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ROME — Italy’s post-election political turmoil is hampering the sale of Alitalia, the country’s bankrupt flag carrier only being kept aloft thanks to emergency government loans.
Alitalia has been under special administration since last year, and state-appointed commissioners running the airline have set an April 30 deadline to choose the best bidder and complete the sale. Tuesday marked an informal deadline for binding bids to be filed.
Senior figures within Italy’s Democratic Party are urging it to make a U-turn and go into talks over a possible government coalition with the rival Five Star Movement, a month after inconclusive elections left the country in political deadlock
Leading Italian film company Rai Cinema is producing new works by revered Russian auteurs Alexander Sokurov and Andrei Konchalovsky, as well as a slew of new titles from prominent Italian helmers Gabriele Salvatores and Gianni Amelio and younger standouts Jonas Carpignano and Susanna Nicchiarelli.
Not even in a moment of shared exhilaration could Italy’s football writers find consensus. “Miracles, in football, do exist,” ran the opening line of La Repubblica’s match report for Roma’s Champions League triumph over Barcelona. Corriere della Sera had a different take. “This isn’t a miracle,” wrote Luca Valdiserri. “It’s something bigger than that.”
Italy's presidency is a largely ceremonial role, but it's crucial for steering the country through times of political uncertainty. Like now, for example. So who exactly is Italian President Sergio Mattarella?
The discovery of an undetonated bomb in a building site forced the evacuation of almost 10,000 people in the northern Italian city of Bologna on Sunday.
As he leads the Five Star Movement in negotiations to form a new Italian government, Luigi Di Maio, 31 and brimming with confidence, seems to have a long political career ahead of him.
Hiking high above Lake Maggiore, through forests and hills alive with Grand Tour romance, is a great way to build an appetite for Piedmont’s epic cuisine.
An Italian toy maker has been accused of trivialising a serious childhood disease with the new edition of its popular Cicciobello doll, which children are invited to treat of the measles.