Italy
Venice issues three-year ban on new takeaways and restrictions for existing ones
In an attempt to remove the “blots on the Venice copybook” noted by UNESCO, which had threatened to include Venice in its…
Conte’s first speech in Parliament
Italy's new prime minister vowed to bring radical change to the country, including more generous welfare and a crackdown on immigration, as…
Italy – 22 year old died after being hit by a funeral car, carrying a corpse, whose driver died of a heart-attack before the impact.
A 22-year-old woman died in Galliate, in the province of Novara, after a freak traffic accident while she was jogging. The woman…
Salvini pledges to press EU for asylum law reform
The new Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini pledged on Sunday to press EU officials for asylum law reform that allows stricter controls…
Juncker invites ‘German-speaking’ countries not to repeat the Greek mistake with Italy and avoid giving lessons to Rome
Deutsche Welle and The Guardian reported that since the new Italian government assumed power, EU President Jean-Claude Juncker seems to have taken…
158 persons (amongst which 9 children, 26 women and 36 unaccompanied minors) rescued in the Mediterranean and taken to Sicily
Almost 160 migrants disembarked a rescue ship Friday evening in Sicily, the NGO SOS Mediterranee said, days before hardline anti-immigrant League leader…
Donald Tusk emphasises on unity and solidarity in congratulatory letters to Conte and Sanchez
The President of the European Council congratulated Professor Giuseppe Conte on his appointment as President of the Council of Ministers of the…
Italy’s new Government sworn in, almost 90 days after last election and on the eve the Italian Republic Day holiday.
The Italian President swore in the new Government, almost 90 days since the election held last March on the eve of the…
Juncker’s comments on Italy, as reported on the Guardian, stirs controversy and criticism.
"Italians need to work harder and be less corrupt". This is what the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, would have…
Italy: Habemus Premier
After 88 days of negotiations, discussions, false starts, impeachment threats and an institutional crisis Italy's powers announced that "There are all the…
Luca Montezemolo, Mark Ball Cramer and Silvano Cassano under investigation for the bankruptcy of Alitalia
Three former managing directors of Alitalia, Cassano, Montezemolo and Cramer under investigation for bankruptcy. La Stampa and Il Secolo XIX write that…
Possible ‘political’ solution for Italy’s impasse
Italian interim prime minister Cottarelli said politicians, rather than technocrats like himself, might be able to steer the country out of deadlock.…