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Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini addresses a news conference in Rome earlier this week. File photograph: Remo Casilli/Reuters
Italian government on the brink amid growing hostility between parties

Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday he would meet coalition partner and leader of the Five Star Movement Luigi Di Maio amid sp(...)

The Autostrade per l’Italia headquarters, in Rome. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP Photo
Italy’s national debt may rise by €9.4bn if toll roads nationalised

Italy’s sovereign debt may swell by as much as €9.4 billion if the government goes ahead with plans to nationalise the toll roads run by Atlantia’s un(...)

A general view of the collapsed Morandi Bridge the day after the disaster in Genoa, Italy. Photograph: Alessandro Di Marco/EPA
Genoa disaster: State of emergency declared as death toll rises

Rescue workers combed through the rubble of Italy’s bridge collapse on Wednesday as the death toll climbed to 39 and the government blamed the bridge’(...)

A general view of the collapsed Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy. Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
Genoa bridge collapse kills at least 35 as search for survivors continues

At least 35 people were killed when a bridge collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa, police said on Wednesday after firemen worked through the ni(...)

A migrant child gets assistance after the arrival of the MV Lifeline in the harbour of Valletta, Malta. Photograph: Matthew Mirabelli/AFP/Getty Images
Migrant ship docks in Malta after standoff with Italy

A humanitarian ship that has had about 230 rescued migrants on board for almost a week docked in Malta on Wednesday, ending a standoff with Italy, wh(...)

Workers with the NGO SOS Mediterranee talk to rescued migrants aboard the ship Aquarius on Monday. Photograph: AFP/Karpov/SOS Mediterranee
Italy ships criticism over plan to send migrants to Spain

Italy forged ahead with plans to send hundreds of migrants to Spain in a small naval convoy on Tuesday after shutting its own ports to them, sparking (...)

Search and rescue: some of the migrants picked up in the Mediterranean Sea. Photograph: SOS Mediterranée/AFP
Rescue ship carrying 600 migrants to be allowed to dock in Spain

A bitter standoff between Italy and Malta over a boat carrying hundreds of migrants that neither country would allow to dock was resolved on Monday af(...)

5-Star Movement founder Beppe Grillo addresses the party’s congress last month in Rimini. Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images
Italy’s main parties back Bill that isolates 5-Star Movement
  • Europe
  • October 8, 2017, 21:11

Italy’s traditional political parties have pledged to back a new electoral law this week that is seen penalising the anti-establishment 5-Star Movemen(...)