years after the global financial crisis, the European banking system has made great strides in becoming stronger. The crisis induced many spectacular banking failures and forced some countries to spend billions of euros to rescue many lenders. To continue reading, join our community and benefit fromIn-depth coverage across key marketsComments from financial leaders and policymakers worldwideRegional/country bank rankings and awardsActivate your free trial

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Giovanni Legorano

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at a press conference on Sept. 16, 2024 in Rome, Italy. Credit - Antonio Masiello—Getty ImagesIt’s no mystery that Donald Trump likes Giorgia Meloni.

1 week ago | opencanada.org | Giovanni Legorano

Last month, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to annex areas of the Gaza Strip if Hamas refused to release the hostages it still holds. Elsewhere, a vast military operation by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the north of the West Bank, which began in January, is still ongoing and has made swaths of the area inhabitable and displaced almost 40,000 people, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

2 weeks ago | foreignpolicy.com | Giovanni Legorano

Military Europe Jean Monnet, one of the founding fathers of the European Union, predicted that the continent’s union would develop through crises. “I’ve always thought that Europe would be made in crises, and what would be the sum of the solutions we would bring to these crises,” he famously said.

2 weeks ago | aa.com.tr | Giovanni Legorano

By Giovanni LegoranoROME (AA) – Italian authorities dismantled a criminal ring producing and distributing across Europe fake euro banknotes, Europol said Tuesday. The cross-border investigation, which also involved authorities Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Spain, led to the arrest of three people in Italy. Authorities believe that the criminal group counterfeited banknotes worth an estimated €180,000 ($196,550).