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After Renzi's
Shock Fall,
Italy Picks
a New PM

Dec 11, 2016 7:37 AM CST

After Renzi's Shock Fall, Italy Picks a New PM

FM Paolo Gentiloni tapped, will form a new government

(Newser) - Italy's foreign minister, Paolo Gentiloni, says he has accepted a presidential mandate to try to form a new government and serve as premier, reports the AP . Gentiloni told reporters minutes after receiving the mandate from President Sergio Mattarella that he'll go straight to work trying to form a...

Italy PM Quits
After Referendum
Stuns Establishment

Dec 5, 2016 1:33 AM CST

Italy PM Quits After Referendum Stuns Establishment

Populist movement seeks quick route to power

(Newser) - Italian voters dealt Premier Matteo Renzi a stinging defeat on his reforms referendum, triggering his resignation announcement and galvanizing the populist, opposition 5-Star Movement's determination to gain national power soon. The outcome also energized the anti-immigrant Northern League party, an ally of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, a...

Obama 'Saved Best for Last'
at Final State Dinner

Oct 19, 2016 4:38 AM CDT

Obama 'Saved Best for Last' at Final State Dinner

He welcomes Italian PM, 400 guests

(Newser) - "Bittersweet" was the word of the night at President Obama's 13th and final state dinner. "We saved the best for last," he said Tuesday as he welcomed Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife, Agnese Landini, to the White House. He wasn't joking. The...

Italy Uses Hookers, Cocaine to Shrink Deficit

Italy to Shrink
Deficit Using
Hookers, Cocaine

May 23, 2014 3:52 AM CDT

Italy to Shrink Deficit Using Hookers, Cocaine

Illegal activities to be added to GDP

(Newser) - Surprisingly enough, this idea didn't come from Silvio Berlusconi: Italy plans to include things like illegal drug sales, prostitution, and cigarette smuggling in its GDP figures for the first time, immediately giving the size of the economy a big boost, Bloomberg reports. Prime Minister Mario Renzi has pledged to...

Berlusconi
Threatens to
Run Again

Nov 26, 2012 8:38 AM CST

Berlusconi Threatens to Run Again

Says it depends on opposition party's choice for leader

(Newser) - Italy's center-left Democratic Party is preparing to choose a new candidate for prime minister—and if it picks the wrong guy, Silvio Berlusconi thinks he might just have to step in. "I think that it's right for someone who had the honor of leading the Italian government...