The latest political storm in Italy blew out of an apparently clear winter sky in considerably less than 24 hours.
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Pregnant Kate statues on sale in Naples
Want a pregnant Duchess of Cambridge for your Christmas crib? Just fly to Naples …
Rioting in Slovenia
Dramatic footage of the rioting in (traditionally) placid Slovenia.
Italy in turmoil as Silvio Berlusconi boycotts Mario Monti reforms
Berlusconi party members walk out before crucial vote threatens PM’s survival, with magnate hinting he could return to power.
Growing crisis in Italian government
Our Southern Europe editor John Hooper reports
Berlusconi returns to the field
Here’s a story to keep you awake at night, Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is planning his return to mainstream politics. Our Southern Europe editor John Hooper writes:
Eurozone crisis live: Eurocrisis brings strife to Slovenia
All is not well in Slovenia, where violent demonstrations took place last night for the third time in a fortnight.
Italian politics: Bersani’s victory
In the end, the Italian left opted for the ‘safe pair of hands’. And decisively so.
Eastern approaches: Slovenia
A vote for austerity policies
Pier Luigi Bersani to be centre-left candidate in Italy’s general election
Former minister for economic development in last centre-left government beats young mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi.