Rome votes No in referendum
Only two of Rome's municipal districts vote Yes in Italian referendum.
Almost 60 per cent of Romans voted against the 4 December referendum to reform the Italian constitution, which has led to the...
President Mattarella puts Renzi resignation on hold
Renzi to resign after budget is passed into law.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella has asked prime minister Matteo Renzi to stay in office for a few days more, until next year's budget is passed...
Matteo Renzi to resign after referendum defeat
Renzi to meet President Mattarella.
The attempt of Matteo Renzi's government to reform the Italian constitution was decisively defeated in a referendum on 4 December. On a larger than normal turnou...
Italians vote in constitutional referendum on 4 December
Polling is from 07.00 to 23.00, 50.7 million people eligible to take part.
On Sunday 4 December Italians go to the polls to vote in a referendum on a government-backed constitutional reform to abol...
High security for anti-referendum protest in Rome
Demonstration against constitutional reform scheduled in central Rome on 27 Nov.
There will be high security in the centre of Rome on Sunday 27 November for the protest against Italy's upcoming ref...
Former Rome mayor Marino acquitted in expenses case
Court rejects prosecution's claims of embezzlement, fraud and forgery.
Former Rome mayor Ignazio Marino has been acquitted of embezzlement, fraud and forgery in a court case relating to his municip...
Referendum on constitutional reform to be held on 4 December
Italy goes to the polls to confirm or reject overhaul of parliament, other changes.
The government of prime minister Matteo Renzi has set 4 December as the date for the consultative referendum on a...
Rome mayor under fire
Raggi stands by Rome environment councillor under investigation.
Rome's beleaguered mayor Virginia Raggi says she stands by her environment councillor Paola Muraro who is currently under investigat...
May meets Renzi in Rome
British premier Theresa May meets Italian counterpart in Rome.
Britain's new prime minister Theresa May arrived in Rome on Wednesday 27 July to hold talks with her Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi...
Italy reacts to Brexit
Italy's leaders comment in wake of Brexit referendum.
Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi has responded to the United Kingdom's historic decision to leave the European Union by tweeting: "We have t...
New Rome mayor takes office
Virginia Raggi becomes first female mayor of Rome.
Virginia Raggi of the anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) took office as the first female mayor of Rome on the evening of Thursday 23 June...
MS5 takes Rome and Turin in local election ballot
The anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) emerged victorious from the ballot box in second-round local elections on 19 June with its candidates winning in Rome and Turin.
In the capital 37-ye...
Rome readies for mayoral run-off election on 19 June
Roberto Giachetti (PD) and Virginia Raggi (M5S) face it off.
On 19 June Romans return to the polls for a run-off between Virginia Raggi of the anti-establishment Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) and R...
Berlusconi to undergo heart surgery
Doctor says former Italian prime minister "risked dying."
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is to undergo heart surgery next week for a malfunctioning aortic valve that could have killed him...
Italy's Movimento 5 Stelle claims ‘historic’ result in first-round local elections
Low voter turnout across the country.
The anti-establishment Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S) claimed a “historic result” in the first round of voting in local elections on 5 June, with a particularly stro...
Italy votes in local elections on 5 and 19 June
Local elections throughout Italy will be a major test for Matteo Renzi's government.
Local municipal elections take place throughout Italy on Sunday 5 June and again on 19 June in places where a ru...
Supreme court rules against British ex-pat vote
Britons lose supreme court ruling on ex-pat voting in EU referendum.
The British supreme court has ruled against a last-ditch appeal by two British ex-pats to overturn a law barring Britons who ha...
Britons take battle for EU referendum vote to supreme court
Harry Shindler takes case to supreme court over ex-pats' right to vote in Brexit referendum.
Two British ex-pats have taken an emergency case to the British supreme court after losing their latest...
Stefano Fassina readmitted to Rome mayoral contest
Fassina back in Rome's race for mayor.
Italy’s highest administrative court has readmitted Stefano Fassina, Rome mayoral candidate for Sinistra Italiana (SI), to local elections in June.
The...
Lazio tribunal upholds Fassina exclusion from Rome mayoral contest
The exclusion of Stefano Fassina leaves four candidates in the race for Rome's mayor.
The Lazio regional administrative tribunal (TAR) has upheld the exclusion of Stefano Fassina, Rome mayoral ca...
