Rightist Elected as Rome Mayor
OTB News (Free subscription) | 30/04/2008
Gianni Alemanno’s surprising victory over Francesco Rutelli brings about the first rightist mayor since World War II Share This
OTB News (Free subscription) | 30/04/2008
Gianni Alemanno’s surprising victory over Francesco Rutelli brings about the first rightist mayor since World War II Share This
Time (Free subscription) | 29/04/2008
Gianni Alemanno's surprising victory over Francesco Rutelli brings about the first rightist mayor since World War II
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 29/04/2008
Center-right solidifies gains in Italy (Elisabetta Povoledo, April 28, 2008, IHT) Promising to crack down on crime, the center-right candidate Gianni Alemanno, who ran with the conservative People of Freedom party, defeated Francesco Rutelli, who had served as mayor of the capital from 1993 to 2001. Alemanno won a comfortable majority with nearly 54 percent of the vote. He will be the first rightist...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 28/04/2008
Gianni Alemanno is set to become the first rightist mayor of Rome since World War II after Francesco Rutelli, the center-left candidate, conceded defeat.
France24 (Free subscription) | 28/04/2008
For the first time in 15 years, Rome has shifted to the right in favour of a former neo-fascist. Italian voter preferred Gianni Alemanno to his rival, Francesco Rutelli, in a humiliating defeat for the city's left-wing bloc.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 28/04/2008
Rome - Polls closed on Monday afternoon in Rome for the second and last day of the Italian capital's mayoral elections - a run-off between centre-left candidate Francesco Rutelli and his centre-right rival, Gianni Alemanno. Some 61 per cent of the mo...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 28/04/2008
Rome - Polls re-opened Monday morning in Rome for the second and last day of the Italian capital's mayoral elections - a runoff between centre-left candidate Francesco Rutelli and his centre-right rival, Gianni Alemanno. Polls opened at 0500 GMT and ...