As the fate of Silvio Berlusconi and his government hang in the balance James Walston looks at possible successors and what may happen after 14 December.
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In a series of events designed to promote the art of diplomacy between nations, 30 meetings, seminars and round table discussions take place as part of the Festival of Diplomacy between 16 and 24 October.
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With the United States mid-term congressional elections coming up on 2 November US oversees voters are reminded to register to vote or to make sure that their registration is up to date.
The deadline for registration...
James Walston finds something profoundly depressing about the recent visit of the Libyan leader to Rome for the fourth time in just over a year.
He continues his political observations about Ghedaffi and Silvo Berlusco...
The campaign to hold a referendum against a recent law privatising water services in Italy has drawn to a close with over 1.4 million signatures deposited at the supreme court of cassation in Rome. This is nearly one mil...
On 1 July journalists across the country will be staging protests against government plans to limit the use of phone taps in criminal investigations and clamp down on newspapers and broadcasters that publish them.
In...
For British ex-pats in Italy watching the results of the 6 May parliamentary elections at home via satellite, the polls close at 23.00 Italian time and the first results are expected soon after midnight.
Those without...
Centre-right parties have taken 7 out of the 13 regions that went to the polls on 28 and 29 March, including four regions that were previously governed by the centre-left. They are Lazio, Piedmont, Campania and Calabria....
On 13 March supporters of the main opposition parties and members of the non-party political anti-government Popolo Viola (Violet People) movement will be gathering in Piazza del Popolo at 14.00 for a demonstration in fa...
The Rome electoral office, a section of the Rome tribunal, has rejected for the second time the list of candidates for prime minister Silvio Berlusconi
The Rome appeal court has admitted the civic list of the centre-right candidate for the Lazio regional elections, Renata Polverini, overturning an earlier decision to exclude it over a missing signature.
The ruling mea...
Yoga weekend in a magnificent Renaissance palace in Bolsena, about 1.5 hours drive from Roma. Frescoed walls, coffered decorated ceilings, four poster beds and Old Master paintings...
John Cabot University, a regionally accredited American liberal arts university in Rome, Italy, is currently seeking an enthusiastic person to fill the position of Public Services...
John Cabot University, a regionally accredited American university in Rome, is seeking a candidate to fill the position of CRM Analyst. The CRM Analyst will support the Director of...
John Cabot University (JCU), a regionally accredited American university in Rome, is seeking a dedicated and dynamic individual to join our Career Services Center as a Career Couns...