Italy Italian Senate endorses lowering voting age from 25 to 18 The move paves the way for some four million young people to vote in elections for the parliament's upper chamber. 08/07/2021
Italy Italy's M5S founder criticised for defending son in sex assault claims Italy's Five Star Movement founder Bebbe Grillo has been criticised for defending his son from sexual assault allegations in a passionate video. 21/04/2021
Italy Former ECB chief Mario Draghi sworn in as Italy's new PM The former European Central Bank Chief was sworn in at a ceremony at the Quirinal Palace in Rome at noon on Saturday. 12/02/2021
Italy Italian populist party supports Mario Draghi government in online vote The Five Star Movement voted to support Mario Draghi, the former European Central Bank chief, to form a new government in Italy. 11/02/2021
Italy Salvini fails to win key Italian regional election The Democratic Party was leading with 50% of the votes in Emilia-Romagna, against 45% for Salvini’s League, according to projections. 27/01/2020
Italy Salvini, sardines & strongholds: Will one vote topple the government? Sunday could see fatal cracks appear in Italy’s coalition government. Here’s how. 26/01/2020
Italy Di Maio steps down as leader of populist party Five-Star Movement Italy foreign minister Luigi Di Maio steps down as leader of populist party Five-Star Movement 22/01/2020
Italy Italy's new government can get to work after getting senators' backing Senators backed Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte's new government with 169 in favour and 133 against. 10/09/2019
Italy Conte PM & Di Maio foreign minister as new Italian government sworn in It relegates Matteo Salvini's far-right League movement to the opposition. 05/09/2019
Italy Could Italy's new coalition be stymied by Salvini in parliament? Even if Italy can form a new coalition, its power might be curbed by Matteo Salvini’s League which controls 11 powerful parliamentary committees. 30/08/2019
Italy Italy needs more time to form a new government, says president Italy's president has extended the time envisaged for a new government to be formed. 22/08/2019
Italy Italy crisis: 5-Star says Salvini no longer a credible partner Italy's 5-Star Movement appears to have closed the door on any possibility of resurrecting the country's ruling coalition. 18/08/2019
Italy Italian Senate rejects request for immediate no-confidence vote debate The League has presented a no-confidence motion in the government but the Senate rejected its request for it to be debated on Wednesday, and instead decided that Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte should address the upper house over the crisis on August 20. 12/08/2019
Italy Italian MP could lose her seat for using her birth name on the ballot 'If I had died, how could I have been resurrected?' - Euronews speaks to the Italian MP who lived a life in witness protection afraid of the Mafia finding her, and who is now being challenged by her political rival for resuming her 'dead' identity. 30/07/2019
Italy Watch: Italy's Genoa bridge destroyed in controlled explosion Two pylons of the bridge were wiped out in a controlled explosion to make way for a new structure to be built after it collapsed last August, killing 43 people. 28/06/2019
Italy Back to school as Five Star Movement MPs sit special evaluation exam Five Star Movement politicians were forced to sit down for a 40-minute high-school style exam on Tuesday. 13/06/2019
Italy 5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio easily wins party confidence vote Supporters of Italy's 5-Star Movement have resoundingly backed its leader Luigi Di Maio to carry on following a bruising defeat in European elections 30/05/2019
Italy Italy's 5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio seeks confidence vote Luigi Di Maio, the leader of Italy's 5-Star Movement, is seeking a confidence vote on his party's online platform after a poor result in Euro elections 29/05/2019
Italy Italy's coalition parties struggle to restructure Rome's huge debts The foundations of Italy's warring coalition parties are being shaken by the huge debt being faced by Rome and the urgent need for a financial bailout 24/04/2019
Good Morning Europe Italy's coaltion partners to discuss urgent bailout for crisis-hit Rome Italy’s warring coalition partners are meeting today to try to decide on an urgent financial bailout for the city of Rome. The capital's €12 billion debt must be restructured to avoid defaulting, but the League and the Five Star movement are far apart on the issue. 23/04/2019
Italy What's it like living in Italy as a migrant? NBC Left Field takes a look at families who’ve already found a home in Italy and how Italians are helping them have a better life. 22/03/2019
Italy What is Italy's new 'Citizens' Income' scheme? | Euronews Answers The government says those who take part will be signing an employment pact or a social inclusion pact, with recipients expected to retrain and get back into the work force. 06/03/2019
Italy Could a row over Salvini split the 5-Star Movement? | Euronews answers Why a row over immunity for Italy's politicians threatens to split 5-Star Movement 19/02/2019
The Cube Five Star Movement founder signs 'pact for science' in complete u-turn Beppe Grillo has fueled conspiracy theories and pseudoscience claims for years. Now, he's signing a pro-vaccination pact for science 10/01/2019
World Italian journalists called 'whores' by Five Star Movement Raw Politics speaks to Five Star Movement MEP Ignazio Corrao over the insults made by the party towards journalists. 13/11/2018
Italy Italian government criticised for change to vaccination law #GME Italy’s law change sparks controversy after ruling coalition says parents no longer need proof of children’s vaccinations. @TesaArcilla spoke to Dr Mark Muscat from the World Health Organisation. 09/08/2018
