World news about “Italian politics” published by euronews.
Italy freezes hated property tax, doesn’t say how will make up shortfall Italy’s coalition government is to freeze a controversial property tax, abolish the double salary received by government ministers who are also members of… 17/05/2013
Berlusconi fires on Italian justice over his tax fraud conviction Thousands of Silvio Berlusconi loyalists have held a rally in the northern Italian city of Brescia to protest against his recent conviction for tax… 12/05/2013
Berlusconi Tax-Fraud Conviction Upheld An appeals court in Milan has upheld the tax fraud conviction and four-year prison sentence against Silvio Berlusconi . The case involving his television… 08/05/2013
Giulio Andreotti 1919-2013: a very Italian politician “Eternal Giulio” – for half a century, Giulio Andreotti was a model of longevity in an Italy that lurched from one political crisis to the next. Prime… 06/05/2013
Italy’s parliament falls silent to honour Andreotti A moment of silence in Italy’s parliament marked the death of former prime minister Giulio Andreotti, 94. Andreotti led Italy seven times – and played a… 06/05/2013
Italy’s first black minister brushes off racism Italy’s first black minister, Cecile Kyenge, has said the country is not particularly racist despite receiving a barrage of racist and sexist insults since… 04/05/2013
Italian PM to pursue more growth less austerity Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta easily clinched his first vote of confidence in parliament after promising more economic growth and fewer austerity… 30/04/2013
New Italian cabinet gets first green lightThe newly-formed Italian cabinet has faced its first political test. The lower house of the Italian parliament – the Chamber of Deputies – voted in favour of… 29/04/2013
The price of Italy’s coalition The price that Enrico Letta, the new Italian prime minister, had had to pay for the centre-right group of billionaire businessman Silvio Berlusconi joining… 29/04/2013
Italy: New PM sets out priorities ahead of confidence vote Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has spoken ahead of a confidence vote for his new government. Striking a balance between his centre-left party and… 29/04/2013
Italy’s new prime minister visits police officer shot outside his office One of the police officers shot as Italy’s new government was being sworn in is on the ‘danger list’ of the hospital where’s he being treated. Giuseppe… 29/04/2013
Italian PM restores calm over carabinieri shooting First the confusion…then the reaction. After a man was arrested for shooting and injuring two national military police, known as carabinieri, outside the… 28/04/2013
Italy’s new cabinet sworn in Italy’s presidential palace played host to the swearing-in of the country’s newly formed cabinet. President Giorgio Napolitano, himself only recently… 28/04/2013
Italian cabinet comes together After two months of political wrangling, newly-appointed Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has formed a new cabinet. He brings together his own… 28/04/2013
End to the impasse – Italy names a government Italian centre-left politician Enrico Letta has managed to get agreement for a new government, ending two months of deadlock following inconclusive… 27/04/2013
Deadlock broken as Italy names a new government Ending two months of political deadlock, Italy’s centre-left prime minister designate Enrico Letta has confirmed he is able to form a coalition… 27/04/2013
Italy close to ending political deadlock In a sign that Italy is close to finally forming a government, Prime Minister-designate Enrico Letta has been updating the country’s president on… 27/04/2013
Italy’s Letta edges closer to forming new government There has been a full display of pomp and pagentry in Rome as Italy marks the 68th anniversary of its Liberation Day. But leading politicians have been… 25/04/2013
New Italian PM opens talks on forming a workable government First day in the job and Italy’s new prime minister designate Enrico Letta must try to form a government – the first after two months of political… 25/04/2013
Italy’s Letta enters political twister Enrico Letta, not only as deputy leader of the centre-left Democratic Party, has extensive government experience. Letta has already served in four… 24/04/2013
Italy’s new PM: ‘Balanced’ or a ‘sell-out’, reactions from Rome Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has chosen Democratic Party number 2, Enrico Letta to form a government as the new prime minister. Outside the… 24/04/2013
Italy’s designated PM vows to revive politics Enrico Letta, is the man charged with ending the political stalemate which has paralysed Italy for the last two-months. The deputy-leader of the Democratic… 24/04/2013
Italian President to name his choice for PM Italy’s newly re-elected president Giorgio Napolitano is expected to name a candidate who will be charged with forming a new government on Wednesday. It… 24/04/2013
Italian President Napolitano expected to name new PM soon Italy’s newly re-elected President Giorgio Napolitano jumped straight into urgent talks on Tuesday with the aim of naming a new prime minister as soon as… 23/04/2013
Italian President Napolitano aims to end deadlock ‘within days’ Newly re-elected Italian President Giorgio Napolitano says he will begin talks immediately with the intention of putting in place a grand coalition government… 22/04/2013
Italian president to hold ‘rapid’ talks to seek new government Italy’s newly re-elected President Giorgio Napolitano has said he will start a “rapid” series of meetings on Tuesday to seek the formation of a government to… 22/04/2013
Italy’s two-month stalemate Giorgio Napolitano has been sworn in as Italian President in parliament, the second seven year mandate for the head of state, who will turn 88 in June. His… 22/04/2013
Napolitano: the man to save Italy Re-elected to an unprecedented second term, President Giorgio Napolitano is now charged with resolving Italy’s political deadlock. Much is expected from the… 22/04/2013
Beppe Grillo denounces re-election of Italian president The leader of Italy’s ant-establishment 5-Star Movement, Beppe Grillo has denounced the re-election of President Giorgio Napolitano. Following Saturday’s… 22/04/2013
Re-elected Italian President Napolitano calls for political unity Italy’s newly re-elected President Giorgio Napolitano has called on the country’s divided political parties to work together to end the stalemate created by… 20/04/2013
Napolitano elected for a second term as Italian president Giorgio Napolitano has been elected president of Italy for a second term. Napolitano was due to stand down on May 15, but the failure of parliament to elect… 20/04/2013
Napolitano saves Italian politics from further embarrassment Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has agreed to last-minute pleas for him to stand for a second term as president. Party leaders held meetings with the… 20/04/2013
Napolitano saves Italy from further political embarrassmentItalian President Giorgio Napolitano has agreed to put himself forward for a new term as president. Party leaders held meetings with the 87-year-old after… 20/04/2013
Italy’s Bersani to resign after failure to elect new president Reports from Italy say centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani is to step down following politicians’ failure to elect a new president at the fourth… 19/04/2013
Italy continues its quest for a new president The Italian parliament will try again on Friday to elect a new president following Thursday’s spectacular crash by the candidate of the centre-left and… 18/04/2013
Italian parliament fails to elect state president Political stalemate continues in Italy; not only does the country not have a government since the deadlocked general election in February, but early on… 18/04/2013
Italian MPs ready to elect president Italian MPs and regional delegates are readying to vote in a new Italian president, as incumbent president Giorgio Napolitano comes to the end of his 7-year… 17/04/2013
Five Star Movement chooses journalist for Italian presidency Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement has conducted an Internet poll to see, which candidate would be the party’s choice to replace outgoing President Giorgio… 16/04/2013
Berlusconi ready to run for PM again if Italy holds new election Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he would stand for a fifth term – should a snap election be called. He made the announcement before… 14/04/2013
‘Wise men’ hand president plans to unlock Italy’s political gridlock The so-called “wise men” who were given the task of finding a solution to Italy’s political gridlock have presented a number of proposals to Italian President… 12/04/2013
Mayor of Florence calls for new elections to overcome Italian stalemate There is dissent within the ranks in Italy. The Mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi has called for fresh elections to overcome the stalemate paralysing the… 11/04/2013
Hour-long talk between Bersani and Berlusconi produces no results There has been no progress on Italy’s political impasse after an hour of talks between centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani and his centre-right rival Silvio… 09/04/2013
Italian President pardons U.S. officer Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has pardoned a U.S. Air Force officer for the alleged kidnapping of a Muslim cleric, in a bid to promote closer… 06/04/2013
Italy: Napolitano holds first meeting with ‘wise men’ Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has held his first meeting with the group of 10 experts he has tasked with setting the country’s political course after… 02/04/2013
10 ‘wise men’ try to get Italy’s politics moving The so called 10 “wise men” are due to get to work in Italy on Tuesday, where they will try to set the country’s political course after the inconclusive… 02/04/2013
Italy’s Napolitano: ‘I will not abandon my country’ Italian President Giorgio Napolitano says he has no intention of resigning. There had been speculation that he would quit before his term ends in May, in a… 30/03/2013
Italy: Napolitano may quit early to end political deadlock Italian president Giorgio Napolitano could resign in a bid to break the country’s political stalemate, created by elections last month. The 87-year-old is… 30/03/2013
Italian president takes time out to solve political impasse Easter weekend and Italians will celebrate the holiday without having a government due to the political deadlock. After Friday’s talks led by President… 30/03/2013
Headache for head of state as Italian politics fails – again Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is holding urgent talks with all relevant parties in order to fathom a way out of the country’s political… 29/03/2013
Bersani admits he can’t form new Italian government The leader of Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party, Pier Luigi Bersani has admitted defeat in trying to form a government, and has told the country’s… 28/03/2013
No government for Italy as Bersani fails to form a coalition Italy’s centre-left leader Pierluigi Bersani has failed in a last-ditch attempt to form a coalition government to rule the country. Bersani, whose alliance… 28/03/2013
Italy: Five Star rejects Bersani in talks broadcast on Internet Pier Luigi Bersani, the leader of Italy’s centre-left, has failed to secure the support of the Five Star movement to form a government. The… 27/03/2013
Italian pop star brands MPs as ‘whores’ Italian pop star Franco Battiato may not be the superstar that he is inside his homeland. But he went some way to raising his profile on the European stage… 27/03/2013
Italy’s Foreign Minister resigns over marines being sent to India for trial Controversy over the decision to send two Italian marines to stand trial in India has grown after Italy’s Foreign Minister resigned in protest. Giulio Terzi… 26/03/2013
Berlusconi calls for snap vote if no government deal reached Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi says he is ready for a snap election if efforts fail to form a government. Speaking at a rally in Rome, the… 24/03/2013
Bersani faces tough task to form Italian government In Italy, there appears to be little confidence that Pier Luigi Bersani will be able to form a government a month after inconclusive elections. He has been… 23/03/2013
Italy: Bersani tasked with forming government The Italian President has called on Pier Luigi Bersani to form a government. This follows a month of political deadlock after no party gained an absolute… 22/03/2013
Italy:Bersani asked to form government Italian President, Giorgio Napolitano has asked centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani to form a government. This follows a month of political deadlock… 22/03/2013
Grillo seeks a Five Star solution to Italy’s government deadlock Italy’s parties remain split over how to form a new government, as the President Giorgio Napolitano struggles to pull together a workable coalition. It is… 21/03/2013
Italian President in bid to end political deadlock Two days of discussions headed by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano to find a solution to the country’s political impasse got underway on Wednesday. There… 20/03/2013
Berlusconi jeered by ‘stupid fools’Silvio Berlusconi was hissed, whistled and jeered at as he arrived at the Senate in Rome by protesters angry at his return to Italian politics. The former… 17/03/2013
Italy’s divided parliament finally elects speakers Italy’s new parliament has chosen speakers for the two legislative chambers at the second time of asking, but the centre-left alliance only just got its… 17/03/2013
Italy’s centre-left wins presidencies of Senate and Chamber of Deputies Piero Grasso of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) has been elected President of Italy’s Senate. He is a former anti-mafia prosecutor. Laura Boldrini… 16/03/2013
Laura Boldrini elected President of Italy’s Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini, from the leftist party Ecology and Freedom which is part of a coalition with the Democratic Party, has been elected President of the Chamber… 16/03/2013
First sitting of Italian parliament ends in stalemate Italy’s new parliament has sat for the first time since an inconclusive election, but failed to achieve even its first task, that of electing speakers for… 16/03/2013
Protests against Berlusconi trial To the backing of the Italian national anthem centre-right parliamentarians protested outside a Milan court. They were demonstrating against Silvio Berlusconi… 11/03/2013
Silvio Berlusconi sentenced to jail over wiretap scandal Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to one year in jail over illegal wiretapping. The prosecution accused the owner of … 07/03/2013
What is the outlook for Italy after the election? The vote mirrored an Italy deeply split over whether to press ahead with the painful austerity that helped to right its finances without curing a deep… 28/02/2013
MEPs fear Italian vote will lead to paralysis MEPs warned on Tuesday that whoever takes over in Italy, the next government will have to pursue an ambitious reform agenda to get the economy back on… 26/02/2013
Italian populism vs realism Fallout from the Feb. 24-25 Italian elections – background followed by an interview with a political specialist in Rome Many Italians cast their votes for… 26/02/2013
Rome pays the price of uncertainty The Italian government’s borrowing costs shot up on Tuesday in the wake of the inconclusive parliamentary election. There was a big increase in the amount… 26/02/2013
Milan shares rollercoaster on Italian election exit polls Milan’s main share index was very volatile during Monday’s trading. At one stage it rose almost four percent and the euro made sharp gains against the dollar… 22/02/2013
EU eyes Italy vote with caution Italians go to the polls this weekend in a long-awaited election; robbers pull off a spectacular diamond heist at Brussels airport, and Belgium’s Senate… 22/02/2013
Lock, stock and one smoking Beppe Grillo On the 24th and 25th February, Italy held highly unusual elections. The vote showed that many Italians were disgusted with traditional politics and a big… 21/02/2013
‘What took centuries to create in Italy was degraded in a very short time’ Like many countries in Europe, Italy is struggling with problems of its own making following sleaze, scandal and corruption, although it has received some… 21/02/2013
Is Italy ready for change? Italians go to the polls on 24-25 February to vote in an early election, which could determine whether Italy heads out of deep recession or drags Europe back… 20/02/2013
Italy wants cross border action to tackle the mafia Two years ago, one of Italy’s most powerful crime groups, the ‘Ndrangheta, found some 40 of its associates put behind bars in the capital of the southern… 15/02/2013
Maria Grazia Cucinotta on Italy, fashion and a magic wand Already known in front of the camera, the Italian actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta is also making her way in Hollywood as a film producer. ‘Il Postino’… 15/02/2013
Italy’s scare over health care Living with a serious physical handicap in one of the world’s most industrialised nations – Italy – is hard enough for people with disabilities and family who… 14/02/2013
Zeffirelli: ‘Italy neglects its responsibility’ to the world He is one of the last icons of Italian cinema and theatre. Franco Zeffirelli, who turns 90 this year, welcomes us inside his home. Zeffirelli rose to… 11/02/2013
Exclusive: Berlusconi rails against EU leaders Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has launched a scathing attack on leading European parliamentarians within his own centre-right bloc. It… 16/01/2013
Silvio Berlusconi back in the spotlightItaly’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he appears as a guest on the RAI television show Porta a Porta (Door to Door) in Rome… 10/01/2013
Markets react to Monti’s decision to resign Italy is set to have a new government sooner than expected after Mario Monti said he would step down once the 2013 budget is approved. Insecurity hangs in the… 10/12/2012
Italy: towards deeper European integration From the financial crisis and European integration to relations with Mediterranean countires and even the Arab uprisings, we met with the head of Italian… 20/07/2012
Italy’s Lega Nord seek second wind Italy’s struggle to master its debt and deficit excesses by pursuing higher taxes has raised the intensity of protests by the prosperous north. The Northern… 03/07/2012
‘Dead’ Berlusconi artwork – nocomment In a glass case in Rome appears to lie the corpse of former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi. The body is in fact a waxwork, the latest provocative… 31/05/2012
Beppe Grillo explains Comedian Beppe Grillo has shaken up Italian politics, with his 5 Star Movement party (Movimento 5 Stelle) winning local and administrative polls in the… 24/05/2012
Can Italy’s Beppe Grillo hold it together? Italians have given their country’s main political parties a disgusted kick in the ballot box in local elections. Sunday and Monday voting also saw the… 22/05/2012
Italy’s Monti seeks key labour reforms Targeting Italy’s red tape wrapped and inefficient labour market, technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti met top trade union leaders on Tuesday. As part of… 20/03/2012
Game over: Monti snuffs out Rome’s Olympic flame There will be no sprint finish in Italy’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics. Prime Minister Mario Monti has pulled the plug on plans to bring the games to Rome… 15/02/2012
Italy deregulates for competition Italy’s cabinet has approved new laws deregulating some service sector jobs and professions — everything from taxi drivers to pharmacists, journalists… 20/01/2012
Umberto Eco on charmer Berlusconi Can culture give sense to Europe? That is a question euronews put to Umberto Eco, the Italian intellectual, scholar and novelist. After addressing the… 03/01/2012
Italy calls for bigger euro fund after tough debt sale Italy’s borrowing costs fell from record highs at its latest government debt auction, but cautious investors still demanded interest rates of close to seven… 29/12/2011
Monti’s austerity plan angers unions Mario Monti’s so-called ‘Save Italy’ emergency decree measures announced on Sunday have not been well received by the country’s unions. However, in most… 05/12/2011
Italy: no country for young people In Italy, these demonstrators are protesting against what they see as a precarious job future. It is estimated that 8 million Italians, or one third of the… 24/11/2011
Super Mario insists he can deliver Despite Italy’s borrowing costs still teetering at dangerous levels, new Prime Minister Mario Monti has insisted he can turn his debt stricken nation’s… 22/11/2011
Berlusconi-Monti handshake ahead of confidence vote – nocomment Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi shakes hands with Italy’s new technical government ahead of a confidence vote. 20/11/2011
Islam and democracy Alex Taylor euronews: What is happening with the Arab Spring? Those of you who followed with joy as the events unfolded on Facebook in Tunisia who clicked… 17/11/2011
Italians ready to make financial sacrifices – analyst How painful on the purse will a shopping trip be for Italians now that a government of technocrats is poised to tackle the world’s fourth-biggest… 16/11/2011
Berlusconi’s arrivederci to supporters – nocomment Outgoing Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi left his Rome residence to greet his supporters. 14/11/2011
