Update on the Italian Election and economic news

Italy voted on Sunday as markets waited for the outcome:

Italy election hampered by bad weather as Beppe Grillo looms

Reportage from the Guardian UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/italian-elections-2013

Spain and Italy: The Euro Crisis Gnaws at Europe's Underbelly http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/spanish-economy-and-italian-politics-could-trigger-euro-crisis-return-a-884458.html

The Eurozone Economy to Shrink in 2013

http://online.wsj.com/article/ 

Bulgarian Government resigns under the weight of austerity measures
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/20/us-bulgaria-government-idUSBRE91J09J20130220 

Italian elections and ongoing Euro crisis talks

Final polls show center left will likely need to form a coalition:
http://news.yahoo.com/italys-center-left-likely-monti-govern-final-polls-105143866.html

The Italian election and scandal in Spain will be part of discussions during meeting of Euro ministers:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-10/euro-ministers-seek-new-crisis-momentum-as-unrest-returns.html

Youth unemployment is a major issue in Italy, as well as Greece and other countries implementing austerity measures: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21369139

Some background on Italy and it's leaders:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17433144

Mario Monti heads a cabinet of technocrats

Immigration debate in the UK and Euro Crisis update

The immigration debates over a path to citizneship in the U.S. aren't having much resonance in the UK
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/02/01/uk-immigration-debate_n_2598786.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

and the Euro Crisis grinds on, particularly for the unemployed, whose numbers are increasing:
http://carnegieeurope.eu/publications/?fa=50809&lang=en

Violence on both ends of the political spectrum is of concern in Greece, as reported by NPR: http://www.npr.org/2013/02/04/170849432/violence-at-both-ends-of-political-spectrum-threatens-greece