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Italy

Italy: regional leaders refuse to take more migrants

Nearly 500 more migrants arrived in Sicily on Thursday after being picked up by a Swedish boat in the Mediterannean. One of them died on the journey

25/06/2015

World News

French president offers words of support to Italy over migrant crisis in Milan

French President Francois Hollande tours his country's pavilion in Milan. Though the theme may be the environment, the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean took precedence as he met with Italian premie

21/06/2015

Italy

Putin hails "special relationship" with Italy on Milan visit

Italy’s playing host to the Russian President at the Milan Expo. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi offered no sign of breaking ranks with his European

10/06/2015

Germany

Has Barack Obama taken up smoking again?

09/06/2015

Italy

Italy's Renzi vows to push on with reforms despite disappointing election results

It was business as usual for Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on an official visit to Afghanistan, a day after voters delivered a blow to his

01/06/2015

Italy

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

01/06/2015

Italy

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

04/05/2015

Italy

Fleeing migrants need long-term solution from EU: Renzi

The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi

22/04/2015

Russia

Ukraine crisis tops agenda in Renzi's first official visit to Moscow

Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has become the latest EU leader to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The situation in eastern Ukraine was

05/03/2015

Italy

Tsipras gets support from Italy on the road to Brussels

Greece’s new prime minister is on a tour and today he arrives in Brussels, bringing his ideas on Greece’s economic plight to the heart of the EU, but

04/02/2015

Italy

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

02/02/2015

Italy

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

02/02/2015

Italy

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

13/01/2015

Italy

Italian President announces retirement, setting challenge for government

Giorgio Napolitano confirms he is to quit as Italy's president setting PM Renzi a major challenge to find a consensus replacement

01/01/2015

Italy

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

04/12/2014

Italy

Fresh protests in Naples over Renzi's job reforms

21/11/2014

World

Renzi will lead Italy successfully - analyst

17/02/2014