ROME - Equilibrio Festival 2019, entitled Northern Lights in Rome, Aurora Borealis, (Revontuli in Finnish) dedicated to north-European countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) is th

ROME - “The trade war, political uncertainty in Europe and tighter financial conditions are hurting economic development, and we have downgraded expectations for growth in the world economy this ye

ROME – The state-controlled railway system Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) has announced it will enter negotiations with Easyjet and Delta Air Lines to work out a rescue plan for financially under pressu

ROME – The financing agreement for a 101 million dollar project that aims to improve the living conditions and climate resilience of rural populations in five provinces of Burundi was signed Wednes

STRASBOURG – Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has been branded a “puppet” by MEP Guy Verhofstadt in the European Parliament, drawing fierce rebuke from members of the Italian government.

DUBAI - Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai and United Arab Emirates (UAE) country expert witness, has pledged to help Hind Al-Bolooki, who fled the UAE after domestic abuse, secure freedom fr

STRASBOURG - The freedom of the press and the safety of reporters in Italy have “clearly” deteriorated in the last year, announced a report from The Council of Europe, an organisation outside the E

ROME - Gabriele Micalizzi, a 34-year-old Italian photojournalist who was wounded Monday by the splinters of a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in the Eastern area of Syria, Deir ez-Zor, has lost his

ROME - The the current net economic value of the controversial TAV Turin-Lyon high-speed rail link has a negative cost-benefit balance of some seven to eight billion euros, according to a much-awai

ROME - Croatia and Slovenia challenged Tuesday the “revisionist” comments made by the Italian President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the

ROME - Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipilä set customer orientation of services as one of the strategic objectives of his Governmental Programme.

ROME - Throughout the course of history, religion has often been used to mark divisions and incite violent actions.

ROME – France has recalled its ambassador to Italy, Christian Masset, in light of “groundless, unprecedented attacks by Italy,” the French Foreign Ministry has announced.

ROME – The Jesuit priest Father Paolo Dall’Oglio, kidnapped by ISIS in 2013 in Syria, "may still be alive," senior Kurdish officials reported to the British daily The Times.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis heralded Wednesday his historic trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a "new page" in the story of Christianity and Islam.

ROME – The European Union has warned Italy that it risks losing or having to repay euros 1.2 billion of European funding if it renounces the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail linkknown as TAV.

ABU DHABI – On the last morning of his historic visit to the United Arab Emirates, Pope Francis addressed over 100,000 Catholics from around the world in the Zayed Sports City stadium.

ROME - More than 4,000 people from all over the world have written to urge Italy to keep its embassy in Syria closed after Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi said that the government wa

CARACAS - Juan Guaidó, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly and self-proclaimed head of government appealed to Italy to support Venezuelans seeking change in their country.