ROME – In an embarrassing episode for Italy’s public broadcasting company RAI, a journalist’s interview with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad which RAI allegedly did not want to broadcast became a

 ROME – “The blue tsunami,” La Stampa labelled it, “collapse of the red wall” – the Italian media reaction to the UK election was dramatic reporting for a dramatic night.  Most papers agre

 TURIN – Two trams have collided in Turin, injuring 11 people, emergency services reported.  No one was severely hurt.

 FLORENCE – An earthquake tremor of magnitude 4.5 struck Tuscany early Monday morning, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) has recorded.  There were no immediate reports of

 ROME – UniCredit is planning to cut jobs in Italy and elsewhere as part of its 2020-2023 plan, business sources reported.

 ROME – The rector of the University of Siena has condemned allegedly pro-Hitler tweets by a professor who may now lose his job, Il Messaggero reported Tuesday.

 ROME – Alexander Yurievich Korshunov, accused of industrial espionage by an Ohio court, has been released from Poggioreale prison and is now under house arrest, Corriere della Sera report

 ROME – SOS Mediterranee is calling for “maritime authorities and a coalition of willing European States to urgently mobilise and facilitate the assignment of a Place of Safety to the Ocean Viking,

 ROME -- Under the current citizenship laws in Italy, the beginning of a domicile relationship with the streets of your city, is a state which starts at birth.

 ROME – Three hikers have been found dead in the Apennines, apparently killed by mountaineering accidents, local authorities report.

 VENICE – A vote to divide La Serenissima from the town of Mestre for administration has failed to reach the quorum that would make it valid, Italian media report.

 ROME – 19 far-right extremists who allegedly wanted to create a new Nazi party have been arrested, police sources said.

 FLORENCE – The Boboli Gardens and the Wilanów Palace Museum of Warsaw are working in partnership to look after and promote their historic citrus plant collections, The Florentine reported

 ROME – President of Italy Sergio Mattarella labelled violence against women a “public emergency” on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Monday.

 POTENZA – An earthquake in Albania has killed at least 13 people and wounded at least 600, authorities reported.

 ROME – Mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi’s latest attempt to deal with the Eternal City’s ongoing rubbish crisis is by transporting waste to Civitavecchia, sparking resistance from the town's own mayor

 VENICE – A protest against big cruise ships, MOSE and the mayor took place ahead of Tuesday’s council meeting to deal with the fallout of historic flooding in La Serenissima, local media reported.

 ROME – A viaduct on the Turin-Savona motorway collapsed after a landslide and a woman has drowned in Piedmont as the severe weather shows no sign of letting up, authorities report.

 LAMPEDUSA – Five bodies have been recovered after a boat carrying migrants was shipwrecked a mile off Lampedusa, authorities report.

 ROME – The organisers of the “sardines” movement have launched a manifesto calling for protests against populism, political sources report.