Italy - Factors to watch on August 13 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . POLITICS Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said in a joint statement with the Swiss foreign ministry on Monday that the two countries shared deep concern over Russia's aggression in Ukraine, but that Moscow

Italy - Factors to watch on August 9 The following factors could affect Italian markets on Friday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA . POLITICS Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to avoid escalation in the Middle East during a call, the government said in a statement on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Italy's economy minister rules out additional bank taxes Adds details on previous one-off bank tax move from paragraph 4 ROME, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The Italian government has no plans to impose additional taxes on bank profits, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Wednesday, in an effort to quash press speculation about new levies on banks and other companies.

Italy's economy minister rules out additional bank taxes ROME, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said the government had no plans to impose additional taxes on bank profits, in an effort to quash press speculation about new levies on banks and other companies. Answering a question at a press conference on Wednesday, Giorgetti said he had been wondering what the source of such speculation was.

BUZZ-Citi ups Monte dei Paschi on potential of successful restructuring ** Citigroup raises Monte dei Paschi BMPS.MI to "buy" from "neutral" and ups PT by 13% to 6 euros saying the State-owned Italian bank's plan has shown the potential of a successful restructuring ** "Thanks to the positive effect of rising rates, capital injection, and managemen