Focus : Italy

EU Commission refers Italy to Court of Justice over air and water pollution

Italy passes strict immigration law abolishing humanitarian grounds for asylum

Large protest in Rome against new anti-immigrant law

European Commission rejects Italy’s draft budget

Italy on collision course with Brussels over its budget plans

Maltese navy rescues 100 migrants at sea

Italian government revokes contract of company responsible for collapsed Genoese motorway

EU policies blamed for more than 700 deaths at sea by Amnesty International

Italian interior minister files defamation claim against writer Roberto Saviano

Italian interior minister says country’s ports are closed to NGOs helping migrants

Spain to accept migrant boat rejected by Italy

Italian Families Minister claims “rainbow families do not exist”

Giusseppe Conte nominated as prime minister of Italy

Italy’s new government to be unveiled on Monday

Italian populist and far-right parties move closer to forming government

Italian president proposes formation of technical government to break political impasse

Spanish GDP per capita surpasses that of Italy in 2017

Matteo Renzi resigns as leader of Italy’s Democratic Party

Rome to ban diesel cars by 2024

Far-right extremist carries out anti-immigrant shooting spree in Italy