ROME: The anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) has emerged as the big winner in the Italian elections, but now it faces very tough choices that will...
ROME: Italy’s slow economic recovery since 2014 is finally gathering pace, but the upturn is likely to prove short-lived as few, if any, of its structural...
ROME: He is an 80-year-old convicted criminal whose last government ended with Italy on the brink of bankruptcy, and he may well be kingmaker at the next...
BARI, Italy: Finance chiefs from many of the world’s leading rich nations pressed the United States Friday not to break a decadeslong global consensus in...
ROME: Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S), potentially just months away from winning power, is wrestling with a problem it thought it would...
ROME: The unruly comedian who founded Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) is no longer whipping crowds into a frenzy at political rallies, but...
ROME: “O-ne-sta! O-ne-sta! O-ne-sta!” When Virginia Raggi, the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement’s candidate for Rome mayor, arrived at a modest pizzeria in...
ROME: Italy's ruling coalition is set to approve a tax-cutting budget later on Wednesday, risking a conflict with the European Commission which says Matteo...
NAPLES, Italy: The European Central Bank will buy bundles of loans and other forms of secured debt from mid-month in a bid to kickstart a listless eurozone...
ROME: The eurozone’s growing fears of deflation will be stirred again Friday when preliminary consumer price data for August is issued, with signs the...
ROME: The center-left mayor of Venice resigned Friday over a corruption scandal linked to the construction of the city’s much needed flood barrier that has...
ROME: It’s a hot, sunny day in June on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Sicily, but the problem is that I’m not on the beach, I’m running up a volcano....
ROME: Italy's 5-Star Movement changed its candidate for president on Wednesday after the winner of an online ballot withdrew, adding to uncertainty ahead of a...
ROME: Italy’s elections produced the hung parliament investors said was the worst possible outcome, recession is deepening, debt is rising and its...
ROME: As European Central Bank head Mario Draghi prepares to become banking supervisor for the euro zone, he can ill afford the charge that under his...
ROME: Youth unemployment in Italy rose to an all time high above 37 percent in November, data showed on Tuesday, piling pressure on outgoing Prime Minister...
ROME: Overhauling Italy's rigid labour rules was supposed to be Mario Monti's flagship reform.It required drawn out, often heated bargaining with unions,...
ROME: Two days after stepping down, Mario Monti announced on Sunday he would consider seeking a second term as Italian prime minister if approached by allies...
ROME/FRANKFURT: France and Italy piled more pressure on the European Central Bank Tuesday to agree steps this week to reduce crippling borrowing costs for...
ROME: Juventus coach Antonio Conte is set to miss the whole of the Serie A season with the defending champions after losing his appeal against a 10-month ban...
ROME: Juventus coach Antonio Conte will face a sporting trial for match-fixing after an attempt to reach a plea bargain broke down on Thursday when the soccer...
ROME: The leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Spain agreed Friday on a 130 billion euros ($156 billion) package to try to revive economic growth in Europe,...
GIGLIO, Italy: The Italian coast guard pleaded angrily with the captain of a stricken super-liner to return to his ship, according to recordings released...
GIGLIO, Italy: Rescue workers searching the half-submerged hulk of an Italian cruise ship for missing passengers and crew recovered a sixth body on Monday,...
ROME: Italy may struggle through to the end of the year even with bond yields at current elevated levels, but after that investors would likely take fright...