Following last June’s European Union (EU) elections, Italy again has a party in the EU-wide Left group. This presence owes ...

ROME, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Italy’s former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, a technocrat who had previously refused any direct party affiliation, on Sunday took on the task of reviving the fortunes of the ...

ROME, July 13 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi's broad coalition government faced the risk of collapse if the 5-Star Movement carried out its threat to pull out of the administration.

The Five Star Movement (5SM), wanted to upend Italian politics with its revolutionary plans for digital direct democracy. Over the past few months, instead, it almost managed to upend itself, stuck in ...

ROME, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Italy's co-ruling 5-Star Movement will propose President Sergio Mattarella to hand the mandate to form a new government to caretaker Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, party ...

The Five Star Movement’s long history of sowing doubt about vaccines may have made Italy’s mass inoculation program that much harder. The irony is not lost on Italians. By Jason Horowitz ROME — Over a ...

ANCONA, Italy – Beppe Grillo, one of Italy’s most famous comedians, once said: “One Italian is a Latin lover, two are a mess, three make up four political parties.” He should know since four years ago ...

In five years in office, Virginia Raggi failed to stem the dysfunction of Italy’s capital, where voters will choose between two of her rivals in a runoff. By Elisabetta Povoledo ROME — Voters on ...