Italy’s 5-Star splits with web platform as it heads towards mainstream
Italy’s 5-Star Movement on Friday parted company with its co-founders at the firm that provides its internet platform as new leadership transforms a protest party committed to web-based direct democracy into a more mainstream, centre-left group. 5-Star has been in government since its triumph at 2018 elections and is the largest party in parliament, but […]
Buying diamonds in lockdown? WhatsApp can be your best friend
MILAN (Reuters) – As Italy entered a new coronavirus lockdown and shut shops in March, Genoa-based jeweller Gismondi 1754 turned to messaging service WhatsApp to sell a 300,000 euro diamond ring to a wealthy Swiss client.
