Politics
Former Rome mayor Francesco Rutelli has left the main opposition party, the centre-left Partito Democratico (PD), and formed a new centrist movement, Alleanza per L
President of the centre-left Lazio regional government Piero Marrazzo has resigned from his post after finding himself at the centre of a high-profile sex scandal.
The former governor, a journalist by profession, suspe...
Partial results from 33 per cent of polling stations, available on the PD website, give Pier Luigi Bersani, the former government minister from Emilia Romagna, over 52 per cent of the vote in the
The six Italian soldiers killed in a car bomb attack in Afghanistan on 17 September are to be given a state funeral in Rome on Monday 21 September, which has also been declared a day national of mourning. Flags will fly...
Two new United States ambassadors arrived to take up their posts in Rome at the end of August, David H Thorne as ambassador to the Italian state and Miguel Humberto Diaz as ambassador to the Holy See.
Thorne is no stran...
Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi finds himself at the centre of another scandal concerning his private life following allegations that young women from Bari had been paid to attend parties at his homes in Rome and Sardin...
A popular referendum on 21-22 June to amend the Italian electoral law failed due to weak voter turnout. Just 23 per cent of the Italian electorate turned out to vote, falling well short of the 50 per cent plus one vote r...
Libyan leader and sitting chairman of the African Union Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi is in Rome until 12 June for his first state visit to Italy. As per his custom, Gaddafi has brought an entourage of over 300 assistants,...
Libyan leader and sitting chairman of the African Union Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi will be in Rome from 10-12 June for his first ever state visit to Italy. As per his custom, Gaddafi will be arriving with an entourage of...
The European parliamentary elections in Italy, held 6-7 June, have resulted in substantial gains for far-right separatist party Lega Nord (LN) and centre-left party Italia dei Valori (IdV) at the expense of both centre-r...
Italy joins the European Union at the polls from 6-7 June to choose its 72 representatives to the European parliament in Strasbourg. All EU citizens living in Italy also have the right to vote, but must first have regist...
Pressure on Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi continues to mount following new revelations about his alleged carryings-on with young women.
The controversy centres on the 72-year-old premier
The Italian government has voted to change the location of the upcoming G8 summit in July from La Maddalena island in Sardinia to L'Aquila, which was heavily damaged by the 6 April earthquake. Prime minister Silvio Berlu...
Italians go to the polls to vote for their representatives to the European parliament in Strasburg on 6 and 7 June.
EU citizens living in Italy are also entitled to take part in the elections, choosing from among the ca...
Americans in Rome hoping to follow the US election on 4 November in company have several options.
On 4 November, the Westin Excelsior hotel in Via Veneto will play host to a bipartisan election night event organised by...
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to converge on central Rome on 25 October for an anti-government demonstration organised by the main opposition party Partito Democratico (PD).
Two separate protest marches...
A demonstration will take place Sat 11 November in Rome
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