When the technocratic government led by Prime Minister Mario Monti took over from Silvio Berlusconi's discredited right-of-centre administration in November 2011, Italy was on the brink of economic and financial collapse.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi could run for office again next year, his party has indicated. Berlusconi said he has been "besieg...

The conundrum of Italian politics is that those who are doing best are those who can portray themselves as the 'anti politician' candidates.

If the situation in the eurozone deteriorates further as the Italian general election gets nearer, there is a high risk of severe financial market turmoil that could push Italy back to that brink of financial and economic collapse where it found itself last November.

Italian papers have seized on Italy's win over Germany in the Euro 2012 semi-final to launch a stinging attack on Angela Merkel, as the German leader ...

Europe's leaders must be ready to take tough political decisions to resolve the eurozone crisis, or face the threat of "perpetual stagnation" or a hug...

UPDATE: Second exit poll shows New Democracy further ahead. Via Antenna TV: New Democracy - 28.6-30%, Syriza - 27-28.4%, Pasok - 11-12.5%, Independ...

David Cameron warned fellow European leaders of the need for the eurozone to take "decisive action" to ensure stability in a high-level conference cal...

The second PMQs of 2012 wasn't the most fiery we've ever seen, but was a better performance from Ed Miliband compared to last week., and really if he'...

Prime Minister David Cameron will today hold talks on the eurozone debt crisis with the leader of one of the countries at the heart of the storm, Ital...

The second week of 2012 has been an eventful one. We have seen Miliband's big speech on the economy greeted with a shrug of dismissal, Michelle Obama ...

What is it about agriculture ministers and mix-ups? When the new Italian prime minister Mario Monti was appointing his cabinet, he accidentally told F...