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AerospaceCondemnation of Profumo for derivatives Mps, no to resign from Leonardo
The current CEO of the Group said he was surprised and embittered
Six years of imprisonment: this is the sentence imposed in the first instance against Alessandro Profumo and Fabrizio Viola, on trial as former president and managing director of Monte dei Paschi di Siena... more
ReportLeonardo (2). Di Maio: "130 million euros for the Nola and Pomigliano plants"
Prime Minister Conte: "Italy leader in the industrial sector"
During the presentation of Aerotech Campus at the Leonardo di Pomigliano d'Arco (Naples) plant today, the vice premier, Minister of Economic Development and Labor Luigi Di Maio announced that € 130 million w... more
ReportFrance: the ambassador in Italy recalled to Paris
The conflicts between the two countries continue
The French Foreign Ministry has decided to recall in Paris the ambassador in Italy Christian Masset because -it is possible to read in a statement- "the repeated accusations, the baseless attacks and the... more
ReportProfumo: "Leonardo partner of Alitalia? I do not understand the meaning"
Also denied a possible merger with Fincantieri
During the inaugural ceremony of the "Leonardo Foundation - Civilization of Machines" held this morning at the MAXXI in Rome and which was also present the president of the Council of Ministers Giuseppe... more
ReportThe second (judgment) exam for Mauro Moretti
For 2 crimes is incumbent the risk of the prescription
The second degree trial on the Viareggio train derailment, which caused the death of 32 people (including some young people), will resume on December 19th at 9:30am in the Third Section of the Court of... more
ReportPonte della Scafa: venerdì 31 agosto Consiglio straordinario
Impellente una soluzione per la viabilità verso Fiumicino aeroporto
Venerdì prossimo si terrà il consiglio straordinario congiunto tra il Comune di Fiumicino e il Municipio X di Roma per trovare una soluzione alla chiusura temporanea del ponte della Scafa, che sta cr... more
ReportHelicopters. "Bribes" by Finmeccanica to India. Second appeal towards a double international rogatory
Milan, Italy - After that asked by Delhi to Italy, one also asked by the Milan's General prosecutors. Orsi and Spagnolini still under indictment
The supposed bribes by Finmeccanica (today Leonardo) to India are again reported in these hours. It is in the context of the tender for purchase of 12 helicopters announced by the Delhi's Government (worth... more
ReportPlanes and industry. Judge of preliminary hearing puts Alessandro Profumo on trial as former president of MPS
Rome, Italy - In 2014 a businessman accused two Italian banks -among which MPS- to practice interest rate exceeding the allowed limits
According to press reports the future CEO of Leonardo Alessandro Profumo would have been put on trial as former president of the Italian Bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) for a legal proceeding that... more
ReportPlanes and industry. 82 notifications to people under investigation: Italian Financial Police controls the account books of Finmeccanica
Rome, Italy - The behaviour of managers and employees who are accused to misappropriate money and dodge taxes is under investigation
82 people -managers and employees of Finmeccanica- would have misappropriated resources of the company between 2008 and 2014: this is what the Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza, GdF) of Rome (Italy)... more
ReportTrain disaster in Viareggio. Salvini (Lega nord) agrees with relatives: Moretti leaves Leonardo (ex-Finmeccanica)
Rome, Italy - The secretary of the party declared it in a post on web
In the aftermath of the verdict by the Lucca Court, that has imposed last Tuesday for the disaster in Viareggio (Tuscany) a 7 year sentence to the ex-CEO of RFI, Mauro Moretti, today CEO of Leonardo, ex-Finmeccanica,... more
ReportViareggio train disaster (2). The verdict accepted in religious silence
Lucca, Italy - Same sentence of 7 years for Moretti and for Elia
A religious silence mainly by the families of the victims (32 people) of the Viareggio disaster, accepted the reading of the long legal ruling in the early hours of this afternoon. These are the last phases... more
ReportJudgement on Viareggio's train disaster is expected today at 3:00 pm
Viareggio, Italy - Among the defendants there is also Mauro Moretti ex-CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato and today CEO of Leonardo-Finmeccanica
The Court just met to decide the sentences at the trial for the disaster of Viareggio, in Tuscany. Judgement is expected by 3:00 pm. Judges will have to establish responsibilities of defendants regarding... more
ReportAirplanes and elections. Leonardo-Finmeccanica and ENI, and the money for the White House race
Rome, Italy - Can companies at State interest bankroll political campaign of foreign Countries. An interesting article on "L'Espresso" unveils us that it made so...
"L'Espresso" on-line wrote it yesterday. The political campaign of the USA "Doesn't involved only US companies, but also Italian Groups", as the aerospace giant Leonardo-Finmeccanica and ENI (Ente nazionale... more
ReportAirplanes. Strike (2): strong hardships. The ensured flights in the SPECIALS by AVIONEWS
Rome, Italy - It is recommended to inform at the airline on the flight status before arriving at airport
A bad day for the public transports today in every sectors, included transport (airplanes grounded). And strong hardships here and there that passengers suffer on many sides, included the public cars or... more
ReportItalian Finance Police searched Ansaldo STS' offices in Genoa and Naples: supposed stock manipulation on transfer to Hitachi
Genoa, Italy - Also the alleged to impede the surveillance activity depend upon unknown
The Italian Finance Police is making from this morning some searches in the Ansaldo STS offices, (ex-) Group Finmeccanica, in Genoa and Naples, in the context of the inquiry by the Milan prosecutor regarding... more
ReportAircraft and seats of power: after Strasbourg, can De Gennaro still be the Finmeccanica president?
Rome, Italy - Two "Discussed" people in key-roles of the major Italian industrial Group
Can Gianni De Gennaro remain president of the Finmeccanica Group? Nicknamed the "Shark" in the circles of security, the ex-police chief and the former under-secretary for intelligence was absolved from... more
ReportDagospia. Moretti-Al Shemmari meeting (Finmeccanica-Mubadala fund):"Emirates' manager stands and walks away..."
rome, Italy - Diplomatic aftermath would have followed to a point that Renzi was forced to send a diplomatic peace mission, his emissary
The web publication "Dagospia" has today reported what is affirmed to have taken place during the meeting between the Finmeccanica CEO Mauro Moretti and the Emirates manager Homaid Al Shemmari at the... more
ReportFinmeccanica: Landini (FIOM CGIL) and Fedriga (League) criticize the Government and Finmeccanica on the sale of Ansaldo STS and Breda
Naples, Italy - Reactions from politicals and unions on the sale of the two Ansaldo subsidiaries to the Japanese Hitachi
After lengthy negotiations, Finmeccanica sold its stake (about 40%) of Ansaldo STS and Breda to the Japanese Hitachi; the sale of the two companies will be used to reduce the indebtedness of the Group... more
ReportThe attorney is appealing against the acquittal of the former CEO of Finmeccanica Giuseppe Orsi
Rome, Italy - Another cold shower for future relations between the companies Finmeccanica and India?
Judicial sources report that the Public Prosecutor of Busto Arsizio would appeal to the Court of Milan in opposition to the acquittal for the former CEO of AgustaWestland Bruno Spagnolini and the ex-CEO... more
ReportFinmeccanica’s CEO Moretti: absent at the process, "Sanction and forced accompanying by public Force"
Rome, Italy - Despite being on the injured side in the proceedings, he didn’t show up
The Court of Genoa has ordered the forced accompaniment to Mauro Moretti; as well as reported by the agency "Ansa" last night, it will be accompanied by the police at the next audience of the trial in... more
ReportViareggio trial: the families of victims testify in Court (VIDEO)
Viareggio, Italy - Relatives of the victims remember the terrible moments lived in those days
These days continue the trial for the massacre of Viareggio: June 29, 2009 the accident claimed the lives of 32 people. The serious train crash saw the derailment of the freight train 50325 Trecate-Gricignano:... more
ReportRailway disaster in Viareggio: the observations about actions by Mauro Moretti (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - The declarations of the relatives of the tragedy on the figure of the new Finmeccanica's CEO
AVIONEWS published a video with the declarations and the depositions of some of the people various involved in the tragic sequence of events. The railway tragedy, happened on June 29, 2009, following... more
ReportPaolo Pozzessere: archived the presumed bribe in Brasil
Rome, Italy - Gip close the instance for the kickback
The legal action ended with a dissmissal in charge of Paolo Pozzessere, former commercial director of Finmeccanica, accused in the March 2014 for complicity in international corruption for the promise... more
ReportViareggio train disaster. The victims’ relatives complain about Moretti’s and Elia’s designations
Viareggio, Italy - In an open letter to Viareggio prefectural commissioner they accuse the Italian institutions
The prefectural commissioner Valerio Massimo Romeo, who is running the city of Viareggio until the election of a new mayor, received an open letter by the relatives of Viareggio train disaster’s victims. T... more
ReportAgustaWestland’s helicopters bribe: money was laundered through a Tunisian company
New Delhi, India - New Delhi Court held today the first hearing of the trial against the suspected kickback’s middlemen
The New Delhi’s tribunal following the case on alleged kickbacks paid by the Italian holding Finmeccanica for the supply of 12 AgustaWestland AW-101 helicopters examined today the first charges expressed b... more
ReportAgustaWestland’s helicopters bribe: New Delhi’s court sets hearing for November 28
New Delhi, India - Meanwhile the Government may lift its ban from foreign companies accused of corruption
The New Delhi’s tribunal following the case on alleged kickbacks paid by the Italian holding Finmeccanica for the supply of 12 AgustaWestland AW-101 helicopters, set a hearing for November 28 to examine t... more
ReportAgustaWestland’s helicopters bribe: Indian court sets first hearing for November 24
New Delhi, India - Prosecutors filed their charge for some of the indicted
A New Delhi’s court set for November 24 the first hearing on alleged Finmeccanica and AgustaWestland kickbacks to Indian officials for the delivery of 12 AW-101 VVIP transport helicopters. The Indian a... more
ReportAlleged Finmeccanica kickbacks: former Minister’s defence
Milan, Italy - The former minister rejects Milan prosecutors’ accusations
As reported by AVIONEWS, Milan district attorney's office transmitted the Court of Ministers a file carrying an accusation against Giulio Tremonti, for alleged kickbacks received by Finmeccanica when he... more
ReportAirplanes and industry. Finmeccanica accused of kickbacks to former Italian Minister
Milan, Italy - The bribe would have been paid for the acquisition Drs Technologies in 2008
According to Milan district attorney's office, Finmeccanica bribed Giulio Tremonti in 2008, when he was minister of Economy of Italy, to get the approval for the purchase of the American defense contractor... more
ReportTransport strike in Italy: Vueling airplanes grounded at Italian airports
Rome, Italy - Chaos in Fiumicino: passengers had not been informed of the cancellations
Great inconveniences today, Friday October 24, in many Italian airports, after Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling employees decided to participate at the strike proclaimed by the union USB. In Fiumicino,... more
ReportFinmeccanica, AgustaWestland helicopters. The Indian Government continues the investigation
Rome, Italy - Despite the decision taken by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Busto Arsizio, CBI goes on in the inquiry
Despite the decision taken by the Public Prosecutor of Busto Arsizio Eugenio Fusco to file the legal action against Finmeccanica due to the investigation for international corruption, that involved the... more
ReportIndia and AgustaWestland helicopters. Finmeccanica out of the investigation of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Busto Arstizio
Rome, Italy - It is scheduled on October 9th the judgement of first instance for the two managers
The public prosecutor's office of Busto Arstizio Eugenio Fusco filed the legal action against Finmeccanica due to international corruption, for which the state's attorney asked for 6 years of imprisonment... more
ReportItalian Space Agency: arrest for former President Saggese, who is already under investigation for alleged bribery
Rome, Italy - Seven persons involved in the inquiry
Rome's Public Prosecutor Office order today home arrest for Enrico Saggese, former President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), who is currently under investigation together wioth other six persons in... more
ReportItalian Space Agency: the investigation for bribery might enlarge
Rome, Italy - New updates expected during the next week
Enrico Saggese, President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and other six persons connected with ASI are under investigation in the context of an inquiry of Rome's Prosecutor Officer for alleged bribery.... more
ReportEnrico Saggese resigns as President of the Italian Space Agency
Rome, Italy - "I have nothing to do with any misdemeanor allegation", the ex-executive explains
Enrico Saggese transmitted his resignation as President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to Education and Research Minister Maria Chiara Carrozza. The executive, together with other six persons connected... more
ReportPresident and staff of the Italian Space Agency investigated for bribery
Rome, Italy - Police searches ASI's Rome headquarters
Enrico Saggese, President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and other six persons connected with ASI are under investigation in the context of an inquiry of Rome's Prosecutor Officer for alleged bribery. The... more
ReportFirst hearing in the trial for India's AW helicopters, Orsi and Spagnolini were in the court
Busto Arsizio, Italy - Haschke: "The former CEO declined to pay the restaurant bill to avoid to leave traces in Switzerland"
The first hearing of the trial which involves former Finmeccanica Chief Executive Officer Giuseppe Orsi and former AgustaWestland CEO Bruno Spagnolini for the alleged international bribery in the context... more
ReportPutin-led Russian delegation to arrive in Italy with five aircraft for Moscow-Rome summit
Rome, Italy - Meetings with Pope Francis, Prime Minister Letta, President Napolitano and Silvio Berlusconi on the agenda
Vladimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation, will arrive in Rome in the afternoon of today, Monday 25 November 2013, for a series of meetings which will end with the Italo-Russian summit in Trieste,... more
ReportSale of AgustaWestland helicopters to India: New Delhi want the cancellation of the contract
New Delhi, India - Guido Haschke, the alleged intermediary of the deal, has been extradited in Italy
On Wednesday 30 October 2013 Indian Minister of Defence AK Antony accused AgustaWestland of violating the terms of the agreement for the supply of 12 AW-101 helicopters for VVIP transport, and started... more
ReportGuido Haschke arrested, he's considered the intermediary in the bribery in AgustaWestland helicopters' Indian deal
Lugano, Switzerland - Bellinzona's court greenlighted his extradition
Guido Ralph Haschke, the Italian-American who is considered the intermediary of the alleged bribe which was paid by Finmeccanica to the Indian government in the context of a tender for the supply of 12... more
ReportHelicopters and courts. Finmeccanica: no judges available for Orsi's trial
Busto Arsizio, Italy - The court must find a replacement by November 26
New postponement for the trial which involves Giuseppe Orsi (former president and chief executive officer of Finmeccanica) and Bruno Spagnolini (ex-CEO of AgustaWestland), who are accused of international... more
ReportHelicopters and industry. Finmeccanica: trial of Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini opens
Busto Arsizio, Italy - Indian Ministry for Defence and Italian tax office admitted as injured parties
The trial which involves former President and Chief Executive Officer of Finmeccanica Giuseppe Orsi and former head of AgustaWestland Bruno Spagnolini opened on Wednesday 19 June 2013. The two men are... more
ReportAgustaWestland asks India for payment for its helicopters
Milan, Italy - The case got worse following the judiciary investigation
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica Company, has asked the Indian government to proceed with the payment of the order of 12 AW-101 helicopters. The British-Italian company has informed the Ministry for Finance... more
ReportInquiry on the AW-101 helicopters: Indian investigation involves for firms, among which Finmeccanica and AgustaWestland
New Delhi, India - The former Air Chief Marshal allegedly favored the Anglo-Italian company
The inquiry of Indian Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) regarding the alleged international bribery relative to the sale of 12 AW-101 helicopters destined to VVIP transport to Delhi's government involves... more
ReportInvestigation on Indian helicopters: Finmeccanica's and AgustaWestland's offices in New Delhi searched
New Delhi, India - The inquiry involves 12 persons, among which there is former Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi
In the morning of Wednesday 13 March 2013 officials of the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) performed a search in Finmeccanica's and AgustaWestland's offices in New Delhi, in the context of... more
ReportIndian AW-101 helicopters: unsuccessful mission for New Delhi's investigators in Italy?
Rome, Italy - Finmeccanica's management has assured its cooperation
The week-long Italian mission of the Indian investigators, who had the task of gathering information about the alleged international bribery in the sale contract of 12 AW-101 helicopters to New Delhi's... more
ReportCameron's India talks, between promotion of Eurofighter aircraft and the scandal of AW helicopters
Delhi, India - The Prime Minister promises to provide any information about the AW-101 affair
The three-day visit of British Prime Minister David Cameron in India comes just a few days after the explosion of the case of alleged international bribery in the sale of 12 AW-101 helicopters to the local... more
ReportIndian Ministry for Defense begins process of cancellation of AgustaWestland helicopter contract
New Delhi, India - The Anglo-Italian company has seven days to reply
The Indian Ministry of Defence has initiated action for cancellation of the contract for the procurement of 12 AW-101 helicopters. The operation, which was closed in 2010, is currently in the middle of... more
ReportHelicopters and industry. Orsi resigns from Finmeccanica
Rome, Italy - His lawyer communicated the decision
Giuseppe Orsi, who was arrested on February 12, 2013 with a charge of international bribery in the sale of 12 AW-101 helicopters to India, resigned as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Finmeccanica.... more
ReportHelicopters and courts. Orsi and Spagnolini to be interrogated today
Rome, Italy - UBS downgrades the shares of the group, which are still losing value
The interrogation of Giuseppe Orsi, the Chief Executive Officer of Finmeccanica, arrested on Tuesday 12 February 2013 for international bribery in relation with the sale of 12 AW-101 helicopters to the... more