https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Just a day after Giorgio Napolitano stepped down, the political circus has begun to decide who will be Italy's next president. The Local takes a look at the possible candidates to take over at the Quirinale Palace. https://www.thelocal.it/20150115/who-will-be-italys-next-president Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:22:00 +0100 who-will-be-italys-next-president Italy's Giorgio Napolitano, who announced on Wednesday that he is cutting short his second term as president, is an former communist with formidable political skills and a reputation for neutrality. https://www.thelocal.it/20150114/napolitano-from-ww2-resistance-to-president Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:49:00 +0100 napolitano-from-ww2-resistance-to-president UPDATED: Italy's veteran President Giorgio Napolitano resigned on Wednesday, setting the stage for the election of a new head of state, a thorny process which could prove a political headache for Matteo Renzi's government. https://www.thelocal.it/20150114/italian-president-napolitano-resigns-in-rome Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:50:00 +0100 italian-president-napolitano-resigns-in-rome UPDATED: Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano will resign "within hours" premier Matteo Renzi said on Tuesday, beginning the political battle to elect his successor. https://www.thelocal.it/20150113/italian-president-to-resign-on-wednesday Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:43:00 +0100 italian-president-to-resign-on-wednesday President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday confirmed his resignation is “imminent”, paving the way for a new head of state to be voted in early next year. https://www.thelocal.it/20141219/italian-president-confirms-resignation-imminent Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:56:00 +0100 italian-president-confirms-resignation-imminent Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has announced he will leave office within weeks, well before the expiry of his term in 2020, setting the stage for the election of a new head of state. https://www.thelocal.it/20141217/italy-president-to-step-down-within-weeks Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:07:57 +0100 italy-president-to-step-down-within-weeks As speculation mounts that President Giorgio Napolitano could resign at the end of the year, The Local talks to Mattia Guidi, from Rome's Luiss University, about the impact the head of state’s departure could have on Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20141111/what-would-napolitano-quitting-mean-for-italy Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:04:00 +0100 what-would-napolitano-quitting-mean-for-italy President Giorgio Napolitano has remained tight-lipped over speculation about his imminent resignation, after reports in the Italian media said on Sunday the head of state was ready to step down. https://www.thelocal.it/20141110/speculation-mounts-over-italy-presidents-departure Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:05:00 +0100 speculation-mounts-over-italy-presidents-departure Italian President Giorgio Napolitano will testify on October 28th at a trial into allegations that the government held secret negotiations with the Sicilian mafia, over a series of deadly bombings in the early 1990s. https://www.thelocal.it/20141003/italian-president-to-testify-at-mafia-trial-on-october-28th Fri, 03 Oct 2014 11:33:00 +0200 italian-president-to-testify-at-mafia-trial-on-october-28th Italian President Giorgio Napolitano must testify at a trial into allegations that the government held secret negotiations with the Sicilian mafia over a series of deadly bombings in the early 1990s, a Palermo court has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140925/italian-president-must-testify-at-mafia-trial-court Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:04:00 +0200 italian-president-must-testify-at-mafia-trial-court Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday said he had "faith" in the financial police, despite the force being hit by a corruption scandal earlier this month. https://www.thelocal.it/20140620/president-has-faith-in-police-despite-scandal Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:36:00 +0200 president-has-faith-in-police-despite-scandal Lawmakers from Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement on Thursday put forward a symbolic impeachment motion against President Giorgio Napolitano for what they said was his overly intrusive role in politics. https://www.thelocal.it/20140130/mps-in-crazy-move-to-impeach-italian-president Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:32:26 +0100 mps-in-crazy-move-to-impeach-italian-president Weeks after narrowly escaping being extradited to Italy, former US spy Robert Seldon Lady has written to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano asking to be pardoned for kidnapping an Egyptian militant in Milan. https://www.thelocal.it/20130912/ex-cia-agent-requests-pardon-from-italy Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:29:00 +0200 ex-cia-agent-requests-pardon-from-italy The Italian government on Thursday adopted a rough timetable and guidelines for reforms to the country's constitution aimed at streamlining Italy's unwieldy political system by the end of 2014. https://www.thelocal.it/20130607/italy-sets-timetable-for-constitutional-reforms Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:16:00 +0200 italy-sets-timetable-for-constitutional-reforms Enrico Letta, set to be nominated to be Italy's next prime minister on Wednesday, is the Europhile deputy leader of the leftist Democratic Party who at 46 already has extensive government experience. https://www.thelocal.it/20130426/enrico-letta-child-prodigy-of-italian-politics Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:22:23 +0200 enrico-letta-child-prodigy-of-italian-politics President Giorgio Napolitano on Monday urged political parties to strike a deal on a new government "without delay" and accused them of being "deaf" to the urgent need for reforms as he was sworn in for an unprecedented second term. https://www.thelocal.it/20130423/italian-president-slams-politicians-at-swearing-in Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:29:00 +0200 italian-president-slams-politicians-at-swearing-in Italy's 87-year-old President Giorgio Napolitano was re-elected by lawmakers on Saturday in a desperate bid by right and left to end a two-month deadlock, a move slammed as a "coup" by a protest party that staged a rally in front of parliament. https://www.thelocal.it/20130420/napolitano-re-elected-to-tackle-deadlock Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:05:00 +0200 napolitano-re-elected-to-tackle-deadlock Italy's centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani on Friday told members of his party he would step down after failing to push through his preferred candidate for president. https://www.thelocal.it/20130420/italys-centre-left-leader-bersani-to-resign Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:58:00 +0200 italys-centre-left-leader-bersani-to-resign Italian lawmakers will meet Thursday to begin voting to elect a new president, parliament said in a statement, amid hopes that the election could help end a deadlock on forming a new government. https://www.thelocal.it/20130416/italian-lawmakers-to-meet-to-elect-new-president Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:39:00 +0200 italian-lawmakers-to-meet-to-elect-new-president