New Italian coalition sworn in, seeks better ties with Europe
Italy’s new government, combining the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and center-left Democratic Party (PD), was sworn into office on Thursday, promising to reset Rome’s often fraught relations...
View ArticleItaly once again eyed by investors as populist threat subsides
Italy is again on the radar of international investors after the populist threat in the country has been put on hold. The country’s business elite, gathered at an annual summer lakeside meeting, are...
View ArticleItaly and France agree migrants must be distributed around the EU
The European Union must introduce a new, automatic system of taking in migrants saved from the Mediterranean, the leaders of Italy and France said on Wednesday, as they sought to patch up bruised...
View ArticleMinisters agree to temporary deal to distribute migrants arriving in Italy...
Five European Union nations agreed Monday to a temporary arrangement for disembarkation and relocation of migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean from unseaworthy boats, with officials pushing...
View ArticleItaly’s top court rules assisted suicide not always a crime
In certain cases, helping a suffering person with assisted suicide is not criminal, Italy’s top court said. The ruling means parliament has been asked to debate the issue, taking into account the...
View ArticleNotorious human trafficker was at meeting in Italy to discuss Libya migration
Abd al-Rahman Milad, known as Bija, at the meeting (in light grey/blue suit with beard) with Italian officials and the Libyan coastguard in May 2017. Photo credit: Avvenire One of the world’s most...
View ArticleItaly’s euroskeptic leader Salvini says euro is ‘irreversible’
League leader Matteo Salvini said on Monday the euro was here to stay and he hoped that nobody in his far-right, euroskeptic party would ever again raise doubts over Italy’s membership of the single...
View ArticleFrance: Dozens of migrants found in back of truck near Italian border
The truck had been carrying 31 people, reportedly from Pakistan, when it was inspected by authorities in southern France. The latest discovery comes after dozens of migrants were found dead in a truck...
View ArticleItaly to become first country to make learning about climate change...
From next year, Italian school students in every grade will be required to study climate change and sustainability, in an attempt to position the country as a world leader in environmental education....
View ArticleItalian Holocaust survivor under police protection after anti-Semitic threats
Senator Liliana Segre, who was sent to Auschwitz as a child, became a target after she proposed a commission to combat intolerance, racism and hate speech. An 89-year-old Italian woman who survived...
View ArticleItalian minister delivers warning over reform of euro zone bailout fund
Reform of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund may be unacceptable for Italy, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told daily Corriere della Sera on Wednesday. The proposals have created a...
View ArticleItaly busts neo-Nazi ring, ‘Miss Hitler’ pageant winner
Prosecutors in Sicily have announced 19 arrests, exposing a nationwide network of would-be fascist militants. Police have uncovered weapons, explosives, and extremist propaganda in a series of raids....
View ArticleMatteo Salvini under fire: Tens of thousands of Italy’s ‘Sardines’ protest at...
The movement has become a symbol of protest against the former interior minister’s anti-migration rhetoric Tens of thousands of members of Italy’s youth-driven Sardine Movement on Saturday rallied in...
View ArticleItaly will not pour more taxpayer money into Alitalia: minister
Italy will not pump more public money into Alitalia, Industry Minister Stefano Patuanelli said on Saturday, warning that the troubled airline could shut down by mid-2020 without a buyer. Alitalia,...
View ArticleItaly court rules home-growing cannabis is legal in landmark decision
Italy’s supreme court has ruled that cultivating cannabis on a small scale for personal use is legal, in a landmark judgment expected to provoke controversy. After being asked to clarify previous...
View ArticleItaly: Car rams into crowd, killing several German tourists
A motorist drove into a large tour group in the Italian city of Lutago, killing at least six people and injuring others. It was unclear what caused the incident, but authorities believe it was not...
View ArticleMatteo Salvini: The comeback kid of Italian politics
When Alan Fabbri was growing up near the northern Italian city of Ferrara in the 1990s he engaged in an act of teenage rebellion that surprised his friends: he decided not to become a communist. As a...
View ArticleAt a paltry 0.1 percent, Eurozone growth grinds to a halt as France and Italy...
Eurozone growth has slowed almost to a halt after the French and Italian economies shrank unexpectedly, denting hopes of a rebound and giving the European Central Bank a dilemma over whether to inject...
View ArticleSix coronavirus cases discovered in north Italy, hundreds to be tested
Six people have tested positive in Italy for coronavirus, the northern Lombardy region said on Friday, in the first known cases of local transmission of the potentially deadly illness in the country....
View ArticleItaly coronavirus cases rise to more than 100
The number of cases of coronavirus in Italy continued to rise on Sunday after the government passed a series of emergency measures to limit the spread of the outbreak in Europe’s most affected...
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