Enrico Letta

Italian marines case may impact ties with India: EU

The president of the European Commission has said the issue of the Italian marines in India may have an "impact" on the European Union-India relations and "will be assessed carefully".

Italy stops public financing of political parties

Instead, taxpayers will have the option of designating 0.2 percent of their annual income tax to a particular party. If taxpayers don't want to see any of their taxes go to political parties, the 0.2 percent will be earmarked for general spending by the government.

Migrant ship disaster: Italy announces national mourning

Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Thursday said that he has called a cabinet meeting to declare a day of national mourning on Friday for the hundreds of migrants feared dead in a shipwreck off the southern island of Lampedusa.

Berlusconi defeated, decides to back Italy govt

Silvio Berlusconi has announced his party will vote to support the government of Premier Enrico Letta, a major turnabout that signals he was defeated in his efforts to bring down the government.

Berlusconi's conviction leaves Italian coalition govt hanging

A ruling by Italy's supreme court upholding a tax fraud conviction against former premier and centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi has left the fate of the country's fragile ruling coalition resting in the balance.

New Italian government confirmed by Senate

Italian Premier Enrico Letta's cross-party government won a final vote of confidence vote in Parliament today, giving life to a grand coalition that aims to put aside decades of animosity to return the eurozone's third-largest economy to growth.

Italy's new PM Letta says nation will stay 'pro-Europe'

Italy's new premier says his broad coalition will work to heal the nation's finances while encouraging economic growth.

Italy's new Prime Minister faces crucial no-confidence vote

The vote takes place under the shadow of the gun attack on Sunday in which an unemployed man shot two police officers and a passerby outside the prime minister's office in Rome just as the cabinet was being sworn in at the nearby presidential palace.

Two cops shot outside Italian premier’s office as new govt sworn in

Enrico Letta was sworn in as Italy's new prime minister on Sunday and immediately faced an emergency after an unemployed man shot two police officers outside his office. The 49 year-old gunman, from the poor southern region of Calabria, told investigators he had planned to attack politicians but had found none within range

Why Italy's new PM Enrico Letta is likely to please financial markets

At 46, he is one of the youngest Italian prime ministers since World War II. Yet with his wire-rimmed glasses and a hairline that has been receding for at least a decade, he exudes gravitas and responsibility.