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Italy to Let Anti-ISIS Drones Depart from Sicily

Renzi summoned by Italy’s president

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 17, 2014 | World

Rome, AP—Matteo Renzi has been summoned to the presidential palace on Monday, where the 39-year-old mayor of Florence is expected to be asked to form a new government and serve as Italy’s youngest-ever premier. The Democratic Party’s leader’s first...

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A file photo dated 12 February 2014 shows Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta looking down during a news conference at Palazzo Cighi, Rome, Italy, 12 February 2014. (EPA/ALESSANDRO DI MEO)

Italy PM Letta to resign after party withdraws support

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 14, 2014 | World

Rome, Reuters—Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said he would tender his resignation on Friday, opening the way for center-left leader Matteo Renzi to take the helm of Italy’s third government in less than a year. The decision to resign came after the...

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Italian Prime Minister Designate Enrico Letta (R) announces his cabinet list after a meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, 27 April 2013 (EPA/GIUSEPPE LAMI)

Italy Forms New Government After 2-Month Stalemate

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 27, 2013 | World

Rome, Associated Press—A coalition of Silvio Berlusconi’s forces and center-left rivals forged a new Italian government Saturday, an unusual alliance that broke a two-month deadlock following inconclusive elections in the recession-mired country. The daunting...