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Italy's President Sergio Mattarella re-elected, easing crisis
Updated: 9.48pm Italy's parties Saturday voted overwhelmingly for outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to remain for another term, averting the political chaos a failure to elect his successor could have sparked in the eurozone's third-largest...
Vlahovic at Juventus for medical ahead of transfer
Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic arrived at Juventus for a medical Friday ahead of a much-anticipated winter break transfer to the Italian giants. An official announcement on the move from fellow Serie A club Fiorentina was expected later Friday. Often...
After days of deadlock, Italy speeds up presidential vote
Italian political leaders agreed Friday to speed up voting for the post of president after days of deadlock that has paralysed Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government. Four rounds of voting in parliament since Monday have failed to produce anything...
We are not angry enough – chapter 7
This is a story set in Malta and Europe in the near future. In the form of a letter from a mother to her daughter Maddy, it shows a family trying to navigate the crisis in the region caused by a rapidly warming climate. See previous chapters in the...
Italy again fails to elect president as parties buy time
The fourth round of Italy's presidential elections flopped before it began Thursday, with parties unwilling to risk a crisis by picking Prime Minister Mario Draghi, but unable to agree on an alternative candidate. The right-wing bloc abstained and the...
Italy eases border rules for EU arrivals
Italy will ease coronavirus restrictions for arrivals from the rest of the EU from February, with passengers required to show proof of vaccination, recent recovery or a negative test, but not quarantine. In December, as cases of the Omicron variant...
Italy says Omicron has peaked, cases in decline
Italy appears to have reached a peak in the number of Omicron infections, with cases of the highly contagious variant now on the decline, the country's Covid Emergency chief said Monday. "There is good news: it seems that we have reached the plateau of...
Dzeko strikes late to save Inter against Venezia
Edin Dzeko made sure that Inter would hold off their Serie A title rivals on Saturday with a last-gasp strike which gave the league leaders a 2-1 win over Venezia. The Bosnian’s first goal in nine matches in all competitions put the champions five...
Jeremy Menez's move to Ħamrun Spartans falls through, Guillaumier to stay put
Jeremy Menez will not be joining Ħamrun Spartans on an exchange loan deal that would have seen Matthew Guillaumier move to the Serie B side on the same terms, the Times of Malta can confirm. In the last few weeks, a report in the Italian media had said...
Juve in cup quarters with Samp win, Lazio to face Milan
Juventus made it through to the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup on Tuesday with a 4-1 win over managerless Sampdoria. Massimiliano Allegri’s side will take on either Sassuolo or Cagliari, who face each other on Wednesday, in the last eight after a...
Struggling Sampdoria fire coach D’Aversa
Roberto D’Aversa has been sacked as Sampdoria coach following a run of just one victory in their last eight matches, the Serie A side announced on Monday. According to Italian media Sampdoria will turn to 54-year-old Marco Giampolo, who coached them...
Dybala helps Juve to Udinese win as contract spat bubbles under
Paulo Dybala was on target as Juventus beat Covid-hit Udinese 2-0 on Sunday and appeared to send a message to the club over contract talks, while Ciro Immobile leads the scoring charts after his early double helped Lazio to a 3-0 win at rock-bottom...
Torino close in on Euro spots with Sampdoria win
Torino moved to within one point of Serie A’s European places on Saturday after coming from behind to win 2-1 at Sampdoria. Headers in each half from Wilfried Singo and Denis Praet moved Ivan Juric’s side up to 31 points, just behind Fiorentina, who...
'Caged lion' Sanchez strikes late to sink Juve and win Super Cup
Alexis Sanchez said he felt like a "caged lion" after his last-gasp striker won the Italian Super Cup for Inter Milan in Wednesday's dramatic 2-1 extra-time triumph over old rivals Juventus. With penalties looming at the San Siro Sanchez poked home...
Ten years on, survivors haunted by Italy cruise ship disaster
On the evening of January 13, 2012, Umberto Trotti heard the terrified cries of his wife and baby in the lifeboat below, and threw himself off the capsizing Italian cruise ship. The Costa Concordia, a vast, luxury liner, had run aground off Italy's...
David Sassoli: from TV journalist to EU parliament chief
European Parliament President David Sassoli, who died Tuesday at the age of 65, was a former television journalist who turned to politics a decade earlier as a centre-left MEP. Elected in 2019 as president, a role similar to that of speaker in a...
Knee injury puts Chiesa’s season at risk, out of World Cup playoffs
Federico Chiesa’s season is almost certainly over after Juventus announced on Monday the Italy forward suffered a left knee ligament injury during his team’s thrilling win over Roma. Chiesa limped off the Stadio Olimpico pitch in the first half of...
Italy star Insigne inks four-year MLS deal with Toronto
Italy international Lorenzo Insigne has signed a four-year deal to join Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC from Napoli on July 1, the Canadian club announced Saturday. The 30-year-old forward and Napoli captain will move in the middle of the MLS season...
Arsenal loan Maitland-Niles to Mourinho’s Roma
England international Ainsley Maitland-Niles has gone on loan to Roma from Arsenal until the end of the season in a bid for more first-team action, the Italian league’s website announced. The 24-year-old has found game time at Arsenal hard to come by...
Juve draw hits Napoli's title hopes, Serie A in Covid chaos
Napoli were on Thursday held to a 1-1 draw by Juventus which left them lagging behind in the Serie A title race, on a day in which the dominant topic was the coronavirus cloud hanging over the league. Dries Mertens opened the scoring in the 23rd minute...
Verona announce 10 COVID-19 cases among players, staff
Verona said on Tuesday that they had 10 new Covid-19 cases in their playing squad and coaching staff, two days before they resume their Serie A campaign. In a statement Verona said eight players had caught the virus ahead of their trip to Spezia on...
Does Draghi stay or go? Italy readies for new president
Italy's parliament will start voting on January 24 for a new president, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi widely expected to take over despite the risk of destabilising the country's post-pandemic recovery. Sergio Mattarella is stepping down on February...