How Silvio Berlusconi is at once powerful and highly vulnerable
Journalism
Giulio Andreotti
Giulio Andreotti, many times prime minister of Italy, died on May 6th, aged 94
Several dead after cargo ship collides with Genoa port tower
50-metre tower at entrance to Italian city’s Old Port collapses, leaving several dead and missing
Italian women rise to positions of power under new prime minister
Enrico Letta continues the political revolution that began under Mario Monti by naming seven women in his 22-member cabinet
Italy’s new government: unanswered questions
No sooner is the new government approved than early strains emerge
Pope Francis welcomes Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI back to the Vatican
Emeritus pope and Pope Francis begin unprecedented period of co-habitation in tiny city state
Italy’s first black minister attacked by Northern League
Rightwing party labels appointment of DRC-born Cecile Kyenge as ‘the symbol of a hypocritical, do-gooding left’
Italian police shot outside prime minister’s office
Suspect in attack, which took place as Enrico Letta’s new government was being sworn in a mile away, named as Luigi Preiti
Italy’s new prime minister
… and the success of the ‘reverse Leopard strategy’
The old guard is back in charge
Italian politicians turn again to Giorgio Napolitano