Leaked reports suggest that Italy’s interior minister Matteo Salvini has requested his fellow League party members to skip their holidays to ready themselves for a coalition crisis and possible snap elections. According to a report by Italy’s daily newspaper Il Giornale, this week, following a conflicting vote between coalition partners the League and Five Star Movement (M5S) on the TAV train... 

In a surprising turn of events, European Parliament President Antonio Tajani has emerged as the chosen candidate for Italy’s next prime minister, representing Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party. This political development has sparked speculation about Tajani’s potential departure from the European Union leadership, raising questions about the dynamics that led to his selection... 

Italian elections are scheduled for March 4, 2018, with the anti-establishment Democratic Party, the center-right Forza Italia and the Five Star Movement (M5S) contending to form the next government. Immigration has become a pressing issue among many members of the European Union, and Italy is no exception, with the upcoming elections reinforcing the need to address the matter. While Italy’s former... 

The white race does not exist, and to say it does is “ignorant,” the President of the Jewish Community of Rome, Ruth Dureghello has announced on Twitter. “It’s inconceivable that in 2018 one must repeat to ignorant ones that there doesn’t exist a white race to defend, 80 years after the promulgation of the racial laws,” Dureghello wrote in Italian on her twitter feed. She was reacting... 

An Italian right-wing politician has been fined for organizing a protest against the wearing of Islamic veils for women. On Monday, Daniela Santanche, a leading member of the conservative Forza Italia party of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was handed a 100-euro fine and a four-day jail sentence for not warning police about the action. The punishment was subsequently converted into a 1,100-euro... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin, traditionally sharp-tongued and prickly, spoke about Syria, gay rights, and democracy at the Valdai Club political forum. During the two hour discussion, the leader said he has “not ruled out” running for a fourth presidential term. Putin addressed a wide range of topics at the Valdai International Discussion Club on Thursday, where over... 

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to seven years in prison over a sex scandal and abuse of power. On Monday, an Italian court in Milan handed Berlusconi the prison term and a lifetime ban from holding public positions, after convicting him of inappropriate relations with an under-age girl and then using his influence... 

Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to one year in prison over the publication of leaked transcripts from a police wiretap in 2005. The 76-year-old billionaire was accused of violating secrecy laws in 2005, when the daily Il Giornale, which is run by his brother, published the transcripts in an apparent attempt to discredit... 

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi defended Italian fascist leader, Benito Mussolini as he spoke at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony. Other than passing ‘racial laws’ the Italian dictator “did good” in many ways, he said, provoking outrage. Berlusconi, currently the leader of the center-right People of Freedom party, didn’t think twice as he defended one of the key figures of fascism on... 

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti leaves the presidential palace in a car after handing in his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano on December 21, 2012. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has resigned, just days after ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his party threatened to topple his government. On Friday, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic of Italy Donato Marra said,... 

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has announced he is going to resign as he has lost support in the country’s parliament hours after former Premier Silvio Berlusconi said he would run again for head of government. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano’s office issued a statement on Saturday, announcing the prime minister’s resignation, saying Monti “does not think it possible to continue... 

Ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s accountant Giuseppe Spinelli Italian police have revealed the kidnapping case of ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s accountant and his wife, following the arrest of six alleged abductors. The police at a Milan news conference on Monday said Giuseppe Spinelli and his wife were held for ransom on October 16 in an attempt to extort 35 million... 

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Italian prosecutors have demanded a court in Milan to give a five-year-long jail term to the country’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for bribery. They have accused Berlusconi of paying British lawyer, David Mills, USD 600,000 in bribe to lie about the ex-premier’s business interests. “It is certain, beyond any reasonable doubt,... 

Italian citizens are planning to file a collective lawsuit against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, holding him accountable for the mismanagement of public money, Press TV reports. Thousands of Italians have already signed the petition collected by a class action committee in Milan and more signatures will be collected in other cities in the coming days, Press TV correspondent reported on... 

European stock markets dropped sharply after Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi confirmed he will step down after failing to win a confidence vote. The Italian stock market tumbled 3.7% with European stocks following the trend. UK’s FTSE 100 dropped 1.2 %, while Germany’s DAX was down 1.8%. The news from Rome appears to be another blow for the ailing euro which went down against other major currencies...