Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 20:28
Prime Minister Enrico Letta discussed claims of US snooping on Italian communications with US Secretary of State John Kerry during talks in Rome, a government spokeswoman said.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 17:04
An Italian court in Milan on Saturday ordered a two-year ban for former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from the parliament and elections. The court also barred him from holding public office following a conviction for tax fraud.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 17:53
European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso was heckled as he arrived on a remote Italian island on Wednesday, where the death of over 300 African migrants last week has highlighted the EU`s flawed asylum policy.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 12:23
An Italian Senate committee on Friday recommended that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi be expelled from parliament after his conviction for tax fraud, paving the way for a final decision this month that could seal his political fate.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 18:06
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Wednesday won the confidence vote after Silvio Berlusconi dropped his bid to topple the government.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 11:41
As Italy government faces a confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday, ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi’s hope of toppling the Enrico Letta government seems to be fading with his top aides set to back the PM.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 09:39
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 23:40
Silvio Berlusconi fought to hold his fractious center-right party together on Tuesday a day before a showdown in the Italian parliament that will decide whether Prime Minister Enrico Letta can survive in office.
Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 13:11
Napolitano and Letta have agreed to "illustrate in parliament, which is the seat for all decisive clarifications, their evaluations on the event and on what to do," reported Xinhua.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 09:47
In a strong blow to an already wobbly Italian government, all five ministers from Silvio Berlusconi’s party quit the ruling coalition.
Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 09:34
Silvio Berlusconi is pledging to keep his centre-right forces in Italian Premier Enrico Letta`s governing coalition while fighting a tax fraud conviction.
Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 21:11
Italy could bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, Prime Minister Enrico Letta has said, after Tokyo clinched victory in the competition for the 2020 Games.
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