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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...

Italy court hands Berlusconi two-year ban from public office

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 19, 2013 | World

Milan, Reuters—A Milan court on Saturday ruled that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud. But, since Berlusconi is a senator, the court’s decision will have no...

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Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures on October 2, 2013 at the Senate in Rome. (AFP PHOTO/FILIPPO MONTEFORTE)

Berlusconi U-turn secures Italian government’s survival

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 2, 2013 | World

Rome, Reuters—Italian centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi promised to support Prime Minister Enrico Letta in a confidence vote on Wednesday, staging a U-turn only days after he provoked a crisis by pulling his ministers out of the government. Berlusconi abruptly...

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Italy’s lower house of parliament. (Andreas Solaro, AFP/Getty Images)

Italy: Prime minister meets with center right to defuse growing row

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 26, 2013 | World

Rome, Reuters—Italian prime minister Enrico Letta met with a top official from Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right party on Monday to try to defuse a row which is threatening to bring down his fragile ruling coalition and has rattled financial markets. Relations...

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Italy’s lower house of parliament. (Andreas Solaro, AFP/Getty Images)

Italian parliament gives final approval to growth package

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 9, 2013 | World

Rome, Reuters—Italy’s lower house of parliament on Friday gave final approval to a package introduced by Enrico Letta’s government to try to help pull the country out of recession with measures to cut bureaucracy and promote public work projects. The...