By MILAN (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte lashed out at suppliers of COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday, saying delays in deliveries amounted to a serious breach of contractual obligations.Italy will have to rethink its whole vaccination programme if supply problems persist, a senior health official warned on Saturday, after Rome was forced to cut its daily rollout of COVID-19 shots by more than two thirds.Pfizer Inc last week said it was temporarily slowing supplies to Europe to make manufacturing changes that would boost output.On Friday, a senior official told Reuters...…By MILAN (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte lashed out at suppliers of COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday, saying delays in deliveries amounted to a serious breach of contractual obligations.Italy will have to rethink its whole vaccination programme if supply problems persist, a senior health official warned on Saturday, after Rome was forced to cut its daily rollout of COVID-19 shots by more than two thirds.Pfizer Inc last week said it was temporarily slowing supplies to Europe to make manufacturing changes that would boost output.On Friday, a senior official told Reuters...WW…

By , ROME/MILAN (Reuters) - Monte dei Paschi di Siena said it would grant access to confidential data to potential merger partners selected by its advisers, as Italy presses ahead with plans to cut its stake in the state-owned bank.Confirming comments to Reuters from sources earlier on Monday, Monte dei Paschi (MPS) said its board had hired Credit Suisse to help Mediobanca in the task of studying strategic options and sounding out market interest for the Tuscan bank.Despite the turmoil in the ruling coalition which risks precipitating a government crisis, the Italian Treasury is moving...…By , ROME/MILAN (Reuters) - Monte dei Paschi di Siena said it would grant access to confidential data to potential merger partners selected by its advisers, as Italy presses ahead with plans to cut its stake in the state-owned bank.Confirming comments to Reuters from sources earlier on Monday, Monte dei Paschi (MPS) said its board had hired Credit Suisse to help Mediobanca in the task of studying strategic options and sounding out market interest for the Tuscan bank.Despite the turmoil in the ruling coalition which risks precipitating a government crisis, the Italian Treasury is moving...WW…

By MILAN (Reuters) - Crowds flooded the streets of several Italian cities on Sunday, forcing police to close off popular sites such as Rome’s Trevi fountain, while the government debated which restrictions to enforce over the Christmas holiday period.Slideshow Italy on Saturday overtook Britain as the European nation with the highest death toll with a total of 64,520 COVID-19 fatalities.Almost 1 in 30 Italians have been infected since February, when Italy became the first Western country hit by the pandemic.The easing of some restrictions Rome had imposed last month to fight a resurgence of...…By MILAN (Reuters) - Crowds flooded the streets of several Italian cities on Sunday, forcing police to close off popular sites such as Rome’s Trevi fountain, while the government debated which restrictions to enforce over the Christmas holiday period.Slideshow Italy on Saturday overtook Britain as the European nation with the highest death toll with a total of 64,520 COVID-19 fatalities.Almost 1 in 30 Italians have been infected since February, when Italy became the first Western country hit by the pandemic.The easing of some restrictions Rome had imposed last month to fight a resurgence of...WW…