http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us The anti-establishment Five Star movement on Wednesday launched an online vote by members on whether to expel a senator who criticised its founder, Beppe Grillo, a former comic. "Senator Adele Gambaro has made harmful statements about the Five Star Movement... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14832665-italy-dissident-faces-expulsion-by-grillos-five-star-movement political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:09:02 -0700 Police on Wednesday in southern Italy arrested 15 Russian and Georgian mafia suspects who face charges of murder, theft, extortion, money laundering, corruption and forgery of documents. The anti-mafia swoop in the city of Bari in Italy's Puglia region followed... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14831873-italy-police-arrest-russians-and-georgians-in-international-mafia-bust political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:26:59 -0700 Francis has given a 17-year-old boy with Down's Syndrome the ride of his life sort of. AP) Pope Francis has given a 17-year-old boy with Down Syndrome the ride of his life sort of. Francis invited Alberto di Tullio up... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14832713-pope-invites-down-syndrome-teen-on-car-for-a-spin political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:16:43 -0700 The lawyer for the woman accused of tossing a cup of juice at Mayor Rob Ford last weekend said Tuesday they will vigorously defend the charge. Slushie, at the Taste of Little Italy festival Saturday afternoon...Shannon Everett is a young... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14832518-lawyer-for-woman-in-alleged-rob-ford-juice-incident-will-vigorously-defend-her-client political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:39:14 -0700 To the inexperienced eye, all appearances would seem to indicate that the Italian political scene normally rather colourful and volatile has quieted down to a considerable extent, to the point of having now become rather humdrum, devoid of general interest. noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14831401-all-quiet-on-the-italian-front political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:39:52 -0700 Police on Wednesday ran checks on documents at the Sicilian regional assembly after arresting 17 people earlier in the day, including two former executive councillors, as part of a corruption probe. The arrested people are suspected of corruption and illegal... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14833004-police-arrest-sicilian-politicians-check-regional-assembly political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:16:29 -0700 The Italian Senate unanimously approved the 2011 Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence on Wednesday. Before the vote, which makes the measure that passed in the Lower House on June 4 operative, MPs paused... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14832807-italian-senate-approves-istanbul-convention-unanimously political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:42:57 -0700 Police arrested 28 people, including a city councilor, and seized 40 million euros in assets Wednesday during a major operation against a clan of the 'Ndrangheta mafia with fingers in everything from running cafes to owing a soccer club to... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14832808-pdl-councillor-arrested-in-major-ndrangheta-operation political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:42:57 -0700 Ambulance drivers called to the San Basilio neighborhood of Rome were attacked on two different occasions Tuesday, making it the third aggression against emergency workers in the last two weeks, police said Wednesday. Tuesday evening a crowd swarmed the driver... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14832503-three-attacks-on-rome-ambulance-drivers-in-two-weeks political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:36:37 -0700 Ex-anti-mafia prosecutor Antonio Ingroia chose to stop working as a State attorney but will not resign, his boss, the chief prosecutor in the northwestern city of Aosta, Marilinda Meneccia, said on Wednesday. The decision effectively suspends him from the post... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14832500-ingroia-opts-to-leave-but-not-resign-from-magistrature political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:36:32 -0700 A general in Italy's finance police and a construction businessman were indicted Wednesday for alleged corruption related to building contracts for the venue of the 2009 Group of Eight summit. Diego Anemone, owner of the Anemone construction group, is accused... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14832497-finance-police-general-builder-indicted-for-g8-fraud political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:36:31 -0700 Each day 134 shops, restaurants and bars close in recession-hit Italy, retail association Confesercenti said on Wednesday. Confesercenti, which represents small and medium-sized businesses in the retail and tourism sectors, said 224,000 enterprises had closed their shutters since the start... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14832495-crisis-is-closing-134-retail-outlets-a-day-in-italy political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:36:29 -0700 A delegation of Northern League parliamentarians on Wednesday travelled to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa for a surprise inspection of an immigrant holding centre. ''After the many landings of illegal immigrants yesterday and this morning we want to check... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14832490-northern-league-delegation-visits-crammed-immigrant-centre political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:36:22 -0700 Italian Economy Undersecretary Pier Paolo Baretta said Wednesday that the country needed to prioritize its list of desired measures and tax breaks since "all of them won't fit". The coalition left-right government of Premier Enrico Letta is currently divided over... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14831713-tax-breaks-employment-aid-wont-all-fit-says-baretta political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:54:18 -0700 A leading figure in Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PdL) party said Wednesday that all of their MPs would resign if the ex-premier were to be banned from holding public office. "The resignations of all PdL MPs (will be the... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14831545-berlusconi-mps-will-resign-if-expm-banned-from-office political-news Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:03:57 -0700