Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next World Raw Politics in full: EU summit fallout and Belgian political divide Catch the full episode here. 29/05/2019
Now playing Next Economy Salvini calls for EU to scrap fiscal rules after election triumph Salvini, the country's deputy prime minister, said the EU's fiscal rules had failed and that they should be rewritten to focus on cutting unemployment. 29/05/2019
Now playing Next 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
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Now playing Next World What does it feel like to go to space? On July 20, Luca Parmitano is scheduled to leave Earth on his second mission, becoming the first Italian to take up the role of International Space Station Commander. 24/05/2019
Now playing Next Italy Watch: Alpine pass linking Italy and France reopens after winter The road, 2,188 metres above sea level, was cleared of 7 metres of snow using turbine blades. 24/05/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italians say Salvini 'copied' #Salvini'sfault campaign from ex-mayor You might recognise the slogan Italy's Deputy PM Matteo Salvini is using for a recent social media campaign #ColpadiSalvini (#Salvini'sfault) — it's been used before by supporters of the former Milan Mayor Giuliano Pisapia. 23/05/2019
Now playing Next Italy Man clings to outer shelf as flames rage from his Rome room A young man was forced to escape from his room and seek safety on a cornice when a fire ripped through his building in Rome on Wednesday. 23/05/2019
Now playing Next World 'We need a different Europe,' says former Italian PM Mario Monti 'We need a different Europe,' says former Italian PM Mario Monti 23/05/2019
Now playing Next Syria Italian man freed after three years of imprisonment in Syria Alessandro Sandrini, 32, has been freed after almost three years as a prisoner in Syria. 22/05/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italian unions refuse to load Saudi ship carrying weapons to Yemen The ship was previously prevented by protestors from being loaded in a French port. 21/05/2019
Now playing Next Italy Salvini and Le Pen rally to unite European nationalists in Milan Headlining the event was Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and Marine Le Pen of France's National Rally (RN). The two populists are eager for their Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) group to become the third largest party in Brussels. 18/05/2019
Now playing Next World Raw politics in full: EU spitzenkandidat debate and Huawei ban Watch the full episode here. 16/05/2019
Now playing Next Italy Watch: Sphinx room accidentally unearthed at Nero's Golden House The Sphinx Room features lavish frescoes of panthers, centaurs and, of course, a sphinx. Experts chanced upon it while doing restoration work on the vault of a neighbouring part of the building. 16/05/2019
Now playing Next Italy ‘Think ahead’: Italy MPs get incontinence warning over tampon tax How one MP tried to convince others to back lowering Italy's tampon tax: "This does not only concern your wives and children. You will realise when you'll get to 60, I'm speaking to my male colleagues, you'll realise you'll need panty liners for incontinence or prostate problems, think ahead!" 15/05/2019
Now playing Next Italy Watch: Spot the artist in Milan exhibition by the Invisible Man Photographs by an artist renowned for disappearing into his artworks have gone on display. Chinese performance artist Liu Bolin, known as the Invisible Man, began this series in 2005. 15/05/2019
Now playing Next Italy Watch: Alpine festival shines a light on climate change Mountain water melting from glaciers is crucial to the areas's ecosytem but is now in jeopardy. 13/05/2019
Now playing Next Italy Pope Francis aide 'climbs down manhole to restore power for homeless' Pope Francis' aide restored electricity for hundreds of people by crawling down a manhole in Rome. 13/05/2019
Now playing Next Spain Police in Spain seize 2.7 tonnes of hashish A three-year joint operation by Spanish and Italian police has resulted in the seizure of 2.7 tonnes of hashish in the Spanish region of Andalusia. 11/05/2019