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Partial sale of Poste Italiene is 'biggest privatisation in a decade'

Italy is launching its biggest privatisation in more than a decade with the partial sale of the national post office. The government is selling up to

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Rome mayor resigns over lavish restaurant expenses

The mayor of Rome has resigned after a scandal over his credit card expenses. Ignazio Marino, a member of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s

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Mayor under pressure over 'decline of Rome'

What has happened to the Eternal City? Rubbish on the streets of Rome and wildcat strikes causing delays on subway trains have prompted national and

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Italy: Renzi's Democratic Party loses ground in regional elections

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has suffered a setback in regional elections. Although his centre-left Democratic Party has won five of seven

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Italy votes in local elections, a test for Renzi's ruling party

Renzi is hoping to get a strong result to solidify support for his labour and education reforms.

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Italy: Local polls represent key test for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi

Italians vote on Sunday in local elections widely seen as a key test for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. His centre-left Democratic Party triumphed in

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Renzi reform to give more power to Italy election winners

Italy’s parliament has passed a new electoral reform championed by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. From July 2016 the electoral system will be based on

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Italy: Transport minister resigns amid major corruption scandal

Maurizio Lupi has resigned as Italy’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister in the wake of the biggest corruption scandal of its kind since the early

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Silvio Berlusconi has his acquittal in the Rubygate affair upheld

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has had his acquittal in the so-called “Rubygate affair”, upheld by the country’s highest court. The

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Italy: Berlusconi completes community service

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has finished his community service. The 78-year-old has been helping on an Alzheimer’s ward near

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Right-wing Northern League holds rally in centre of Rome

Thousands have turned out in Rome for an anti-government demonstration

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Mattarella to be sworn in as Italy's new president

Incoming Italian President Sergio Mattarella has already said thank you to the outgoing Giorgio Napolitano for his seven years of sterling service

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New Italian President hailed as a "great connoisseur" of the constitution

From the Constitutional Court to the Presidential Palace, Sergio Mattarella is a man of experience

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Interview: Italy's new president lost his brother to the Mafia

Euronews reporter Alfredo Ravanolo spoke to Paolo Mazzanti, editor of Ask@News, a news agency based in Rome. He briefly described the new president

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73-year-old Sicilian Sergio Mattarella is Italy's new president

Italy’s parliament has elected Sergio Mattarella of the Democratic Party as the new president of the Republic. The constitutional court judge and

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Italy's new president is Sergio Mattarella

Italy’s new president is Sergio Mattarella. The Constitutional Court justice and former minister was elected in the fourth round of voting for a new

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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano resigns

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has handed in his resignation as head of state. The government accepted the 89-year-old’s resignation on

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Date set for retirement of Italian President Giorgio Napolitano

After two terms in office, Italy's 89-year-old head of state will officially stand down on January 14

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Napolitano's six-decade winning streak

Giorgio Napolitano was the only re-elected President in the history of the Italian Republic, sworn in a second time on 22nd April, 2013 (the first

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Italian PM Renzi gets Senate backing to push on with controversial 'Jobs Act'

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has been given the go ahead to push on with controversial labour reforms after winning a confidence vote in the