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Premier Matteo Renzi on Monday reiterated he won't play should a 'No' vote prevail on a December 4 referendum on his constitutional reform law. "Should things not work out, I won't stay in the game," he said in a live Facebook chat.

Turin International Book Fair Director Nicola Lagioia announced its leadership team for the 30th edition of the festival, scheduled for May 18-22, during a presentation of the 2017 fair at the city's Palazzo Madama on Monday.

Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said Thursday that Bob Dylan's decision not to attend the awards ceremony after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature was "a bit conceited".

Prominent Turkish fiction writer Elif Shafak inaugurated the BookCity book fair Thursday in Milan. Turkey is "sliding backwards fast", the author told ANSA ahead of the opening.

Premier Matteo Renzi said Wednesday that southern Italy will next year benefit from breaks in social-security contributions for newly hired workers like those that accompanied the first year of his government's Jobs Act labour reform.

An exhibition exploring the evolution of Caravaggio's still life painting opened at Rome's Borghese Gallery on Wednesday.

Italy has garnered eight three-starred restaurants in Michelin's 2017 guide, 41 two-starred ones and 294 one-starred ones.

Italian jazz-soul vocalist Mario Biondi has released a new album containing his hits of the past 10 years plus seven new songs.

Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti said Tuesday that she was willing to agree to Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala's request to station more soldiers there to beef up the security presence in the northern city.

Italy’s Senate has approved a Bill to battle the country’s food waste and hunger. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, the food currently wasted in Europe could feed 200 million people. Italy alone wastes 5.1 million tons of food annually, which cost Italians US$15 billion every year.

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