Current Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has ended his governing alliance with the Five Star Party (MS5) in the hope of forcing a new election which would likely propel him to the Premiership—but his enemies are working furiously behind closed doors to prevent this from happening, and might succeed. MS5 leader and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned on Tuesday... 

A package of measures proposed by the Italian government aimed at improving its struggling economy has received final approval by the country’s parliament. The package, approved on Friday, includes measures aimed at reorganizing financial resources, limiting bureaucracy, and improving the country’s civil justice system. The package prioritizes infrastructure by allocating some 3 billion euros... 

Protesters throw projectiles at riot police in front of the Italian Parliament in Rome, September 15, 2011. Italian riot police have clashed with protesters rallying against the Italian parliament’s final approval for the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s recent austerity package. The violence erupted outside the parliament as lawmakers were on the austerity measures, AP...