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US Secretary of State holds talks with Mattarella, Conte and Pope Francis. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Rome's Ciampino airport on 1 October, on his first official visit to Italy. Pompeo's first ap...
“The partnership must remain strong after Brexit.” An opinion survey in the run-up to Brexit confirms the affinity between Italians and the United Kingdom and highlights what over eight out of ten Italians wish for the...
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Social media accounts of CasaPound and Forza Nuova shut down. The official Facebook and Instagram accounts of two Italian far-right groups - Casapound and Forza Nuova - were shut down on 9 September for violating the pl...
Putin to meet Conte, Mattarella and Pope Francis in Rome. Russian president Vladimir Putin comes to Rome on a state visit on Thursday 4 July, at the invitation of Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte. The visit will...
Salvini's Lega surges as Movimento 5 Stelle slumps.The right-wing Lega party of Italy's deputy premier and interior minister Matteo Salvini has won a major victory in the European elections, taking almost 35 per cent of...
Supreme court quashes two-year term for ex Rome mayor Marino.Italy's supreme court has acquitted former Rome mayor Ignazio Marino of charges of alleged embezzlement and fraud, quashing a two-year term in relation to a mu...
  Italian government decree sets out details of residency, healthcare rules. As Brexit looms and many British nationals living in Italy are unsure of how they will be affected, the Italian government has issued a d...
Brexit debate scheduled for 1 April. The House of Commons has responded to the almost six million people who signed the petition to revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU, promising a debate on Monday 1 April. The co...
Rome is an open, multicultural city, mayor Virginia Raggi tells pontiff. Pope Francis called on Rome city councillors to seek to bring about the "moral and spiritual rebirth" of the capital, during his visit to city hal...
British nationals living in Italy are qualified to sign parliamentary petition to revoke Article 50. Only little over 5,500 British nationals living in Italy have signed a petition calling on the government to revoke...
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3,500 police on duty in Rome for visit of Chinese president. The Colosseum and the surrounding area will be closed to the public on the afternoon of Friday 22 March, while Trajan's Markets will be shut for the entire da...
Marcello De Vito accused of corruption in relation to Rome stadium project. The president of the Rome city council Marcello De Vito of the populist Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) was arrested on 20 March as part of an investi...
China's Xi Jinping will be in Rome from 21-23 March. Rome security chiefs will establish two "green zones" in the city during the visit of the president of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, from 21 to 23 March...
Alemanno convicted of corruption and illegal financing.Gianni Alemanno, the former right-wing mayor of Rome, was sentenced to six years in jail on 25 February after being found guilty of corruption and illegal financing,...
Pinuccia Montanari resigns from Raggi administration. Rome's environment councillor Pinuccia Montanari resigned from her post on the evening of 8 February. Montanari's surprise resignation follows her decision to vote...
City assembly passes motion to evict far-right group from illegally occupied Rome building. Rome city council has passed a motion calling for the "immediate eviction" of the far-right organisation CasaPound from a city...
Italy's deputy premier embroiled in social media spat with Rome mayor. Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi and Italy's deputy premier Matteo Salvini have been involved in a spat on social media following a fatal shooting outsid...
Virginia Raggi cleared of charge of lying over city hall appointment.Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has been acquitted by a court of charges of making false public statements about a senior city appointment dating back to the...
Romadicebasta protest at Campidoglio attracts 10,000 Romans. Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has dismissed the estimated 10,000 protestors who showed up at city hall as the "old guard of the Partito Democratico", the centre...
Mattarella appoints Giuseppe Conte as prime minister and approves new list of ministers. President Sergio Mattarella has appointed law professor and political novice Giuseppe Conte to head up a coalition government comp...
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