Matteo Salvini

Italy's president on Thursday asked ex-premier Giuseppe Conte to head up a coalition of longtime political foes, with the aim of blocking a power grab by Matteo Salvini, the right-wing leader whose anti-migrant crackdowns and euroskeptic provocations have dom…

Italys President asked Giuseppe Conte to lead a coalition of the 5-Star Movement and opposition Democratic Party (PD) on Thursday, a move could that could improve Italys fractious relations with the European Union. Markets welcomed the prospect of a quick en…

Boris Johnson, Britains prime minister, asked the queen to suspend Parliament soon after it returns on September 3rd. The move caught opposition parties, and many of Mr Johnsons own Conservative MPs, off guard. The timing of the move, though perfectly legal, …

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte returns to patch together a new Salvini-free government

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s head of state is expected to give two former political enemies the chance to form a new government on Thursday, capping an extraordinary three weeks that could mark a turning point in its frayed relations with the European Union. Pr…

After five days of intense negotiations between the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the Democratic Party (PD), president Sergio Mattarella decided to give prime minister Giuseppe Conte a second mandate. It is now up to Conte to choose his ministers and to write …

Two Italian political parties agreed Wednesday to try to form a new coalition government, putting aside past rivalry to forestall an election that could put right-wing nationalist Matteo Salvini in power as premier. Luigi Di Maio, the leader of the populist …

Italy's President Sergio Mattarella has summoned Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte for a meeting on Thursday morning, signalling that he will give him a mandate to form a new government after the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party (PD) reached a coalitio…

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy’s outgoing Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has signed a decree banning a rescue ship carrying about 100 migrants picked up off the Libyan coast from entering Italian waters. The move follows a similar ban on another rescue ship on T…

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella is expected to give outgoing Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte a mandate to form a new government backed by a coalition of the 5-Star Movement and the Democratic Party (PD), after he meets with party chiefs on …