Following days of often tense and difficult talks, the leaders of 5-Star and the PD told Italy's president that the new government should once again be led by the outgoing…
The centre-left Democratic Party (PD) has agreed to enter into a coalition government with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) which would be led by the outgoing premier Giuseppe Conte. The…
U.S. President Donald Trump weighed into Italy's political crisis on Tuesday, saying he hoped Giuseppe Conte would be reinstated as prime minister, as the climate improved in party talks to…
Talks between Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) to form a new government have hit a stumbling block over the PD's opposition to Giuseppe Conte being…
Italian President Sergio Mattarella begins two days of talks with parties on Wednesday to seek a way out of a political crisis that will lead to formation of the country’s…
Matteo Salvini was "irresponsible and opportunist" and showed a "grave lack of constitutional culture" in triggering a government crisis solely to cash in on surging poll numbers, Premier Giuseppe Conte…
Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) said on Sunday that Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League, was no longer a credible partner, apparently closing the door on any possibility of…
Italy on Wednesday marked a year since the Genoa motorway bridge collapse that killed 43 people. The ceremony is taking place close to the spot where a section of the…
The Senate on Tuesday voted down a League motion for its no confidence motion in Premier Giuseppe Conte to be voted on Wednesday, with the 5-Star Movement (M5S) and the…
Italy’s political leaders will meet in Rome today to discuss a date for a no-confidence vote in the government. The right-wing Northern League governs the country in a coalition with…
The League presented a motion of no confidence in Premier Giuseppe Conte in the Senate on Friday after the party's leader, Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, said Thursday…
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that the leader of the ruling League party, Matteo Salvini, must explain to Italians why he wants to bring down the coalition government. Salvini,…
The leader of Italy's ruling League party, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, said on Thursday the governing coalition had broken down and the only way forward was to hold new…
Ursula von der Leyen said Friday that she wants to "propose a new pact for migration and asylum" as she meet Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte for a bilateral meeting in…
On Monday in the Santa Croce di Santa Maria del Corso church in Somma Vesuviana the funeral took place for Carabiniere Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega who was killed in…
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte threatened to step down if the ruling League and 5Star Movement don't stop bickering. At a news conference in Rome on Monday evening, Conte said…
Premier Giuseppe Conte on Tuesday held talks in Rome with the head of the UN-backed Libyan government, Fayez al-Sarraj. Premier Giuseppe Conte said he hoped to soon meet eastern Libyan…
The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said he had agreed with the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi to reject military solutions for the crisis…
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte revealed he had assured China's Huawei Technologies that it would not face discrimination in the roll-out of Italy's 5G telecoms network. Conte was speaking on…
The Italian Interior Ministry issued a directive aimed at dealing with terrorists possibly escaping and arriving from war torn Libya. The Ministry warned that hundreds of Islamic terrorists could arrive…
Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj in an interview with Italian daily Corriere della Sera warned that 800,000 migrants and Libyans could 'invade' Italy from conflict-torn Libya. Among them, he said,…
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said any foreign military intervention in Libya would not resolve the latest conflict in its former colony, warning that it might trigger a refugee…
The Libya Observer reported that the President of the Italian-Libyan Chamber of Commerce, Gianfranco Damiano confirmed that part of the Italian companies operating in the oil and gas sector and…
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has reassured the Lower House of Parliament in Rome that Italy is fully prepared for the eventuality of a no deal Brexit and the rights…
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte confirmed that his government intends to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese government for its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The huge…
Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini had a cautious approach about Italy reaching an agreement over China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), insisting it is necessary to protect the…
Tension within the Italian government has eased, at least for the moment, after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte came up with a compromise over whether to continue with the TAV Turin-Lyon…
Giuseppe Conte, the Italian Prime Minister, halted the launch of tenders for a high-speed rail link to France, defusing a dispute within the ruling coalition over the project that…
italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte insisted on Tuesday that he was not "a puppet" of his deputies, as he responded to a barrage of criticism from leading EU politicians. Following…
We are urging Malta to disembark those people, Italy can exceptionally endure a few women and a few children with husbands. I do not believe that the line of government…
Corriere Della Sera reports that Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte declared Italy's intention to take 15 Migrants on board SeaWatch. He added that Italy won't be taking just women and…
The Italian government strengthened its clampdown on irregular immigration with a decree aimed at slashing the number of people awarded asylum and doubling the time irregular migrants can be detained.…
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte met his top ministers on Friday to try to overcome an impasse over the government’s first budget between the ruling parties and the economy minister…
Good evening, The news today were mainly dominated by The discovery of lifeless body in off the coast of Xemxija. This is a developing story The conviction of a man…
Premier Giuseppe Conte said Tuesday that his government is determined to boost measures to stop the exploitation of migrant workers after 16 farm labourers died in two separate road accidents…
Politico / AP / Reuters / New York Times / Euronews / TGCOM / ANSA: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and US President Donald Trump held a joint press conference following…
"The landing of the migrants who are on board the ship Eighteen is about to start" the premier Giuseppe Conte announces this after a day of stalemate. "The procedures for…
Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is reported to be satisfied by the deal. "It was a long negotiation but from today Italy is no longer alone." He listed the elements…
Financial Times: Italy has stalled an EU leaders’ summit until a deal is reached on migration — a dramatic escalation of tensions at a gathering that could decide German chancellor Angela Merkel’s fate.…
An emergency mini summit Sunday of EU leaders seeking a common solution on migration yielded a breakthrough, of sorts: a general agreement to stop seeking an overall, common solution. It…
ANSA: French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that he agreed with Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte over issues including migrants and the euro after the leaders met for talks in Paris.…
The Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, and the Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte, had a telephone conversation on the developing situation of the vessel Aquarius on Sunday evening.…
Italy's new prime minister vowed to bring radical change to the country, including more generous welfare and a crackdown on immigration, as the two party bosses who hold the keys…
The President of the European Council congratulated Professor Giuseppe Conte on his appointment as President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic. "Your appointment comes at a crucial time for…
The Italian President swore in the new Government, almost 90 days since the election held last March on the eve of the nation’s Republic Day holiday, the day in 1946 when…
After 88 days of negotiations, discussions, false starts, impeachment threats and an institutional crisis Italy's powers announced that "There are all the conditions for a political government". So this marks…
The British have this saying "It never rains. It pours", and that was the case yesterday night as the drama surrounding the appointment of the New Italian government unfolded. The…
Italy's president summoned Prime Minister-designate Giuseppe Conte to his office on Sunday in a move that could break a long-running political deadlock and open the way for the formation of…
The President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella gave Professor Giuseppe Conte the task of forming the new Italian government. The decision was announced by the secretary general of the Quirinale…
The Italian President Sergio Mattarella, has called for Giuseppe Conte, the person indicated by both M5S and Lega as the next Prime Minister for a meeting. The meeting is expected to take place today at 1730. According to…
Giuseppe Conte's academic credentials credibility have been put in doubt after two mentioned academic institutions denied Conte's claimed links. The New York Times has quoted a New York University spokesperson…
Law professor Giuseppe Conte has been named as the choice of the Five Star Movement and League to lead the coalition government. During the past two weeks, the League's Matteo…