Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni suffered election setbacks in two regions as the opposition Democratic party won a tight race in the central Umbria region and deepened its control of the traditional left-leaning stronghold of Emilia-Romagna.

Italy’s center-left won back the central Italian region of Umbria in local elections in a blow for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s coalition. The center-left candidate Stefania Proietti, an engineer and current mayor of Assisi, won over the right-wing ...

Italy's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and its disparate allies kept control of the wealthy northern region of Emilia-Romagna and eyed a possible upset in neighbouring Umbria, results from local elections showed on Monday.