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Burundi’s political capital now is Gitega

Bloomberg Burundian authorities decided to move the political capital to the city of Gitega in the central province, from Bujumbura, government spokesman Prosper Ntahorwamiye said on Burundi National Television. Bujumbura will remain the economic capital as many of country’s business activities’ are based there, Ntahorwamiye said. At least five ministries and their agencies will start working from Gitega in Janaury ...

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Italy to pursue expansionary goals: PM

Bloomberg Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the government will keep pursuing its expansionary economic goals and vowed the populist coalition would complete its full five-year term. “The budget starts with a clearly expansionary signal, and maintains that even after the changes made following the negotiations with Brussels,” Conte told Italian daily La Stampa in an interview. The government initially ...

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May seeks to bridge divide over ‘Brexit’

Bloomberg Theresa May urged Britons to abandon the Leave-Remain split that has beset the country since the Brexit referendum in 2016. After 2 1/2 years of division, it’s time to “put aside our differences and focus on what really matters,” the UK premier wrote in a letter to readers of the Daily Express newspaper. In a missive also aimed at ...

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