Tag: Italy

Far-right Italians deliver embarrassment to UK Royal Mail

Posted by | Sep 19, 2003 | |

The Royal Mail is considering legal action against a far-Right party in Italy that plans to sell British stamps bearing the face of its leader next to the Queen’s head.

To the embarrassment of the Post Office, the Northern League, a populist right-wing party in Italy’s coalition Government, announced that it was to sell Royal Mail stamps bearing not only the head of the Queen but also the face of Umberto Bossi, its leader. The Northern League had used a Royal Mail service that allows customers to customise stamps.

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Poste Italiane post net profit

Posted by | Sep 8, 2003 | |

Italian state-owned postal company Poste Italiane posted a net profit of €2.0m ($2.2m) for the first half of 2003, compared to a net loss of €61.9m ($68.6m) for the same period of 2002, it was reported on September 5, 2003.

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Poste Italiane to launch new services

Posted by | Aug 30, 2003 | |

The Italian post office will launch a new service in September in Rome. The service, which enables people to renew their passports at the post office, will be extended to the rest of the country at a later stage. Le Poste will also launch Postamat, a debit card aimed primarily at young people. Le Poste could list in 2004.

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TNT Express adds to air network

Posted by | Aug 29, 2003 | |

Leading B2B carrier TNT Express has announced that it will launch new air linehaul connections between its European Hub in Liège, Belgium and the
Italian cities of Naples and Florence. This expansion brings the number of
airports served by TNT’s European Air Network to 62.

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TNT Express to add Naples and Florence to European air network from 9th Sept

Posted by | Aug 28, 2003 | |

TPG NV unit TNT Express will launch new connections between its European hub in Liege, Belgium, and Naples and Florence in Italy on Sept 9, said Christian Drenthen, managing director of TNT Express Worldwide Networks.

Speaking at a news conference, he said the new routes will bring the number of Italian airports in TNT Express’s network to eight, five more than rival DHL, a unit of Deutsche Post World Net AG, and four more than United Parcel Service Inc.

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