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Both admired and criticized for the last five years, Rome Mayor, Virginia Raggi, faces elections in October.  She discusses the future of the city in an interview with Wanted in Rome.by Marco Venturini  What condition d...
Lega politician leaves economy ministry post over 'Parco Mussolini' debacle. A right-wing member of the Italian government resigned after weeks of controversy over his proposal to rename a park after Benito Mussolini's...
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Calenda proposes one-stop Ancient Rome Museum on Capitoline Hill to improve tourist experience. Carlo Calenda, one of the main candidates in the race to become Rome's next mayor, has launched a radical idea to create a...
  'I'm not a no-vax, I'm not vaccinated because I still have antibodies and the doctor recommended I don't do it.' That's how Virginia Raggi, mayor of Rome, running for a second term, expressed herself regarding the...
Colosseum and Palazzo Barberini to host Rome G20 summit. The first G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting is being held in Rome on 29 and 30 July, in a major two-day event held under the Italian G20 presidency. The meeting b...
Wanted in Rome talks to one of the top candidates for Rome mayor ahead of local elections later this year.  by Marco Venturini  Carlo Calenda, the prominent politician, manager and former government minister, is the...
Italy's lawmakers react as Vatican makes 'unprecedented' challenge to Italy's anti-homophobia bill. Italian prime minister Mario Draghi has stressed the independence of the country's parliament after the Vatican express...
Enrico Michetti is the  centrodestra candidate for mayor of Rome, running alongside Simonetta Matone. The leaders of Italy's centre-right parties have agreed on lawyer and radio broadcaster Enrico Michetti as their cand...
Ciampi's name spelt wrong on city plaque. A ceremony in Rome to name part of the capital after former Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi did not go according to plan this morning over a misspelling on the plaque....
All you need to know about Carlo Calenda, front runner for Mayor of Rome.  Rome will vote on its next mayor in October 2021. The field currently includes incumbent Rome mayor Virginia Raggi, who will look to secure a se...
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What does Nationalism mean to Italy? Italy has a complicated history with nationalism. The post-World War II Italian Constitution lays out strong protections against the revival of fascism, a measure that strives to pre...
Fratelli d'Italia to distribute Meloni book in school near bookshop. The decision by a Rome book seller not to stock the memoir of Giorgia Meloni, the leader of right-wing Italian party Fratelli d'Italia (FdL), has attr...
Draghi performs role as prime minister of Italy for free, papers show. Italy's prime minister Mario Draghi receives zero remuneration for his post running the country, according to documents published on the Italian gov...
Former Italian finance minister Roberto Gualtieri joins the race for Rome's top job. The electoral campaign of Rome mayor Virginia Raggi, who is seeking a second term in office, has received a significant boost from Giu...
Draghi slams Erdoğan for humiliating von der Leyen in Ankara. Italy's prime minister Mario Draghi has sparked a diplomatic spat with Turkey after referring to the country's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a "dictator....
Giovanni “Gianni” Agnelli, head of Fiat and an icon of Italian political and economic affairs, was a force to be reckoned with. A man of many names: L’Avvocato, Prince of Italy, King of Italy, and the Rake of the Riviera...
Draghi addresses the senate ahead of confidence vote. Italy's new prime minister Mario Draghi pledged reforms designed to boost long-term growth, in addition to tackling the covid-19 pandemic, in his inaugural speech to...
US president looks forward to close collaboration with Italy's new government. Joe Biden, the president of the United States, has sent a message of congratulations to Italy's new prime minister Mario Draghi. US ele...
Draghi and his new cabinet are sworn in. Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, has been sworn in as Italy's prime minister, in charge of the country's 67th government since world war two, at a midd...
Draghi has had a distinguished career in high finance in Italy and the EU. Mario Draghi has formally accepted the mandate from Italian president Sergio Mattarella to form a new government, presenting his list of ministe...
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