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Three out of four regional capitals go to run-off as centre-right and centre-left coalitions return to the fore. Local elections in Italy on 11 June saw a poor performance by the populist Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) and...
High security and protests as Trump arrives in Rome. Rome is employing tight security measures ahead of the visit by US president Donald Trump who will land in Fiumicino airport at 18.30 on Tuesday 23 May with his ent...
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Matteo Renzi regains leadership of Partito Democratico (PD). Matteo Renzi has regained the leadership of Italy’s ruling Partito Democratico (PD), securing 70 per cent of the votes in a primary election held on 30 Apri...
Rome braces for potentially violent protests as EU leaders arrive in capital. Security is tight in Rome in the days leading up to the extraordinary European Council summit on 25 March when European Union heads of stat...
British in Italy (BiI) to participate in pro-EU March for Europe in Rome. By Patricia Clough. Britons living in Italy will converge on Rome on Saturday 25 March with Union Jacks, slogans and bagpipers to take part...
British in Italy group to participate in pro-EU “March for Europe” in Rome. European Union heads of state or government are meeting in Rome on 25 March for an extraordinary European Council, 60 years after the signing...
Raggi questioned over life insurance policy as part of corruption probe. Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi, of the anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S), faces fresh corruption allegations following an eight-hour hear...
Judges overturn run-off vote, uphold winner’s bonus. The Constitutional Court has ruled that the run-off vote contemplated under the 2015 Italicum electoral law is illegitimate. However, in its eagerly awaited deci...
Raggi to be probed in relation to appointment of Rome tourism chief. Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi is under investigation as part of a probe into the proposed appointment as head of the capital’s tourism department of Ren...
Numbers don't stack up for Raggi administration. The 2017-2019 budget prepared by the administration of Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has been rejected by the city's independent auditing body, the Organo di Revisione Econ...
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Luca Bergamo becomes deputy to Mayor Raggi. Rome's culture councillor Luca Bergamo has become the new deputy mayor of Rome, following the reshuffle of Mayor Virginia Raggi's inner circle by her party leader Beppe Gril...
M5S party leader Grillo asserts control over Mayor Raggi. Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has had her powers reduced by the leader of her anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) party Beppe Grillo, after the recent arre...
Raggi's head of personnel Raffaele Marra arrested on suspicion of corruption. Rome city personnel chief Raffaele Marra, the right-hand man to mayor Virginia Raggi, was arrested on 16 December on suspicion of corruptio...
Task to complete reforms, take care of “excluded middle class”, Gentiloni says. The new government of Paolo Gentiloni won the confidence of the senate on Wednesday, completing the process of taking office. The exe...
Paola Muraro steps down amid investigation. Rome's environment councillor Paola Muraro has stepped down from her position, pending the outcome of an investigation for alleged environmental crimes. Rome mayor Virgin...
Pier Carlo Padoan remains as economy minister to tackle looming banking crisis. Former foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni was sworn in as Italy’s new prime minister on Monday evening, bringing to a close the government...
Renzi stalwart asked to propose list of new ministers in record time. Outgoing foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni has been invited by President Sergio Mattarella to form a new government following the resignation of pri...
"Italy needs a government with full powers quickly," says Sergio Mattarella. Italy “needs a government with full powers as quickly as possible” in order to meet “domestic, European and international” commitments and...
President Mattarella to begin crisis consultations with political leaders on 8 December. Matteo Renzi has resigned as prime minister of Italy, making good on his promise to step down in the event of defeat in the 4 De...
Only two of Rome's municipal districts vote Yes in Italian referendum. Almost 60 per cent of Romans voted against the 4 December referendum to reform the Italian constitution, which has led to the resignation of premi...
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