10 May 2013

It is more than two months since Italian paparazzo Daniele Lo Presti was murdered under Testaccio bridge in Rome. Lo Presti had been due to meet friends for a run on February 27 at 5.30pm, and had...

2:32AM
5 May 2013

Italy's Udine Far East Film Festival (FEFF) made its name by bringing quality commercial films from Asia to international audiences.

3:39PM
3 May 2013

It was hailed as a giant step forward for racial integration in a country that has long been ill at ease with its growing immigrant classes. But Cecile Kyenge's appointment as Italy's first black...

3:39AM
1 May 2013

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, fresh from winning a confidence vote in parliament, told Germany on Tuesday his government would meet its budget commitments but expected Europe to drop its...

2:02PM
28 Apr 2013

Italy’s new coalition government was sworn in on Sunday, bringing fresh hope to a country mired in recession after two months of bitter post-election deadlock watched closely by European partners...

8:32PM
28 Apr 2013

Two Italian police officers were shot outside the prime minister's office in Rome today by a lone gunman while the country's new premier, Enrico Letta, was being sworn in across town, police said...

3:21AM

Italy's prime minister finally unveiled a new government yesterday, breaking a two-month stalemate that shook market confidence in the recession-hit country and tested the patience of European...

6:40AM

Guess who's back? The real winner as Italy's long political crisis comes to an end is none other than Silvio Berlusconi, a scandal-tainted billionaire tycoon and a global figure of fun. The former...

4:14AM

The Italian parliament's attempt to elect a new president ended in disarray yesterday. Two rounds of voting failed to herald the end of a two-month impasse over a new government and the threat of...

3:09AM

Voting to choose Italy’s new president began on Thursday with a former trade unionist the frontrunner in an election which could herald the end of a two-month impasse over a new government, but is...

7:09PM

Italian police have seized assets worth €1.3 billion (HK$13 billion) from a Sicilian renewable energy developer in the biggest-ever seizure of mafia-linked wealth.

The assets, including 43...

4:53AM

The European Central Bank (ECB) will hold off from cutting rates or announcing any other policy moves at its meeting next week so as to keep up pressure on governments to solve the euro zone's...

4:13AM

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