ROME – On Wednesday police arrested Salvatore Mariano, 23, on charges of sexual violence and harassment, after victims emerged online with claims that he had stalked and molested them, reports 

VATICAN CITY – On Wed 21 Pope Francis gave a speech that was scathing of those who defend "closed ports", according to Il Giornale.

 ROME – The temporary ban on diesel cars has proved ineffective in countering the Italian capital’s smog emergency as particulate levels remain high across the city.

MILAN – The Court of Appeal in Milan announced its decision on Wednesday to fully uphold the appeal of Saipem, an engineering company with Eni as the first shareh

ROME – The Antitrust Authority fines Eni 5 million for the misleading advertising of EniDiesel+, as Rome city extends Diesel ban by two days, official sources say.

 ROME – Hundreds of thousands of cars were forbidden from driving in the Eternal City Tuesday as drastic measures are taken against smog, local authorities report.

 ROME – The political leaders of South Sudan have committed to a ten-point plan on the peace process for the country, presented at Rome’s Sant’Egidio Community on Monday.

 ROME – The Eternal City’s eternal rubbish problem is again causing sharp political debate as mayor Virginia Raggi pushes forward with an unpopular solution.

 ROME – Transparent workshops host the six sculptures that made it to the final round of the art contest organised by Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) for the 500th anniversary of the death of Da Vinci.

 ROME – Italy’s government was looking increasingly shaky as politicians of ruling-coalition party the Five Star Movement resigned, defected or were expelled from the party, political sources repor

 ROME – A pragmatic approach making use of local powers and groups with practical influence in the area is essential to bringing about an end to conflict in Syria, Russian diplomat Marija Chodynska

 ROME – A meeting between Kuwaiti and Italian delegations recently took place in the Italian capital ahead of the Kuwait-Italy Expo 2020, the first Expo dedicated to small and medium Italian busine

 ROME – The Sardines look set to continue as a protest movement, issuing a new statement summarising their aims after a protest in Rome drew 100,000 people according to the organisers.

 ROME – Caravaggio may be the highlight, but there is far more to appreciate and discover in Palazzo Barberini’s new display of sixteenth and seventeenth-century art.

 ROME – Schools, public parks, cemeteries and historic villas were closed in the Eternal City as a result of bad weather Friday, local authorities said.

 ROME – Early twentieth-century photographs preserved on glass plates provide a unique window into Bulgarian daily life of the period in the Museo di Roma in Trastevere’s new exhibition, “Bulgaria

 ROME – The Italian Prime Minister has apparently cancelled a lunch meeting with Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat that was due to be held Friday in Rome, The Malta Independent reported

 ROME – Spelacchio has returned to the Eternal City.

 ROME – A private sale of clothes and accessories designed by Dame Vivienne Westwood was held at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Rome Wednesday to Saturday, with some proceeds going to the ch

 ROME – The prime minister’s apartment in Palazzo Chigi has benefited from 23,000 euros’ worth of improvements, paid for with public money and possibly motivated by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s

 ROME – An exhibition on Italian architect Gio Ponti opened Wednesday at MAXXI with a fascinating display of plans, drawings, magazines and architectural models.