
Milan prosecutors demand 6 years for Berlusconi
Milan prosecutors on Monday demanded a prison sentence of six years and a lifetime ban from public office for former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in his ...
Pro-Berlusconi rally in Italy draws cheers, jeers
Thousands of supporters of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi rallied in a northern Italian city Saturday to protest the media mogul's recent conviction ...

AC Milan aiming to secure Champions League spot
With Juventus already having won Serie A and Napoli assured of finishing second, AC Milan's battle with Fiorentina for third is the last key item to ...

7 dead, 2 missing after ship crashes in Genoa
Italian prosecutors placed the captain of the Jolly Nero cargo ship under investigation Wednesday for alleged manslaughter after his vessel slammed ...

Italy's ex-premier Giulio Andreotti dies at 94
Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad. One of Italy's most important postwar figures, he helped draft the ...

Spain, Italy team up to demand crisis relief
The premiers of Spain and Italy teamed up Monday to push the eurozone to focus more on spurring economic growth instead of just reducing debt — a move ...
Correction: Italy's Race Problem story
In a May 1 story about racism in Italy, datelined Rome, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that a current French minister is from the French ...

Italy race problems seen with black gov't minister
It was hailed as a giant step forward for racial integration in a country that has long been ill at ease with its growing immigrant classes.

Italy's new government wins 1st confidence vote
Italy's new government easily passed its first confirmation vote Monday in Parliament after Premier Enrico Letta made concessions to his uneasy ...

Italian policemen shot near new gov't swearing-in
In the very moments Italy's new coalition government was being sworn in, ending months of political paralysis in a country hoping to revive a bleak ...

Italy forms new government after 2-month stalemate
Center-left leader Enrico Letta forged a new Italian government Saturday in a coalition with former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's conservatives, an ...

Italy premier-designate short of securing support
Italy's premier-designate, Enrico Letta, said candidly Thursday he is still short of securing support for a ruling coalition after Silvio Berlusconi's ...

Enrico Letta appointed Italian premier-designate
Italy's president appointed Enrico Letta as premier-designate Wednesday, asking him to form a coalition government representing Italy's main parties ...

Italian president seeks end to political paralysis
President Giorgio Napolitano opened his unprecedented second term with around-the-clock consultations Tuesday aimed at finding a candidate to form a ...

Italian president chastises country's politicians
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, sworn in Monday for an unprecedented second term at the age of 87, chastised lawmakers for their inadequate ...

Italian protest party: people fed up with politics
A day after Italy's president was re-elected to an unprecedented second term, the leader of an anti-establishment movement says citizens' patience ...

Napolitano re-elected Italy's president
Italy's Parliament on Saturday re-elected Giorgio Napolitano to an unprecedented second term as president, after party leaders persuaded the ...