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Matteo Renzi pushes for nomination to form a new government
Italian premier Enrico Letta resigned at 14.00 on Friday 14 February after tendering his resignation to Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano.
Letta announ...
Silvio Berlusconi has made another exit from the stage but most politicians are betting, or worrying, that he will soon return.
He has certainly promised that he will be back, even as he was being stripped of his ran...
First a demonstration in front of his Rome residence just off Piazza Venezia, then the vote in the senate on whether or not to remove Senator Silvio Berlusconi from public office.
And in one of his last moves before t...
The mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino has requested "clarity" from the city's police prefect after a woman was seriously injured during a right-to-housing demonstration near the Campidoglio on the afternoon of 1 July.
M...
The newly-elected mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino and his new cabinet met for the first time on the afternoon of 27 June.
For his governing team Marino has chosen an even mix of men and women, with six of each. Seven of...
James Walston follows the latest news about Berlusconi's trials and verdicts, the media interest and the potential political fall-out on his blog Italian politics with Walston.
James Walson is a political an...
In his victory photos Ignazio Marino certainly looks happy but also somewhat surprised to find himself the new mayor of Rome. In his victory speech – in true centre-left style – he proudly announced that he h...
According to the first exit polls, Ignazio Marino, the candidate of the centre-left parties, will be the next mayor of Rome. At the moment the polls show Marino with 60 per cent of the votes while his opponent, the outgo...
Security on the streets of Rome has become the prime focus for both contenders in the upcoming mayoral runoff on 9-10 June, following three separate murders in the greater Rome area within 12 hours of each other on 28 Ma...
The city's mayoral elections will go to a run-off on 9-10 June between incumbent mayor and centre-right candidate Gianni Alemanno and his centre-left challenger Ignazio Marino, after neither obtained more than the 50 per...
As Rome's municipal election campaign steps up a gear, the top four of the 19 candidates running for mayor are preparing to hold high-profile rallies in the capital on 24 May, ahead of the vote on 26-27 May.
The main...
Giulio Andreotti, who has died at the age of 94 in Rome, was one of Italy’s most well-known politicians in the second half of the 20th century. There is probably no other politician of his generation who held so ma...
At almost the exact time that Italy’s new government, led by the young and untried Enrico Letta, was being sworn in at the Quirinale Palace, a man walked across the downtown square in front of the cabinet offices a...
The British embassy in Rome has announced that there will be a book available for those wishing to express their condolences for Margaret Thatcher who died from a stroke on 8 April at the Ritz Hotel in London.
The boo...
Marino elected PD mayoral candidate
Senator Ignazio Marino of the Partito Democratico (PD) became the centre-left candidate for mayor of Rome after winning the primaries on Sunday 7 April.
Marino took about 54 per...
James Walston explains the Italy's latest efforts to form a new government.
We also print the text from his blog below.
The electronic tumbrils are beginning to roll. On Friday, the Five Star Movement’s (M5S)...
James Walston follows the complicated story of the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen, the worsening diplomatic relations between Italy and India and the resignation of Italy's minister of foreig...
The United States ambassador to Italy, David Thorne, has told young Italians that it is time to act on behalf of their country.
He told high school students at the prestigious Liceo Classico Visconti in the centre of...
James Walston looks at two populist politicians, Silvio Berlusconi and Beppe Grillo. See Walston's blog for the original version paste below and all its links.
Yesterday a group of about 150 parliamentarians demonstra...
Queen Elizabeth II was admitted to hospital today with symptoms of gastroenteritis. The Queen has cancelled all her appointments for the next week as a precaution, including the visit to Italy. It’s not yet clear i...
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