ROME - Mediatrends America hosted the ‘Climate Change and Energy in South America’ conference on Friday where the Food and Agriculture Organisation presented the troubling recently-published stati

 ROME - On Thursday the Campidoglio was filled with colourful exercise mats, ice

ROME – After eight long years, respected Foreign Press journalist and IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) correspondent Hamid Masoumi Nejad finally has been acquitted in a trial against se

ROME – LGBTQ issues, gender, migration, corruption, disabilities and drug trafficking will be some of the topics discussed at the Synod of Bishops scheduled for October, officials confirmed.

ROME – According to recent opinion polls, the League’s popularity has outstripped that of the Five Star Movement (M5S).

ROME – Equestrian champion Consuelo Palmerini has died after throwing herself off the Cassia bis viaduct, located between the Prima Porta junction and Castel de Ceveri, officials confirm.

 ROME - On Tuesday, locals, refugees and journalists alike were invited to the Caritas canteen on Via Marsala to take part in the ‘Share the Journey’ campaign.

ROME – The Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC) recently hosted the presentation of Fabrizio Ciocca’s book “Musulmani in Italia.

ROME – Roberto Spada, a clan member who head-butted a journalist in the seaside town of Ostia, received a six-year jail term for his brutal attack in November, officials said.

VATICAN CITY – During a mass at Santa Marta, Pope Francis spoke about the root of dictatorships, a reflection that some observers felt was directed at the Trump administration.

MILAN – On Monday, League leader and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini announced his intention to hold a special sort of “census" of the Roma population in Italy.

ROME - At the award ceremony of the 58th edition of the Globo d'Oro, conferred by the Foreign Press Association at the marvellous Villa Medici, home to the French Academy, the Grand Prize was award

ROME – In honour of Queen Elizabeth’s 92^nd birthday, British ambassador to Italy Jill Morris welcomed 2,000 guests to her residence at Villa Wolkonsky on Thursday night for a dazzling ex

VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Leonard Burke has asked for the Italian bishops’ daily, the Avvenire, to issue a public apology for publishing an article that deeply offended him, officials say.

ROME - The corruption scandal concerning the construction of a new football stadium in the Eternal City has widened to include the governing League party and anti-establishment Five Star Movement. 

ROME - On Thursday, Pope Francis spoke out against the Italian government’s decision to close Italy’s ports to migrants, appealing to the Italian people to not stand by in this violation of basic h

ROME – The court case against British editor John Phillips, accused of defaming the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), has been adjourned once again until Jan 15, 2019.

ROME – On Thursday, 12 dead bodies were thrown overboard an American Navy ship off the coast of Libya, in lack of a safe port to dock at after Italy closed its borders to migrants.

ROME - Salvini has responded staunchily to the French government’s criticism of his decision to close Italy’s ports to the Aquarius rescue boat on Sunday, causing tension between the two countries.

ROME – Traffic police in the Italian capital fasten their seatbelts for rigorous medical inspections by military doctors, officials said on Tuesday, with hundreds having cited smog, stress and stra

ROME – A Nigerian national claiming to be an American missionary priest has been arrested at Fiumicino airport for carrying three kilos of heroin in his bag, authorities confirmed on Saturday.

ROME - When does a person acquire a new identity? Some say it is when, in your dreams, you use the language of your new country.