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An unauthorized mural was discovered in central Rome on Friday morning, showing political rivals Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio locked in a passionate embrace.
The painting in Rome's Via del Collegio Capranica shows the leaders of Italy's two biggest populist parties – Salvini of the nationalist League and Di Maio of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement – kissing in front of a large red heart, a few hundred metres from the parliament buildings where newly elected legislators will hold their first session on Friday.
Milan—Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been ordered to stand trial for allegedly bribing four women to lie in court about his relations with an underage prostitute.
The women, who allegedly lied to protect Mr. Berlusconi, were also ordered to stand trial, with the first court date set for May 9.
On November 13, 2017, the Italy national football team suffered the darkest moment in its modern history, as a goalless draw at home to Sweden meant they failed to qualify for the World Cup.
League leader Matteo Salvini said he would start talks with Luigi Di Maio of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and other party leaders on forming Italy’s next government, with pension reform, tax cuts and curbs on immigration as his priorities.
“We need to sit at the table with everyone, and certainly also with Five Star,” Salvini told newspaper Il Messaggero in an interview published on Monday. He said those talks must decide how to scrap a pension reform that raised the retirement age, “how to reduce taxes and how to control immigration.”
In the battle over who controls Telecom Italia SpA, an important theme is emerging: It helps to be Italian.
The spat between Vincent Bollore's Vivendi SA, the operator's biggest shareholder, and activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp. claimed its first victims on Thursday after the chairman and six directors resigned from the carrier's board.
A thick, flavorful dessert that is both gluten-free and simple to make.
Police are investigating whether four people arrested over a drug bust in the state's central west have links to the Italian mafia.
Members of group under police investigation not allowed to laugh excessively or use internet
ROME — Italy’s Parliament convened Friday for the first time since anti-establishment forces shattered the old-line political system, and it remains unclear who will lead the country. But one victor is certain: the Kremlin.
Both the populist Five Star Movement and the far-right League – the two parties likeliest to bring together a ruling coalition — have called for a swift end to European sanctions against Russia. Both want to reorient the NATO defense alliance away from its increasingly robust stance in Eastern Europe, where it has stationed troops and tanks to defend against a possible conflict with the Kremlin. And both say Russia is a valuable partner in the global fight against terrorism in Syria and elsewhere.
A new monument to Aldo Moro was found vandalized on Thursday, less than a week after it was inaugurated to mark the 40th anniversary of the former prime minister's kidnapping by far-left terrorists.