Giorgio Napolitano

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  Italy Elects Senior Judge Sergio Mattarella as President

  Italian lawmakers elected Sergio Mattarella, a constitutional court judge, as president today, handing a welcome political victory to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

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  Italy's President Quits As Promised, Scramble's On For Next

  Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano has resigned as promised, less than two years after accepting an unprecedented second term as head of state because squabbling lawmakers couldn't agree on a successor.

• Silvio Berlusconi Deal Clears Way for Electoral Revolution in Italy

  Italy's chronic political instability could soon be consigned to history after a deal between Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Silvio Berlusconi was hailed on Thursday as a breakthrough for radical electoral reform.

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  Italy President May Resign Early in Coming Months: Commentators

  Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano, who reluctantly agreed to a second term in 2013 at a time of political crisis, may step down in January, five years before the end of his term, political commentators said on Sunday.

• Queen gives honey to pope, who has gift for Prince George

  Queen Elizabeth II - bearing a basket of honey, whiskey and other goodies from the royal estates - paid a visit to Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday.

• Matteo Renzi set to become Italy's youngest prime minister

  Centre-left leader Matteo Renzi was set to be nominated as Italy's youngest prime minister in a matter of days after a party coup forced Enrico Letta to resign as premier of the euro zone state struggling to pull out of recession.

• Italy's Matteo Renzi to be PM nominee after Enrico Letta resigns

  Italian President Giorgio Napolitano began meeting political leaders on Friday after Prime Minister Enrico Letta's resignation, with leftist leader Matteo Renzi virtually certain to win the nomination to succeed him.

• Marines' trial in India hits new snag: Italian President Giorgio Napolitano

  Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has said the trial of two marines in India over the killing of two Indian fishermen has run into new "difficulty" because of upcoming general elections in that country.

• Italy expects fair trial for Marines in India

  Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has voiced support for two Marines charged with murder in India and urged a "fair and rapid" trial for the duo.

• Silvio Berlusconi requests trial review ahead of Senate expulsion

  Italy's Silvio Berlusconi on Monday requested a review of his tax fraud trial head of a vote this week that will likely force him from parliament.