Giuseppe Conte

Former ECB president must win cross-party support amid severe economic crisis

Markets report: Iseq up by 0.6 per cent as most European and US indices finish ahead

Giuseppe Conte tries to put together new ruling coalition after government lost majority

Giuseppe Conte to meet president on Tuesday and then seek fresh mandate to govern

Investors eye large US economic stimulus and infrastructure package

Government struggling without a working majority as it tackles twin health and economic crises

US Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen called for big fiscal spending to boost economy

Weakened coalition now faces an uphill battle to pass meaningful economic reforms

Italia Viva party’s departure deprives Conte of majority, with crunch vote on Tuesday

Political turmoil as Italy’s death toll from Covid-19 climbs to more than 80,000

Snap election thought unlikely as Italy faces dual crisis of Covid pandemic and recession

Critics claim Renzi is playing politics at a time of crisis to revive his Italia Viva party

Travel companies among the fallers amid fears of prolonged Covid-19 restrictions

Cases surge in Austria and France as Sydney’s beaches enter four-day lockdown

Cairo killing of Giulio Regeni in 2016 long believed to be work of Egypt’s security forces

Family-centred culture grapples with strict measures in effort to avoid third Covid wave