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Pope Francis paid his respects to Napolitano on Sunday. Italy's former president Giorgio Napolitano, who died on Friday evening aged 98, will receive a secular state funeral in the chamber of deputies in Rome on Tuesday...
Napolitano was the first Italian president to be re-elected as head of state.Giorgio Napolitano, who served as president of Italy from 2006 until 2015, died in a Rome clinic on Friday aged 98. Born in Naples in 1925, Na...
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Markell will be 39th US ambassador to Italy. The new US ambassador to Italy and the Republic of San Marino, Jack Markell, arrived in Rome on Saturday accompanied by his wife Carla. A former governor of Delaware, Mark...
Lollobrigida comments slammed on social media in Italy. Italian agriculture minister Francesco Lollobrigida has sparked outrage for claiming that in Italy "the poor often eat better than the rich" because they buy high-...
Italian tourists ran off without paying in Albanian restaurant. Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni settled an unpaid restaurant bill in Albania after a group of Italian tourists did a runner without paying for their...
Sgarbi faces calls to resign after outburst at museum event. A prominent Italian politician and art critic is facing calls to resign over a vulgar outburst during a cultural event at the MAXXI national museum of contemp...
Devotees of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi bid him farewell in Milan on Wednesday at a state funeral for the controversial billionaire, which closes a 30-year chapter in the country's history. The cof...
A showman billionaire who entered politics late and took the fight to the "establishment" with his straight-talking charm, Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi paved the way for right-wing populists....
Silvio Berlusconi died on Monday aged 86. The Italian government has declared a national day of mourning for former premier Silvio Berlusconi who died in Milan on Monday at the age of 86. The day of mourning is sched...
Berlusconi was suffering from chronic leukaemia. Silvio Berlusconi, the former three-time prime minister of Italy, died on Monday 12 June aged 86. Earlier this year the veteran politician and billionaire media tycoon...
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Gilda Sportiello makes history in Rome. Italian MP Gilda Sportiello has become the first politician to breastfeed in the nation's parliament. Sportiello, a member of the populist Movimento 5 Stelle, fed her newborn b...
Former governor of Delaware to serve in Rome. US president Joe Biden has nominated Jack Markell as Washington's new ambassador to Italy, filling a post left vacant for more than two years, according to Corriere della Se...
Schlein said Lollobrigida's words had air of "white supremacism". Italy's agriculture minister Francesco Lollobrigida caused controversy on Tuesday by warning against the "ethnic replacement" of Italians as the country'...
Move follows spate of protests in Italy by climate activists. The Italian government on Tuesday unveiled measures to crack down on those who damage or deface monuments and heritage sites, proposing fines of up to €60,00...
Meloni and Berlusconi guests at Salvini's birthday bash. Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni and deputy premier Matteo Salvini on Friday night united in an impassioned karaoke rendition of Canzone di Marinella by Ital...
Government set to stiffen penalties for traffickers. Italian premier Giorgia Meloni will hold a cabinet meeting on Thursday afternoon in Cutro, near the site of a migrant shipwreck in which dozens of people lost their l...
Opposition rounds on Piantedosi as shipwreck death toll rises. Italy's interior minister Matteo Piantedosi has caused public outrage for his response to Sunday's shipwreck off the southern Italian coast which has claime...
Schlein becomes first woman to lead PD. Italy's centre-left Partito Democratico (PD) on Sunday elected Elly Schlein as the party's ninth leader, replacing Enrico Letta who quit following poor results in last October's g...
Nationalists clash with Europhiles in Italy as parliament votes to delay EU law revoking beach concessions for Italy’s private lidos. President Mattarella agrees to enact changes but expresses his concerns. Holiday at t...
41-bis protest slammed by government ministers. Supporters of jailed Italian anarchist Alfredo Cospito staged a protest at Rome's Vittoriano monument on Thursday, setting off smoke bombs and unfurling a banner that read...
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