Politics
Renzi to resign after budget is passed into law.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella has asked prime minister Matteo Renzi to stay in office for a few days more, until next year's budget is passed into law, probably b...
Renzi to meet President Mattarella.
The attempt of Matteo Renzi's government to reform the Italian constitution was decisively defeated in a referendum on 4 December. On a larger than normal turnout for a referendum t...
Polling is from 07.00 to 23.00, 50.7 million people eligible to take part.
On Sunday 4 December Italians go to the polls to vote in a referendum on a government-backed constitutional reform to abolish Italy’s existing...
Demonstration against constitutional reform scheduled in central Rome on 27 Nov.
There will be high security in the centre of Rome on Sunday 27 November for the protest against Italy's upcoming referendum on constitut...
Court rejects prosecution's claims of embezzlement, fraud and forgery.
Former Rome mayor Ignazio Marino has been acquitted of embezzlement, fraud and forgery in a court case relating to his municipal expenses while ma...
Italy goes to the polls to confirm or reject overhaul of parliament, other changes.
The government of prime minister Matteo Renzi has set 4 December as the date for the consultative referendum on a controversial const...
Raggi stands by Rome environment councillor under investigation.
Rome's beleaguered mayor Virginia Raggi says she stands by her environment councillor Paola Muraro who is currently under investigation relating to her...
British premier Theresa May meets Italian counterpart in Rome.
Britain's new prime minister Theresa May arrived in Rome on Wednesday 27 July to hold talks with her Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi at Villa Doria Pamp...
Italy's leaders comment in wake of Brexit referendum.
Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi has responded to the United Kingdom's historic decision to leave the European Union by tweeting: "We have to change to make [Eu...
Virginia Raggi becomes first female mayor of Rome.
Virginia Raggi of the anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) took office as the first female mayor of Rome on the evening of Thursday 23 June.
The 37-year-old...
The anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) emerged victorious from the ballot box in second-round local elections on 19 June with its candidates winning in Rome and Turin.
In the capital 37-year-old civil lawyer...
Roberto Giachetti (PD) and Virginia Raggi (M5S) face it off.
On 19 June Romans return to the polls for a run-off between Virginia Raggi of the anti-establishment Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) and Roberto Giachetti of...
Doctor says former Italian prime minister "risked dying."
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is to undergo heart surgery next week for a malfunctioning aortic valve that could have killed him, according to his d...
Low voter turnout across the country.
The anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) claimed a “historic result” in the first round of voting in local elections on 5 June, with a particularly strong performance in Ro...
Local elections throughout Italy will be a major test for Matteo Renzi's government.
Local municipal elections take place throughout Italy on Sunday 5 June and again on 19 June in places where a run-off election is ne...
Britons lose supreme court ruling on ex-pat voting in EU referendum.
The British supreme court has ruled against a last-ditch appeal by two British ex-pats to overturn a law barring Britons who have lived abroad for...
Harry Shindler takes case to supreme court over ex-pats' right to vote in Brexit referendum.
Two British ex-pats have taken an emergency case to the British supreme court after losing their latest attempt to overturn...
Fassina back in Rome's race for mayor.
Italy’s highest administrative court has readmitted Stefano Fassina, Rome mayoral candidate for Sinistra Italiana (SI), to local elections in June.
The Council of State ove...
The exclusion of Stefano Fassina leaves four candidates in the race for Rome's mayor.
The Lazio regional administrative tribunal (TAR) has upheld the exclusion of Stefano Fassina, Rome mayoral candidate for the smal...
Civil unions in Italy become law.
The chamber of deputies has given definitive approval to a controversial bill introducing civil unions for same-sex couples.
The bill passed on 11 May after first being put to a...
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