October 2024
Silvio Berlusconi died. But the ‘Bunga Bunga’ scandal lives on.
Italy just can’t shake off its former prime minister. And that’s tough for the women who were still girls when they were swept up by scandal.
- Emma Bubola
July 2024
Meloni seeks to bring nuclear power back to Italy
Environment and Energy Security Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said Rome plans to introduce legislation to enable investments in small modular nuclear reactors.
- Amy Kazmin
June 2024
Italy’s Meloni strengthens grip at EU elections
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right Brothers of Italy won about 28.8 per cent of the vote, strengthening her political position at home and in Europe.
- Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante
June 2023
- Opinion
- World politics
Berlusconi wrote the playbook for the modern populist
His overwhelming desire to be loved meant he failed to use his popularity in his years of power to make the tough structural reforms that Italy needed.
- Rachel Sanderson
Berlusconi’s death draws tributes – even from critics
Reaction poured in from around the world, from national leaders to announcers who burst into tears on one of his television networks, for the populist three-time prime minister and media mogul.
- Daniella Matar and Andrew Dampf
Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dies at 86
The businessman led Italy for about nine years in on-off stints, which unfolded amid criminal investigations into his business affairs and sex scandals.
- Frances D'Emilio
October 2022
Italy’s Meloni vows to work with EU in first major speech
The far-right prime minister was seeking to reassure member states over her support for the bloc’s policies and Ukraine.
- Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli
- Opinion
- UK leadership
Are the Tories intent on appearing ungovernable?
Liz Truss might be the “human hand grenade”, but if the Tories go back to Boris Johnson and can’t resolve their many differences they will face electoral oblivion.
- Martin Ivens
Vodka and letters: Berlusconi rekindles Putin bromance
The three-time Italian prime minister has boasted of restarting his friendship with the Russian president, and justified the invasion of Ukraine.
- Nicole Winfield
September 2022
He’s back. Italy’s Berlusconi wins Senate seat after tax ban
He turns 86 this week and was once barred from holding office, but former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is making his return to Italy’s parliament after a triumphant general election.
- Giada Zampano
- Opinion
- World elections
Victory to Italian right is no lurch into extremism
Most Italian premiers don’t last a full term. If it turns out differently for Giorgia Meloni, that might well be her biggest achievement of all.
- Updated
- Tony Barber
Far-right firebrand poised to be Italy’s new PM
Polls have opened in Italy’s national elections, and parties on the far-right are leading the race to form the next government in Rome
- Chiara Albanese and Marco Bertacche
Italy set to elect most right-wing regime since WW II
Italians head to the polls after the collapse of widely respected Mario Draghi’s government in July.
- Alvise Armellini and Rodolfo Fabbri
July 2022
Europe’s fight to stay united over war in Ukraine
The EU has shown solidarity against Russia’s invasion, but with soaring inflation, a cost of living crisis and possible energy rationing, leaders now face a daunting test.
- Guy Chazan, Sam Fleming and Amy Kazmin
January 2022
Italy’s ‘bunga bunga’ king stole limelight briefly before dropping presidential bid
Silvio Berlusconi had hoped MPs would install him as president, in a series of votes starting this week. The mostly ceremonial role is vital to Italy’s stability.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
April 2021
- Analysis
- EPL
Super League rebels shift the goalposts of European football
If successful, the new elite competition would amount to the biggest transformation of how football is organised in decades, and mark a seismic shift in the allocation of money and power in the world’s favourite sport.
- Murad Ahmed, Arash Massoudi, Mehreen Khan and Javier Espinoza
January 2021
Italian PM Conte expected to resign
The decision leaves Italy with no straightforward path to reestablishing a workable government, all while the country tries to manage the pandemic’s health crisis.
- Chico Harlan
Italy in turmoil as centrist leader withdraws party from coalition
Matteo Renzi, the former prime minister, announced that his centrist Italia Viva party would no longer be part of the coalition, with the party's two ministers tendering their resignations.
- Nick Squires
February 2020
Dazed Italy bickers as it seeks answers for virus spread
The rise in infections to more than 130 from just a handful a week ago has come at a bad moment for Conte's administration, already under fire for failing to mount a coherent response to the spread of the virus.
- John Follain