Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced his resignation on Monday, hours after learning he had suffered a crushing defeat in a referendum on constitutional reform.
"My experience of government finishes here," Renzi told a press conference, acknowledging that the No campaign had won an "extraordinarily clear" victory in a vote on which he had staked his future.
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Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi arrived in Iran on Tuesday for a two-day trip that made him the first major leader to visit since the lifting of international sanctions against Tehran.
Heading a 250-member political and economic delegation, Renzi was warmly welcomed by Iranian Minister of Mine, Industries and Trade Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh, IRNA reported.
While in Iran, Renzi is scheduledRead more
French President Francois Hollande said the Britain's Brexit vote seriously challenged the European Union, adding that he would take initiatives to jolt the bloc back on track.
Hollande said the EU must focus on key priorities like security and defense, border protection and job creation as well as reinforcing the euro zone, while leaving member states to handle what fallsRead more
The investigation into the violent head-on train crash in southern Italy that killed nearly two dozen people is focusing in particular on the antiquated telephone alert system used to advise station masters of trains running on the single track.
Recovery operations using a giant crane and rescue dogs continued through the night and into Wednesday to remove the mangled debrisRead more
French President Francois Hollande said the Britains Brexit vote seriously challenged the European Union, adding that he would take initiatives to jolt the bloc back on track.
Hollande said the EU must focus on key priorities like security and defense, border protection and job creation as well as reinforcing the euro zone, while leaving member states to handle what fallsRead more
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi formally handed in his resignation on Wednesday evening after the countrys 2017 budget bill passed in Senate.
He handed in his resignation to Italian President Sergio Mattarella in the evening. The resignation came three days after Renzi suffered a sounding defeat in a referendum on a cabinet-backed constitutional reform held on Sunday.
Renzi had alreadyRead more
Italy will not hold elections until the natural end of the legislature in spring next year, former prime minister Matteo Renzi, who leads the ruling Democratic Party (PD), said on Saturday.
Renzi said he saw little hope of reforming the electoral system after a deal between the four largest parties broke down this week, meaning Italy will probably vote withRead more
Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is poised to win the leadership of Italy’s ruling Democratic Party (PD) in a primary election Sunday, propelling him back to the forefront of the national political scene.
Renzi, 42, resigned as prime minister in December after Italians overwhelmingly rejected a constitutional referendum.
A centerpiece of his political platform, the reform had aimed toRead more
Former prime minister Matteo Renzi won the leadership of Italy’s ruling Democratic Party (PD) in a primary election Sunday, propelling him back to the forefront of the national political scene.
Renzi, 42, resigned as prime minister in December after Italians overwhelmingly rejected a constitutional referendum aimed at streamlining the parliamentary system.
Some two million people voted and Renzi himself hadRead more
Italy has abolished voucher payments for workers, which were highly popular with employers, to avoid a bruising referendum championed by the country’s main union, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Friday.
Payment by vouchers was introduced in 2008 as an experiment for seasonal farm laborers. The flexible and unregulated form of payment was aimed at encouraging bosses to stop hiringRead more