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A Sunday parliamentary election will determine who next governs major industrial economy and key NATO member Italy.

Barring any surprises, Italy is on track to have its first far-right prime minister, following the collapse of Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s government. Elections are scheduled for Sunday -- the first to be held since constitutional changes were adopted that shrank the size of the two parliamentary chambers. It also comes as the euro area’s third-largest economy -- and one of its most indebted -- is contending with the fallout of soaring energy prices, rising interest rates and Russia’s invasion

Italian voters cast ballots on Sunday in an election that has been billed as crucial as Europe reels from the repercussions of war in Ukraine.

Prime Minister Mario Draghi has been centrist and popular. Why are voters poised to replace him with Giorgia Meloni and the Fratelli d'Italia party?

After Sunday elections, Giorgia Meloni could be the next politician to move from the fringes to a position of power.

The main candidates in Italy's general election on Sunday to elect a new Parliament and determine who next governs the country include both familiar names and lesser-known ones.

Italy's voters head to the polls on Sunday in a snap general election that is likely to see a government led by a far-right party come to power.

The energy crisis facing Italian industry and households is a top voter concern going into Sunday's parliamentary elections as fears grow that astronomically high bills will shutter some businesses and force household rationing by winter.

Italy could be on the verge of electing its first woman premier.

Organized crime is expanding its reach by taking control of struggling businesses.

Costly construction delays, a leadership vacancy linked to a volatile political climate and a lack of sponsors amid a spreading financial crisis has prompted International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach to acknowledge the “challenges” facing organizers of the 2026 Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Flash floods triggered by heavy rain have swept through towns in a hilly central Italy.

In one town, the powerful rush of water pushed a car onto a second-story balcony, while elsewhere parked vehicles were crumpled on top of each other in the streets. “It wasn't a water bomb, it was a tsunami," Riccardo Pasqualini, the mayor of Barbara, told Italian state radio about the sudden downpour Thursday evening that devastated his town in the Marche region near the Adriatic Sea.

With Italy's election looming, the main leader of the Italian center-left alliance says the gains of a Swedish populist party with neo-Nazi roots is one more indication that fear is driving the far-right's growth in Europe.

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni’s is gathering momentum in her push to become Italy’s first female premier.

Outgoing Italian Premier Mario Draghi said the country is less vulnerable to interruptions of Russian natural gas supplies because of its moved rapidly to reduce dependence on Moscow.

Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has led her first election campaign rally in the Adriactic port city of Ancona.

Finland’s prime minister has ruled out taking any drugs during a “wild” party in a private home.

Giorgia Meloni is riding a wave of popularity that next month could see her become Italy’s first female prime minister and its first far-right leader since World War II.

The country’s right-wing coalition unveiled a policy manifesto that can essentially be summed up as patriotic talk and a cocktail of misguided tax cuts.

European governments have put off preparing their citizens for Putin’s weaponization of winter. Making up for lost time will be painful.

Italy's far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, who is leading in opinion polls ahead of next month's elections, is insisting she won't be a danger to democracy if she becomes the country's next premier.

The sooner the Italian Democratic Party — and the center-left — realizes it can’t ride on the technocrat’s coattails, the better its chances will be in the Sept. 25 vote.

Italy’s firebrand former interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has put migration at the center of his electoral campaign during a visit to Lampedusa.

Mario Draghi is best known for saving the euro. But a coveted rescue of the Italian economy ended prematurely.

Italy has become synonymous with political turbulence, with the collapse of Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s ruling alliance the latest example of how tenuous a hold its leaders have on power. Elections are scheduled for Sept. 25 -- the first to be held since constitutional changes were adopted that shrank the size of the two parliamentary chambers. A right-wing coalition appears on track for a landslide victory in the vote, which comes as the euro area’s third-largest economy -- and one of its mos

A new paper from inside the club says that central bankers became over-confident in their powers. But the public and politicians need to recognize who conferred them with godlike standing.

Italy's president is urging Italians to reinvigorate their democracy as the country notes the 100th anniversary of an attack that paved Benito Mussolini's path to power.

The Italian political class has had a long, controversial dalliance with Moscow. This is not the time to rekindle that affair.

Brothers of Italy’s charismatic leader Giorgia Meloni has capitalized on a morass of public discontent over long-running problems. Like other far-right leaders in Europe, she rages against the country’s perceived inexorable decline.

Italy is never far from a political crisis. But the elections set for Sept. 25 will be exceptional even by Italian standards, where 67 governments have taken turns since World War II. Europeans are grappling with an energy crunch and concern that higher interest rates could touch off a panic about heavily indebted countries -- like Italy. Then there’s the likely rise of Italy’s anti-immigration right-wing parties and the exit of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, the former central banker who was seen

Rome’s next government has plenty of challenges. Leaving the euro isn’t one of them.

Mario Draghi helped restore the country's influence and reputation. With his resignation as prime minister, stability in Italy and the rest of Europe is unclear.

The European Central Bank is trying to avoid a sovereign-debt storm after raising interest rates for the first time since 2011. It’s concerned about how markets might push up borrowing costs for some of the more vulnerable nations that use the euro -- such as Italy. That sort of potential blowup in government bond yields is known as “fragmentation.” So the ECB has devised a new weapon to curb market stress, a signal of its determination to fight the forces that almost destroyed the common curren

The European Central Bank is trying to avoid a sovereign-debt storm after raising interest rates for the first time since 2011. It’s concerned about how markets might push up borrowing costs for some of the more vulnerable nations that use the euro -- such as Italy. That sort of potential blowup in government bond yields is known as “fragmentation.” So the ECB has devised a new weapon to curb market stress, a signal of its determination to fight the forces that almost destroyed the common curren

Wall Street gave back some of its strong gains from the week on Friday following discouraging readings on the global economy and another slew of profit reports from big U.S. companies.

The country needs to be some soul searching before the next election perpetuates bad politics for longer.

The move by President Sergio Mattarella comes following the resignation of Premier Mario Draghi. A new election must be held within 70 days.

Italian Premier Mario Draghi’s decision to turn in his resignation after his “unity” coalition broke apart dramatically in Parliament was the latest step in a political crisis that could take months before a new government is solidly in place to lead the European Union’s third-largest economy

Italian Premier Mario Draghi's decision to turn in his resignation after his “unity” coalition broke apart dramatically in Parliament was the latest step in a political crisis that could take months before a new government is solidly in place to lead the European Union's third-largest economy.

The European Central Bank on Thursday increased interest rates for the first time in 11 years in an attempt to cool rampant inflation in the euro zone.

The former central banker’s government has collapsed, but he’ll remain a force to be reckoned with.

Draghi's government of national unity collapsed Wednesday after members of his uneasy coalition of right, left and populists rebuffed his appeal to band back together.

The European Central Bank has raised interest rates for the first time in 11 years by a larger-than-expected amount.

Italy is headed for an early election after its president accepted Premier Mario Draghi’s resignation and decided there was no possibility for cobbling together another government.

Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi is expected to tell the country's president Thursday that he will resign, opening a new chapter of political uncertainty.

Stocks ended higher on Wall Street Thursday, building on their winning week.

The rapid collapse of Mario Draghi's 17-month-old coalition could prompt President Sergio Mattarella to dissolve Parliament, opening the path to holding an early election.

Italy's political turmoil is making life harder for the European Central Bank as it hikes interest rates and raising bad memories of the eurozone debt crisis a decade ago.

Italians have implored Draghi to stay on as a stabilizing influence on Italy's volatile politics but right wing parties see a chance to gain in the next elections.

Italian Premier Mario Draghi has won a confidence vote in the Senate, but boycotts by three of his key coalition allies in the voting have virtually doomed his unity government’s prospects of survival.

Draghi is to address parliamentarians Wednesday morning, but it is unclear whether he will stay in power.

The European Central Bank is trying to prevent a sovereign-debt storm with the promise of a new tool to curb market stress as it raises interest rates for the first time in a decade. The effort gained urgency after the yield on Italian government bonds breached 4% in June, the highest since 2014. Investors viewed the renewed push to tackle so-called fragmentation as evidence that policy makers are fighting to prevent borrowing costs of the nations that share the common currency from diverging ex

The European Central Bank is trying to prevent a sovereign-debt storm with the promise of a new tool to curb market stress as it raises interest rates for the first time in a decade. The effort gained urgency after the yield on 10-year Italian bonds breached 4% in June, the highest since 2014. Investors see the renewed push to tackle so-called fragmentation as evidence that policy makers are fighting to prevent borrowing costs of euro nations from diverging excessively. That’s a dynamic that thr

Italy has had dozens of governments since the end of World War II

Italy has had dozens of governments since the end of World War II.

France and the United Arab Emirates have signed an agreement on energy cooperation to ensure oil and gas supplies from the Gulf country.

European leaders have ramped up their push to secure alternative energy supplies as fears escalate of a complete natural gas cutoff by Russia.

Fears of who will lead Italy after the former ECB boss are overblown.

Italy is entering five days of political and financial uncertainty after the 5-Star Movement sparked a government crisis by withholding support on a government-sponsored bill.

Italy's president has rebuffed Premier Mario Draghi's offer to resign after a key ally refused to back the government in a Senate vote.

Italian Premier Mario Draghi has told his Cabinet he will offer his resignation on Thursday evening to the president, following the refusal of a coalition ally to support a government bill.

Mario Draghi said he would resign as Italian prime minister on Thursday, after a political party in his ruling coalition in Rome refused to participate in a confidence vote earlier on in the day.

The Five Star Movement has rebelled against Prime Minister Mario Draghi over a bill giving Rome a much needed garbage incinerator.

Italy's president has rebuffed Premier Mario Draghi's offer to resign after a key ally refused to back the government in a Senate vote.

The stability of Italian Premier Mario Draghi’s coalition government is at risk because 5-Star lawmakers say they will not participate in a confidence vote in Parliament

Premier Mario Draghi says his government is still able to get things done despite tensions with the 5-Star Movement.

Italy's Premier Mario Draghi is meeting with Italy’s president to discuss the future of his government amid simmering tensions with a coalition member, the 5-Star Movement.

Italy declared a state of emergency on Monday and is sending $37.5 million in relief funds to five regions being hardest hit.

The terrain being searched is still so unstable that rescue crews are using drones to try to find any survivors while helicopters searched overhead.

Rescuers using drones are resuming the search for an estimated 13 people unaccounted-for following an avalanche in northern Italy that killed at least seven people and is being blamed in large part on rising temperatures that are melting glaciers

Rescuers are finding body parts and equipment as they search for hikers missing following a powerful avalanche in the Italian Dolomites.

Rescuers were searching for at least 19 missing hikers after a glacier collapse during an early heat wave on Marmolada, the highest mountain in the Dolomites.

A French TV documentary offers a unique behind-the-scene look before and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, from the point of view of France’s diplomatic efforts around the war.

Drones are flying over an Italian Alpine mountainside seeking to spot any more victims, a day after a huge chunk of a rapidly melting glacier broke loose, sending an avalanche of ice, snow and rocks slamming into hikers

Italian officials in an Alpine resort town say 13 people are still unaccounted for and seven hikers were killed a day earlier by an avalanche of ice and stone unleashed when a massive piece of glacier broke off on a mountaintop.

The Indonesian presidency of the Group of 20 nations has ruled out in-person participation by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the November meeting of the group in Bali, Italian Premier Mario Draghi said Tuesday. The Nov. 15-16 summit had risked awkward diplomatic encounters if Putin were to have come, or the specter of Western leaders not even showing up given Russia's war in Ukraine. The issue was a topic at the smaller Group of Seven summit in Germany that wrapped up Tuesday and included leaders from five major emerging democratic economies — India, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa and Argentina — which don't all share the G-7's views on the war in Ukraine or on sanctions against Russia.

The annual event is taking place in Germany

Leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies have struck a united stance to support Ukraine for “as long as it takes” as Russia’s invasion grinds on.

Leaders of the world's biggest developed economies are looking for ways to cut off Russian President Vladimir Putin's oil money, which is helping finance the war against Ukraine.

In 1975, leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies gathered outside Paris to deal with an energy crisis sparked by a war and rampant inflation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has underscored the urgency of helping his country’s military improve its position against Russia during a video meeting with leading economic powers.

Many of the papers lead on the summit of rich nations as leaders urge continued support for Ukraine.

President Joe Biden and Western allies at a three-day summit in the Bavarian Alps say they're intent on keeping economic fallout from the war in Ukraine from fracturing the global coalition working to punish Russia’s aggression.

About 4,000 protesters have gathered in Munich as the Group of Seven leading economic powers are set to hold their annual gathering in the Germany's Bavarian Alps.

Italy’s political landscape has shifted after Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio formalized his departure from the 5-Star Movement.

The European Central Bank has sought to stave off the danger of a sovereign-debt storm with the promise of a new tool to curb market stress after Italian bond yields breached 4% on June 14, the highest since the market turmoil of 2014. Investors are viewing the renewed push to tackle so-called fragmentation as evidence policy makers will fight to prevent borrowing costs in the union from diverging excessively. That’s a dynamic that threatened to rip the euro-zone apart during the crisis a decade

Russia has reduced natural gas to Europe again as countries have worked to ease their dependence on Russian supplies amid the war in Ukraine.

The European Union's executive arm is preparing its recommendation on Ukraine’s request to join the EU.

The leaders of France, Germany and Italy travel to Kyiv to show their support for Ukraine, though some critics say Europe is not doing enough.

Before meeting Ukraine's president, three European leaders took a tour of the devastation wrought by Russia.

Their visit comes as Ukraine is in negotiations to begin the process of joining the European Union and as Russia nears total control of a key eastern region.

Roman Petrenko - Thursday, 16 June 2022, 10:59 Russian leader Vladimir Putin decided to launch missiles during the Kyiv visit of French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis.

Four European leaders expressed support for Ukraine while meeting in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, vowing to back the country’s candidacy to eventually join the European Union and offering more weapons to fend off Russia’s invasion.

The European Central Bank has vowed to come up with a new, unspecified market backstop that could be used to buffer some countries against bond market turmoil similar to what shook the 19-country eurozone during a debt crisis more than a decade ago.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declined to comment Monday on reports that he is planning to visit Ukraine together with his counterparts from France and Italy soon.

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office says Russian troops have changed their tactics in the battle for Sievierodonetsk.

The chairman of the African Union, Senegal’s President Macy Sall, has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the fighting in Ukraine and Western sanctions had worsened food shortages, and appealed to other countries to ensure grain and fertilizer exports aren’t blocked.

Italy has become the only country in Europe to increase Russian crude oil imports in an unintended consequence of European Union sanctions against Russia.

Families across Africa are paying about 45% more for wheat flour as Russia's war in Ukraine blocks exports from the Black Sea.