LATINA - The Italian MEP Matteo Adinolfi has been placed under investigation for allegedly buying electoral votes from the mafia, in a police inquiry that has also seen the arrest of a businessma

  ROME - The Rome Diving Squad of the Vigili del Fuoco have begun a scan of the bottom of Lake Bracciano using side-scan sonar, ten days after the disappearance of 22-year-old Dutch tourist Samuel

 ROME - On July 30 at the Ettore Scola Theatre of the Casa del Cinema in Rome, will be held the eleventh edition of the award of the Pellicola d’Ora film awards, “given to the masters and craftsmen

  ROME - The 75th edition of the Strega Prize, Italy’s most prestigious literary award, has been awarded to the Italian writer Emanuele Trevi, for his novel Due Vite (Two Lives).

 ROME - With Delta variant cases rising around Europe, most notably in the UK, Italian authorities have begun to worry about how well the country is prepared to face the summer influx of tourism, w

  ROME - With Pope Francis still recovering in hospital following his colon surgery on Sunday, and no definitive release date given, it still remains to be seen if he will be able to continue his w

  ROME - Raffaella Carrà, the Italian singer, actor, dancer and TV host has died aged 78. Her partner Sergio Japino announced her death, from an undisclosed illne

  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis was said to be in a comfortable position but will remain under medical observation for at least seven days at the Policlinico Gemelli in Rome after undergoing a schedu

  ROME - The Community of Sant'Egidio, the lay Christian organisation, has launched an appeal to all citizens to help the elderly struggling through the heatwave sweeping Europe.

  ROME - Enrico Michetti, the centre-right candidate for Mayor of Rome, has caused much furore over his allegedly bogus academic credentials the run up to the 2021 mayoral elections, reports Il

ROME - The PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, have sent a letter to the mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, and to Sabrina Alfonsi, president of the municipality of Trastevere, Rome, ask

  ROME - the government has given the 'go-ahead' to allowing disco-goers to return to the dance floor.

  ROME - After the Vatican’s controversial note to the Italian government on Tuesday requesting modifications to the proposed new law

  ROME - As many as 20 foreign lecturers working in Italy are to be paid arrears on unpaid wages totalling 5 million euros as the first step by universities to compensate for the historic poor trea

  VATICAN CITY - In an unprecedented move, the Holy See has lodged a formal diplomatic protest against new laws proposed

ROME - Pope Francis has been thanked for “giving hope” after meeting a group of inmates from the maximum security Rebibbia prison. 

ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned that famine – already present in four countries – could become a reality for millions of people around the world, without urgent funding

  ROME - The Italian government have failed to act on the year given to them by the Constitutional Court to provide a ne

  ROME - With the number of coronavirus cases in Britain once again growing exponentially, Italy have imposed a five day quarantine period on all Brits coming into the country, even the vaccinated,

  VATICAN CITY – The President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, was on Friday received by Pope Francis in a private audience in the Apostolic Palace.

 ROME - The Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) has published a report showing that poverty in Italy has increased in the last year, with 5.6 million Italians currently classed as livi