ROME - Giovanni Brusca, the mafia boss turned informant, has been released from prison after 25 years, causing great u

  ROME - On Wednesday, all of the most important Italian politicians and leaders gathered on the steps of the Vittoriano monument in Rome to celebrate the

  ROME - On his first official visit to Italy since he took office in March, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah met with Italian PM Mario Draghi and spoke at an Italy-Libya business forum at

  ROME - The Centre for Global Development has published a report on the Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA) measuring and comparing the performance of 49 countries and global agenci

  ROME - The Rome Savoyards, a non-profit theatrical organisation, have announced their upcoming show, 'Curtain Up!', by renowned writer Peter Quilter, 

  ROME - As many as 70 many more refugees have landed in Rome's Fiumicino from refugee camps in Ethiopia.

  ROME – Two cars fell into a sinkhole in the road after a large chasm opened on via Zenodossio in the Torpignattura district of the Eternal City.

  ROME - The Ministry of Health, ISS (Higher Institute of Health) and regional councils have this week come to an agreement about the measures to be put in place in the case of a region becoming a

  ROME - After a year of streaming and anxiety, live cinema is returning with the launch of a new film festival in Porto Turistico in Rome, Cinelido.

  ROME - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Union (EU) will provide 26.5 million euros worth of liquidity and debt relief to rural financial institutions to

  ROME - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi met with the parents of Giulio Regeni at Palazzo Chigi as he expressed his commitment to "hold further meetings" to fight for truth and justice for Rege

  ROME - Speaking at a primary school in Rome, Italian President Sergio Mattarella announced that he will not be running

  VATICAN CITY - The employees of the Holy See have signed an unprecedented petition protesting recent pay cuts legislated by Pope Francis

  ROME - On Wednesday morning the Senator for Life and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre paid a visit to the Community of Sant'Egidio to meet its founder, Andrea Riccardi, together with other member

  ROME - The latest Prime Ministerial decree has ruled that the curfew will move from 10 p.m.

  ROME - Car enthusiasts and Anglophiles gathered in the Italian capital for a two day event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type, the car which Enzo Ferrari called on its release

  ROME - Sunday’s Covid-19 figures of 5,573 new cases and 93 victims are Italy’s lowest since October, and these positive signs of improvement will no doubt motivate the loosening of restrictions a

  ROME - With just one round of fixtures remaining in this year’s Series A there is still a lot to be decided at the top

  ROME - At 9:30 a.m. on Monday morning 40 refugees arrived in Fiumicino from the Greek island of Lesbos.

  VATICAN CITY - Speaking after his weekly Angelus address from the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis on Sunday spoke to the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square condemnin

  ROME - Italian Covid-19 contagion numbers have continued their gradual decrease, with the R number this week dropping from 0.89 to 0.86 and cases now being at 96 per 100,000 people, compared to l

  ROME - The right wing party Fratelli d’Italia has, according to the latest polls, this week become Italy’s second most popular party, behind the League, with the 5 Star Movement (M5S) slipping to

  ROME - Elisabetta Belloni has become the first woman in charge of Italy’s Department of Information Security (DIS) after her nomination by Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

  ROME - Until now being a mafia apologist, unlike for terrorism, has never been a crime in Italy. ‘Neomelodico’ songs (songs in the traditional Italian style but with a modern twist) are often hea

  VATICAN CITY - The Catholic Church in Germany is in crisis.