Europe’s southern states, often chastised for fiscal laxity, have defied expectations in the Ukraine crisis
Enrico Letta
Sergio Mattarella (80) had intended to leave role but leaders could not agree on successor
Former-PM portrays himself as elder statesman in wake of health woes and sex scandals
Prime minister has months to turn around Europe’s long-stagnant third economy
Support for the maverick Five Star movement, once the country’s most popular party, has fallen off a cliff
Democratic Party victories in Rome and Turin signal a revival of fortune
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena is officially Europe’s weakest lender
Giovanni Brusca was arrested in 1996 and sentenced to life for more than 100 murders