Italian Prime Minister News
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has announced that he will tender his resignation on Wednesday, three days after suffering a stinging defeat in a referendum on constitutional change.
Renzi said he would be visiting President Sergio Mattarella on Monday to hand in his resignation following a final meeting of his cabinet.
With 368 people injured, some critically, and an unknown number trapped under rubble, the death toll from the pre-dawn quake was expected to rise further.
A series of aftershocks struck towns in the region, toppling scores of buildings.
A top executive at Amazon.com, Diego Piacentini, is taking a two-year leave of absence to lead Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi`s digital technology office, the company said on Wednesday.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Sunday floated the idea of nationalising during "two or three years" the country`s loss-making Ilva steel plant, one of Europe`s most polluting.
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