Politics
As Rome's municipal election campaign steps up a gear, the top four of the 19 candidates running for mayor are preparing to hold high-profile rallies in the capital on 24 May, ahead of the vote on 26-27 May.
The main...
Giulio Andreotti, who has died at the age of 94 in Rome, was one of Italy’s most well-known politicians in the second half of the 20th century. There is probably no other politician of his generation who held so ma...
At almost the exact time that Italy’s new government, led by the young and untried Enrico Letta, was being sworn in at the Quirinale Palace, a man walked across the downtown square in front of the cabinet offices a...
The British embassy in Rome has announced that there will be a book available for those wishing to express their condolences for Margaret Thatcher who died from a stroke on 8 April at the Ritz Hotel in London.
The boo...
Marino elected PD mayoral candidate
Senator Ignazio Marino of the Partito Democratico (PD) became the centre-left candidate for mayor of Rome after winning the primaries on Sunday 7 April.
Marino took about 54 per...
James Walston explains the Italy's latest efforts to form a new government.
We also print the text from his blog below.
The electronic tumbrils are beginning to roll. On Friday, the Five Star Movement’s (M5S)...
James Walston follows the complicated story of the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen, the worsening diplomatic relations between Italy and India and the resignation of Italy's minister of foreig...
The United States ambassador to Italy, David Thorne, has told young Italians that it is time to act on behalf of their country.
He told high school students at the prestigious Liceo Classico Visconti in the centre of...
James Walston looks at two populist politicians, Silvio Berlusconi and Beppe Grillo. See Walston's blog for the original version paste below and all its links.
Yesterday a group of about 150 parliamentarians demonstra...
Queen Elizabeth II was admitted to hospital today with symptoms of gastroenteritis. The Queen has cancelled all her appointments for the next week as a precaution, including the visit to Italy. It’s not yet clear i...
James Walston updates his readers on the difficult choices faced by Italy over the next few weeks, following the general elections on 24-25 February.
To read his blog click here.
For a foreign observer one of the mysteries about Beppe Grillo is that as a comedian he never seems to laugh. Take his photos for a start: has anyone seen a smile behind his angry scowl? Or try to understand his jokes; c...
Genoese comic-turned-politician Beppe Grillo will conclude his election campaign in Rome’s Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano at 18.00 on Friday 22 February.
Organisers are predicting up to one million people, and t...
James Walston updates his readers on the state of Italian politics in the runup to the general elections on 24-25 February. To read his blog with all the links click here.
We reprint the article below. There is a spec...
A capacity crowd of approximately 700 people attended the Italian premiere of the controversial documentary “Girlfriend in a Coma” at Rome’s Teatro Eliseo on the evening of 13 February. There was a heav...
The president of Ireland Michael D. Higgins is making an official visit to Rome on Wednesday 6 February.
The Irish president will be accompanied by his wife Sabina on the trip which is being carried out in line with I...
James Walston looks at the banking scandal at Monte Paschi di Siena (MPS) and the effect that it is having on the Italian elections.
The article follows below but you can also read it on Walston's blog
In Puccini&r...
The producers of a highly-critical documentary about the direction of Italy’s politics, economy and society claim they are victims of censorship after the film's Italian premiere in Rome was cancelled during the ru...
James Walston explains the ins and outs of Italy's controversial electoral law, which was not amended in time for the February general elections even though all parties agreed that it was unjust and should be changed....
James Walston examines the alternatives ahead for Mario Monti as Italy prepares for general elections. What follows was first posted on Walston's blog on 16 December.
Politics is about power and policy, the two motiva...
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