Italy

When I was writing this article, the outcome of Sunday's referendum in Italy was still not known. And we could not know whether Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has stood by his word to resign in the event that his proposed EU-backed reforms in the country's political institutions are rejected. 

Political uncertainty in Europe has created fresh momentum for a "comprehensive and permanent" solution to the Greek debt crisis before the year ends, a government spokesman said on Sunday.

A constitutional referendum is being held in Italy. It started at 7 am local time and will continue until 11 pm.

Voting activity until 12 pm local time was 20.10%. The record was set in Bologna - nearly 27%.

The outcome of Austria’s presidential elections today will serve as a new gauge of the populist wave sweeping Western democracies, as a divided country’s decision at the voting booths could deliver the first freely elected far-right head of state in Europe since World War II.

Turkey's water buffalo population has decreased to 100,000 from 1 million in 15 years due to extensive losses in wetlands in Turkey.

Experts say the country's water buffalo stock farming has suffered a huge impact due to degradations in Turkey's wetlands.

Italian citizens vote on constitutional reform today in what some analysts see as the most significant political event of the year – even bigger than Brexit.

BELGRADE - Partizan Belgrade lost 88-87 (23-19, 15-27, 22-17, 19-16, 9-8) in overtime to Italy's Dinamo Sassari in late Tuesday's Group E, Round 7 game of the FIBA Basketball Champions League.

William Hatcher led Partizan with 23 pts, followed by Branislav Ratkovica with 13 and Stefan Bircevic with 10.

The wait-and-see strategy adopted by many traders on the Greek bourse ahead of Sunday's referendum in Italy and Monday's Eurogroup, which will discuss the progress of the Greek bailout review, resulted on Friday in a mixed picture at the end of a week of contraction for the benchmark at Athinon Avenue.

While the IMF has asked for 4,2 billion Euros worth of austerity measures for 2019-2020, a government official assessed that neither the Syriza government nor any other can sign off on it in the event that the demand for a primary surplus of 3.5% in 2019-2020 still stands.

Unlike most company chiefs in Italy, the head of state railway operator Ferrovie dello Stato says he is not too worried about a December 4 referendum that could unseat Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's government.