Tremonti bars Fazio from World Bank meeting

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Series Details 26.9.05
Publication Date 26/09/2005
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Italy's new Finance Minister, Giulio Tremonti, cancelled an expected appearance at a meeting of the World Bank on 24 September 2005 by Antonio Fazio, Governor of Italy's Central Bank. Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, called on 23 September 2005 for Mr Fazio to resign from his post in the wake of a banking scandal in which Mr Fazio stands accused of bias.

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BBC News, 25.9.05: Bank boss back in Rome after snub http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4281078.stm

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