ROME - The Italian government has banned a ship that has rescued 54 migrants from a rubber dinghy in distress 12 miles off the coast of Lampedusa, from approaching the island.

ROME – President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Rome, landing at Fiumicino airport at 12.58 on Thursday. Welcoming the Kremlin Leader at the airport were Italian a

ROME – Italy has experienced population decline for the first time in 90 years and, according to a new report, two factors are to blame: fewer women having babies and more Italians abandoning their

ROME – It is said that Vladamir Putin does not eat any food that has not been carefully checked. Not just to verify quality but also to make sure it has not been poisoned.

ROME – UN Refugee Agency UNHCR is appealing to Eritrea not to close the Umkulu refugee camp after hundreds of refugees left the site in recent weeks, amidst reports that local authorities had asked

ROME – A Naples Tribunal judge is among five suspects arrested in Rome for crimes relating to corruption, in a police investigation that has uncovered links to the Camorra Mafia clan. 

ROME – The Brazilian Director General of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Jose Graziano da Silva, is set to visit Cuba from June 29 to July 1, according to a press release from the

ROME – Cardinal Raymond Burke has severed ties with his once-ally, former White House adviser Steve Bannon, and his institute designed to train future populist leaders.

ROME – The Repubblica metro station finally reopened Wednesday afternoon.

ROME – The rangers of the Circeo National Park were left mysterious and threatening signals, including petrol canisters and a letter, in what appears to be a targeted warning, reports La Repubb

ROME – Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has blamed the dean of La Sapienza University for the death of one of its students at an illegal rave.

ROME – Massimo Galioto, accused of the 2016 murder of 19-year-old American student Beau Solomon, has been acquitted, reported Ansa.

ROME – Pope Francis strongly condemned the physical and moral state of the Eternal City before a congregation at Casal Bertone on Sunday, reported La Repubblica.

ROME – A student from the prestigious University of Sapienza was killed after accidentally cutting a major artery while climbing over a gate into an unauthorised rave, reported Il Messaggero

ROME – An earthquake tremor during the night which registered 3.7 on the Richter scale caused some in Rome to panic with memories of past quakes.

ROME – A 35-year-old man who has been arrested by local police sheds revealing light on a prostitution racket just outside the capital.

 ROME – Some 11 days after an explosion at the town hall, the brave mayor of Rocca di Papa, the small town in the Alban Hills, has died.

ROME - The President of Cinema America’s ex-girlfriend has been threatened and told to keep her former partner quiet following the publicity surrounding the physical assault on four young members o

ROME - David Kirvalidze told the Italian Insider Wednesday about his campaign to become the next Director General of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

ROME - Four men thought to have links to far-right groups in the Eternal City have been detained in connection with the physical assault of a small group of 20-year-old men who were returning home

ROME – World renowned writer Andrea Camilleri remains on a life-support machine at the Santo Spirito hospital after a heart-attack Monday morning, according to hospital sources.

ROME - Some 2,000 people last night celebrated Queen Elizabeth II’s 92nd birthday at a colourful event inaugurating the Eternal City’s high summer season in the V

ROME - AS Roma’s aspirations of moving into a new stadium have hit yet another road block as discussions with local government officials about transportation links to its proposed Tor di Valle loca

ROME - The Rome Savoyards drew an impressive season of theatre and entertainment to a close with a rip-roaring interpretation of Rick Abbot’s “Play On!”, a farcical take on the amateurish realms of

ROME - English stage, screen and television actress Vanessa Redgrave is set to receive a Globo d’Oro for a glittering career that spans over 60 years when judges from the Rome Foreign Press Associa