Assets of Arkady Rotenberg in Italy frozen. Russian president’s judo sparring partner falls victim to sanctions. Villas in Sardinia and hotel in Rome among properties blocked
Prime minister in San Francisco on first stage of US visit. Dinner at Stanford with business people, meeting with over 150 start-up entrepreneurs and visits to Italian International School, Twitter and Yahoo!
“Mercy not dispensation from commandments” says former prefect of Holy Office Müller, taking distance from cardinal chosen by Pope to address consistory
“If it had happened to Filippo, I’d have dumped him” says Federica Pellegrini, referring to Schwazer case. Top swimmer demands “zero tolerance for anyone who uses illicit substances. I hope they put them in jail and throw away the key”
€70 million investment lost. Alison Deighton, wife of UK junior Treasury minister, wanted to create resort in Salento. Plans spent six years in regional authority limbo
“Trying in Spain cost €8,200. In Florence there’s just the co-pay charge”. “I hope it looks like us, more for the child’s sake than ours. I don’t want our child to be better or worse-looking”
But new EU high representative says diplomacy remains only way forward. “Sanctions work economically but the point is whether they produce rational effect on leadership”, asserts “I will pay a political role”