Italian Politics

Could the disparate group of campaigners and anti-establishment politicians be a real electoral threat?

Matteo Renzi's center-left government could face tough contests in four cities.

But the bill does not include the controversial clause that would allow one partner to adopt the other's child.

The legislation has reached a deadlock over a provision for adoption.

Ruling coalition politician argues that a push to give rights to same-sex couples risks making illegal womb-hiring easier

Former PM cleared of paying for sex with minor after being sentenced to seven years imprisonment in 2013.

Berlusconi's petition to have the sentence reduced was filed last month and approved on Monday.

Renzi's Democratic Party and a handful of allies pledged on Thursday to back constitutional court judge Sergio Mattarella.

Leader of Italy's surging right-wing Northern League says "Russia represents the future"

The 41-year-old leader of Italy's anti-euro Northern League party posed bare-chested in a weekly magazine