Italy blasts India`s handling of marines case as `contradictory`

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 01:49

Ahead of hearing of the case in India’s apex court, Italy has blasted India’s handling of the case of the two Italian marines as "contradictory and disconcerting”.

Italian marines` case may impact ties with India: EU

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 01:09

The president of the European Commission has said the issue of the Italian marines in India may have an "impact" on the European Union-India relations and "will be assessed carefully".

Italy`s agriculture minister resigns, blow to govt

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 03:09

Italian state TV says the country`s agriculture minister has resigned from Premier Enrico Letta`s tense coalition government.

Italy sentences government headquarters shooter

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 00:23

An Italian court on Tuesday sentenced to 16 years in prison a man who opened fire on police guarding Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta`s office in Rome on the day of his swearing-in ceremony last year.

Italy delays "Google tax" until July, OKs funds for business, welfare

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 07:09

Italy delayed the start of its planned Internet tax until July 2014, approved billions of euros in business and welfare measures and extended a ban on media cross-ownership in a final package of year-end legislation approved on Friday.

Italy transfers migrants from scandal-hit centre

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 17:15

Italy on Tuesday transferred migrants from a centre on the tiny island of Lampedusa at the heart of a controversy over unsanitary conditions and mistreatment, as protests continued in other facilities.

Italian PM Enrico Letta wins confidence votes, vows reforms

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 10:00

Italy`s Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday, confirming his government`s majority after promising sweeping reforms and urging lawmakers to back him or risk chaos.

Italy`s Letta wins parliament vote, vowing to fight `chaos`

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 22:56

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a parliamentary confidence vote triggered by the fall of Silvio Berlusconi.

Berlusconi`s children rally round after Senate exit

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 15:31

Silvio Berlusconi`s children have rallied around their father, after he was expelled from the Italian Senate in a humiliating coda to his 20-year parliamentary career.

Berlusconi faces expulsion from Parliament over tax fraud sentence

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 09:19

Italian centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi faces one of the heaviest blows of his 20-year political career on Wednesday when the Senate votes on stripping him of his seat in Parliament over a conviction for tax fraud.

Sardinia cyclone: Italy declares state of emergency, at least 17 dead

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 18:44

Italian government on Tuesday declared state of emergency in Sardinia Island after torrential rains and a cyclone caused rivers to burst their banks, leaving at least 17 people dead, BBC reported.

Silvio Berlusconi relaunches Forza Italia

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 09:05

Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has formally relaunched Forza Italia, the center-right party that catapulted him to power 20 years ago, but the long-expected announcement was clouded by signs of internal divisions.