Tag: Italy

• Monday, March 5th 2018 - 09:00 UTC

  Hung parliament in Italy, according to election projections

  

  Election projections in Italy early Monday showed a center-right coalition that includes an anti-migrant party edging past the populist 5-Star Movement but no single bloc or party with the support to win a majority in Parliament. If confirmed by official results, the outcome could set the stage for weeks of political haggling to forge a new government.

• Monday, February 26th 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  Berlusconi and his right wing coalition inching towards victory in Italy next week

  

  Sidestepping sex scandals, serial gaffes and legal woes, Silvio Berlusconi’s astonishing return to front-line politics rolled on Sunday at a party gathering where adoring supporters feted the billionaire mogul as Italy’s next kingmaker.

• Friday, February 16th 2018 - 10:36 UTC

  Berlusconi and conservative block ahead in Italy opinion polls for March 4

  

  Italy's election race includes a dark horse. Opinion polls suggest a national vote on March 4 will produce either a conservative government or a broad coalition that will not threaten the status quo. But new electoral rules make predictions harder than usual. A post-election alliance of anti-EU parties is improbable - but not impossible.

• Friday, February 9th 2018 - 20:00 UTC

  Five European countries have become a top travel destination for the US

  

  Europe is once again a top travel destination for Americans. Five European countries, Italy, Ireland, France, Iceland and the United Kingdom, comprised half of the top 10 spots for vacation plans in 2018.

• Tuesday, January 2nd 2018 - 11:03 UTC

  Berlusconi looks as kingmaker for 4 March general election; Merkel wished him good luck

  

  Italians will head to the polls on 4 March in elections that look set to result in renewed instability and thrust former leader Silvio Berlusconi back to the centre of the political stage. Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni's cabinet set the date for the election after President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2017 - 09:47 UTC

  Sicily's regional elections open the way for a Berlusconi comeback

  

  Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi looks set for another political comeback after a coalition he backed won Sicily's regional elections. The result adds momentum to the newly formed centre-right alliance.

• Monday, October 23rd 2017 - 07:55 UTC

  Two of Italy's richest regions vote for more autonomy

  

  Two of Italy's richest northern regions have voted for more autonomy, according to their leaders. More than 90% of voters in Lombardy, home to Italy's financial capital Milan, and the Veneto region around Venice, voted yes in the non-binding referendum, their presidents claimed.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 15:02 UTC

  Italy and France clash on control of Europe's cruise shipbuilding industry

  

  France said it was ready to seek other buyers for its biggest shipyard should Italy refuse a 50-50 ownership split, before both countries pledged to find a solution next month. French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, told the Corriere della Sera daily that a deal with Fincantieri might not be thrashed out.

• Monday, July 31st 2017 - 16:43 UTC

  Rome and Vatican praying for rain: city avoids, temporarily, compulsory water rationing

  

  Rome narrowly avoided water rationing after a deal between the regional government and the city's water company defused a row over drawing water from a drought-affected lake. Taps had been due to run dry for 1.5 million Romans for up to eight hours a day from Monday, and Mayor Virginia Raggi urged the central government to intervene.

• Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 12:27 UTC

  Italy will eventually want to quit the Euro, forecasts top German economist

  

  The head of Germany's Ifo economic institute believes Italians will eventually want to quit the euro currency area if their standard of living does not improve, he told German daily Tagesspiegel.