Politics of Italy
Keep Migrants Off Mainland, Austria Tells Italy
Austria's foreign minister Sebastian Kurz called on Italy Thursday to stop migrants from reaching the mainland by...
Italy Delays Citizenship Rights Bill Under Migrant Pressure
Italy's government has delayed a parliamentary vote on a citizenship rights bill as tensions rise over the number of...
Italy Proposes Libya Pact To Curb Illegal Migration
Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti on Thursday proposed a pact with Libya to combat human trafficking during a...
Italy’s First Black Minister ‘vindicated’ By Racist Slurs Verdict
Italy’s first black minister has said she feels “vindicated” after winning a four-year court battle against a...
Patrol Boats Repaired In Italy Handed Over To Libya
Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti on Monday handed over to the Libyan coastguard four patrol boats repaired in...
Obama To Meet Ex-Italian PM Renzi In Milan
Barack Obama will meet in Milan on Monday with Matteo Renzi, the former Italian prime minister who was recently elected...
3,000 Rescued In Mediterranean Sea
About 3,000 people have been saved in the Mediterranean Sea in a single day while trying to make the journey from...
Italy’s Renzi Regains Party Leadership With Big Primary Win
Italy's former prime minister has made a dramatic return to frontline politics five months after stepping down. Matteo...
Italian Reporter Freed In Turkey
An Italian journalist arrested in Turkey while researching refugees near the Syrian border has been freed after two...
No G7 Consensus On Fresh Syria Sanctions
G7 foreign ministers have failed to agree on whether fresh sanctions should be imposed on Syrian President Bashar...
Europe, N.Africa Ministers Seek To Curb Libya Migrant Flows
Interior ministers mainly from the central Mediterranean region met in Rome on Monday to ramp up efforts to curb...
G20 Foreign Ministers To Tackle Fight Against Poverty In Africa
G20 foreign ministers will discuss ways to fight poverty in Africa, strengthen governmental institutions and better...
Antonio Tajani New President
Antonio Tajani will be the next head of the European Parliament Italian conservative Antonio Tajani has been elected...
New Government Approved By Italian Parliament
Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni is pictured before a confidence vote to the new government Italian Prime...
Italian PM Renzi Resigns, President To Consult With Parties
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigned on Wednesday after a bruising referendum loss at the weekend, with most...
Italy’s Prime Minister Will Step Down On Friday
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will hand in his resignation on Friday, a parliamentary source said, as President...
PM Matteo Renzi Resigns After Clear Referendum Defeat
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has resigned after suffering a heavy defeat in a referendum over his plan to reform...
Italy PM Resigns After Heavy Poll Defeat
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has resigned after suffering a heavy defeat in a referendum over his plan to reform...
Italians Vote On Future of PM Renzi
Italians are voting in a referendum which is being closely watched for further signs of anti-establishment sentiment in...