In a speech last week, President Sergio Mattarella criticised the "wars of aggression" that led to World War Two. "This was ...

The 80-year-old Sicilian had insisted he did not want another seven years in office The 80-year-old Sergio Mattarella has been picked Saturday for a second term as Italy's president after several ...

The current Russian ... of the entire government, to President Mattarella, who has always firmly condemned the aggression perpetrated against Ukraine," she added. Italy has traditionally been ...

After meeting the president, Mr Cottarelli said he would present a programme to parliament, including a budget, to take Italy into new elections "at the beginning of 2019". If he was unable to ...

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused Russia of "offending the entire Italian nation" on Friday as she stood by comments by the Italian president that compared modern-day Russia to ...