ROME – Amid scores of concerned British citizens following the UK’s planned break from the EU, Ambassador to Italy Jill Morris made assurances that a smooth transition was "top of the agenda" whils

ROME – The French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, whose role as leader of interreligious dialogue built crucial bridges between the Church and Islam, died after a long fight with Parkinson’s disease, t

ROME - Italian paparazzi photographer Rino Barillari hospitalised after a pothole road accident, for which he is now asking the city for damages, he revealed in a Messaggero interview on Monday.

ROME – Carlo Vanzina, a successful director who throughout his career gave a witty glimpse into the workings of Italian society, has died at his home in Rome.

ROME – Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini claimed Monday he plans to close ports to international military ships rescuing migrants, but the Italian defence ministry told him that cooperation

ROME - A ‘close associate’ of Messina Denaro has been arrested in Trapani on Friday, a businessman who had a ‘privileged relationship’ with the fugitive.

ROME – Police in Calabria have arrested three men on charges of shooting and killing a 'Ndranghetà moll, Fortunata Fortugno, killed during car sex whilst being used as a human shield by her lover D

SIENA – Elias Manucci, a jockey from the Chicciola District in Siena, is in a grave condition after being thrown from his horse during the Palio race, doctors said Thursday.

ROME – The arrest of a British art dealer on Wednesday is linked to an international criminal gang network, involving the theft of Sicilian treasures worth over 40 million euros in an investigation

ROME - The Five Star Movement has introduced bee hives across Rome in a bid to monitor the air quality in the city.

ROME – Monks in the historic Monte Cassino have signed a contract with Peroni to launch the abbey as an up-and-coming beer producer of a powerful brew named after their founder St. Benedict.

ROME - A 25-year-old case concerning the murders in Somalia of TG3 journalist Ilaria Alpi and her cameraman colleague Miran Hrovatin has been extended once again by the investigating judge on accou

 ROME - Six policemen and an em

 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.