Italy Elections

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  Right-Wing Alliance Set To Win Majority In Italy, Exit Polls Suggest

  A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party looks set to win a majority in the next parliament, exit polls said on Sunday after voting ended in an Italian national election.

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  Giuseppe Conte Sworn In As Italian Prime Minister

  Giuseppe Conte was sworn in on Friday as Italy's prime minister, heading western Europe's first anti-establishment government bent on overhauling European Union rules on budgets and immigration.

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  Academic Survives Credentials Storm To Get Nod As Italian PM

  Giuseppe Conte, the law professor named as Italian prime minister on Wednesday after surviving accusations he inflated his academic credentials, must now prove he can lead the euro zone's third largest economy with no political experience.

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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.

• Italy government unveiled after two-month deadlock

  Italian centre-left politician Enrico Letta said on Saturday he had won support of other parties to form a coalition government that will include one of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's closest allies as deputy prime minister.

• Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi says Italy will get government on Saturday

  Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi says he thinks Italy will finally get a government Saturday, a broad coalition that brings his conservatives back in power.

• Italy tries again to get rivals to form government

  The center-left leader tasked by Italy's president to form a coalition government is holding talks with the bitterly opposed blocs in hopes of finding common ground on how to end the nation's political and economic crises.

• Italy centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani to resign

  Voting for a new Italian president headed towards a fifth round Saturday, after the political deadlock claimed another victim, with centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani saying he will step down.

• Italian lawmakers fail to elect new president

  Italian lawmakers failed today to elect a new president of the nation during a first round of voting.

• Rise of Italy's Beppe Grillo may threaten Silvio Berlusconi's media empire

  An alliance between Beppe Grillo's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and Italy's centre-left could pave the way for tough conflict of interest rules, forcing Silvio Berlusconi to choose between politics or his vast media empire.

• Italy parties seek way out of election stalemate

  Italy's stunned political parties searched for a way forward on Tuesday after an inconclusive election gave none of them a parliamentary majority and threatened prolonged instability and a renewal of the European financial crisis.

• Italy at impasse after vote, rattling markets

  Italy was at an impasse on Tuesday after an election seen as crucial for the eurozone failed to produce a clear winner and provided a shock debut for a populist anti-austerity party, rattling world markets.

• Split vote throws Italy into political gridlock

  Italy headed for gridlock and financial markets tumbled on Tuesday with a stalemate in parliament between right and left after critical elections in which the real winner might be a new protest party calling for a referendum on the euro.

• Protest votes increase uncertainty in Italy election

  Italy's parliamentary election drew to a close on Monday with a predicted surge in protest votes raising uncertainty over the chances it will result in a government strong and stable enough to fend off the danger of a new euro zone crisis.

• Gloomy Italians vote in election crucial for euro zone

  Italy voted on Sunday in one of the most unpredictable elections in years, with many voters expressing rage against a discredited elite and doubt that a government will emerge strong enough to combat a severe economic crisis.