The referendum result in Italy, which comes after Donald Trump's election last month and the Brexit referendum in June, could now potentially trigger a further bout of political and economic turmoil not just in Italy, but across Europe too, argues Andrew Hammond.

The fear is that if we are to vote a majority yes today ... we could end up with a mere child in the Áras, writes Alison O’ Connor

Far-right and Eurosceptic parties have made sweeping gains in European Parliament elections, triggering what one prime minister called a political "earthquake" by those seeking to slash the EU's powers or abolish it altogether.

Shock new Swiss laws that target immigration are a cause for concern, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Romans went to the polls yesterday to elect a mayor of Italy’s capital in a vote which could have repercussions for the fragile national government of prime minister Enrico Letta.

Silvio Berlusconi yesterday repeated a demand to be included in any Italian government, but there was no sign his centre-left rival would renege on a promise not to ally with the tycoon to avoid political stalemate.

Italian politicians today elected centre-left leaders for both chambers of Parliament, paving the way for difficult talks to form a new government to get started.

Italy’s newly elected Parliament was heading toward political gridlock as it meets for the first time after inconclusive elections gave no party a clear victory.

The leader of the Five-Star Movement has said he wants an online vote on Italy’s membership of the euro, in an interview with a German magazine published yesterday.

The incredible rise of Beppe Grillo’s Five-Star Movement in Italy has left the markets in turmoil.

HIS colour is canary yellow. Not red, not blue, not green. That’s the first thing that hits you when you log on to beppegrillo.it.

A centre-left group of parties appears to have the best chance at forming a coalition government in Italy after an inconclusive national election, but the challenge is steep and comes amid public anger over austerity measures.

Italy’s cost of borrowing surged yesterday as investors dumped the country’s bonds in the wake of the general election.

Italian elections showed, once again, that Italy is a political mess.

Italy has emerged from elections with no clear winner, driving markets around the world markedly lower as investors worried that one of Europe’s biggest economies would be unable to stay the course on austerity measures.

Italy faced political paralysis today as near-complete election results showed no clear winner and raised the possibility of a hung parliament.

Italy's crucial elections appear to be heading toward deadlock, according to initial results.

Exit polls show Pier Luigi Bersani’s centre-left coalition leading in an Italian election that is testing the country’s resolve to maintain painful economic reforms.

Italians are voting for a second day in a national election which will determine if they are prepared to stay the course of painful economic reform or send a message of discontinuity to the political class that led the country to the brink of disaster by rallying around a protest party.

Italy is going to the polls today and tomorrow for a watershed parliamentary election that could shape the future of one of Europe’s biggest economies.

The great Italian caricaturist Altan had a cartoon on the front of La Repubblica in recent days, in which an Italian is sinking below the waves, shouting: “I’m drowning!” On the beach, a fat man whose swimsuit sports the German national colours, says: “Zat is how you learn, zpendthrift!”

Conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi tonight won a decisive victory in Italy’s parliamentary elections – a remarkable return to power for the billionaire media mogul.