Renzi: in a tight spot.
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The outcome of Italy’s referendum on constitutional reform could have significant consequences for financial markets and the future of the EU.
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A populist movement led by a comedian has come from nowhere to make life very difficult for the establishment.
Donald Trump eats dinner with Mitt Romney (right) and Reince Priebus.
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Two Italian scholars who fled fascism in the 1920s urgently warned that American democracy was vulnerable to the same gradual erosion as in Italy. Their message still rings true today.
Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will likely resign if the result of the referendum is a “no” vote.
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Even if Italy votes for changes that will make it easier for the government to pass economic reforms, the country’s economy will still be in trouble.
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The PM came to power as the anti-establishment candidate. Now he could be the next victim of populist ire.
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Silvio Berlusconi’s rise to power, hand in hand with his monopoly of mainstream media, made the Internet the favourite harbour for nonaligned audiences and dissident voices.
Troubled towers: the HQ in Frankfurt.
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If Berlin doesn’t apply divisive rules that inflict pain on savers, expect cries of double standards from southern Europe.
Syrians arrive at Fiumicino Airport in Rome in February.
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Safe passage for vulnerable refugees could help stop thousands from making a perilous journey across the Mediterranean.
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Italy is the latest in a line of countries with ageing populations trying to boost proceation through a ‘fertility day’.
Amatrice in central Italy was among the areas hit by a 6.2 earthquake that killed at least 252 people.
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There are already early warning systems for earthquakes, but advances in seismology provide hope that experts will be able to predict when new ones will occur.
Residents walk through rubble in central Italy.
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Central Italy has been hit by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake, only seven years after a similar devastating quake in the region.
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What should have been a debate about constitutional reform has turned into a battle for the premiership, thanks to a schoolboy error by the incumbent.
Italian migration to Australia is more temporary this time.
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Italians still want to migrate to Australia, but are encountering job exploitation.
Pleading with the EU: Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi.
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The Italian banking system is on the verge of a crisis. Direct state intervention is needed to solve the problem.
Austrian Freedom Party presidential candidate Norbert Hofer took the far right to the brink of victory in the recent election.
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Radical right populists are on the brink of power in Austria and making gains across the region. And the European leaders who once were willing to publicly condemn them are silent now.
The mountain village of Novara di Sizilia, Italy.
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When villages across Spain, Portugal and Italy are abandoned, the regions’ unique culture and heritage is lost, too.
European collaboration: great in theory, exclusionary in practice.
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The EU may claim it is “united in diversity” but the reality is very different.
Rouhani and Renzi meet in Rome.
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The most difficult aspect of trade in “post-sanctions” Tehran, is how to navigate the sanctions still in place.
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Researchers explain how tolerance in Turin’s Olympic village is helping refugees to help themselves.
Victoria Police had reportedly warned Joseph Acquaro, who was gunned down in Brunswick this week, that he was a target of mafia groups.
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Exactly what role does the mafia play in organised crime? And should Australian law enforcement agencies reassess their priorities?