Politics
The Italian senate will hold a vote of confidence 28 February evening to determine whether prime minister Romano Prodi will remain in power or not.
The confidence vote in the senate is likely to be extremely close given...
Crisis talks are to get underway this morning, 22 February, between the president of the republic Giorgio Napolitano and political leaders following the resignation of Italy
The senate has passed a motion to enlarge the American military base in Vicenza by a six-vote margin, mainly thanks to support from the centre-right opposition. Many in the government
The government has scrapped plans for a tourist tax, which would have allowed Italian towns and cities to add 5 per day to foreign visitors' hotel bills.
The withdrawal of the levy from the 2007 budget was met with reli...
A TV satire show called Le Iene (The Hyenas) secretly tested 50 Italian MPs for drugs and it found that one in three had taken either cannabis or cocaine in the previous 36 hours.
The Hyenas' television show, which airs...
Foreigners from outside the European Union (EU) who are resident elsewhere in Italy but who are studying or working in Rome have until 26 October to register in the electoral list to vote for the new representatives to t...
Members of the chamber of deputies are questioning why they have to pay for haircuts while their colleagues at the senate get theirs for free.
Deputies of all political affiliations are united in their petition for free...
The Democratici di Sinistra, one of the political parties making up the governing alliance LUlino began its annual Festa dell Unita in Rome on 28 June in and around the Stadio Flaminio. The Festa offers 14 restaurants...
Italians, many of whom have now been to the polls three times in just over two months, have voted no to the constitutional amendment passed through parliament last November by the parties in the centre-right coalition le...
Victor Emanuel di Savoia, the only son of the late last king of Italy, is under arrest and in prison in Potenza, in the southern region of Basilicata, accused of being the leader of a group involved in illegal activities...
A referendum will be held in Italy on the 25 and 26 June, offering Italian voters the opportunity to vote on the reform to the constitution passed by the previous parliament in which the centre-right coalition Casa della...
Mayors heading centre left-coalitions have easily won re-election in Rome, Turin and Naples confirming the swing to the left of the general elections in April. The popular mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni, has been returne...
The local councils of the 19 municipi of Rome have all gone to the centre-left in the local elections of 28 and 29 May. Most were won by over 60 per cent with the only close call being Municipio XX around the Cassia nor...
Romano Prodi, the leader of the LUnione centre-left coalition, which won the general elections on 9 and 10 April, has presented his government to Giorgio Napolitano, the new Italian president. The new government is made...
In contrast to the national elections, non-Italians can vote in the local elections on 28 and 29 May if they are a European Union (EU) citizen and have residency in Rome. EU citizens without Rome residency can only vote...
The combined houses of the Italian parliament have elected Giorgio Napolitano the new president for the Italian republic. He won with 543 out of a total of 990 votes counted on the fourth ballot when only a simple majori...
Elections for the Rome mayor and city council are due to be held on 28 and 29 May. The lists of candidates for the elections for the city councillors and for the mayor have now all been screened by the city electoral off...
The Italian spring is crowded with important elections. Once the general election results have finally been confirmed the senate and the chamber of deputies have to vote for a new president of the Italian republic. Two w...
The contested ballot papers in the Italian elections last week have turned out to be lower than expected according to the ministry of the interior. There are now only about 2,000 disputed ballots rather than the 45,000 e...
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