ROME – The editor of the Italian Insider  John Phillips was convicted Friday on charges of besmirching the image of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), but was cleared of cha

ROME – The editor of the Italian Insider was found guilty at the Rome Tribunal Friday of criminal libel against the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), but was cleared of charges relating

ROME – The Catholic community of Sant’Egidio, an international lay organisation based in Rome, has organised parties to keep Rome’s prisoners from loneliness and isolation over the summer months, t

ROME – The row over alleged plans to use Russian oil money to finance the League as part of a secret and illegal deal with the Kremlin has been reignited after Buzzfeed News published a transcript

ROME – The League’s Alessandra Locatelli has been made Family and Disabilities Minister, replacing Lorenzo Fontana who is the new Europe Minister, according to government sources.

Wild weather has hit the Adriatic coast, forcing locals and tourists on Tortoreto Lido beach, in the province of Teramo in Abruzzo, to run for cover dodging flying umbrellas and other objects.

BARI – The former Council of State judge Francesco Bellomo as a cautionary measure has been placed under house arrest for alleged maltreatment and extortion of some of his female students, on whom

ROME – From open-air museum to open-air tip, the Eternal City produces more garbage than it can cope with.

ROME – President Vladimir Putin managed to squeeze in a catch up with long-time friend and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on his lightning trip to Rome but his desire to take home a relic

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.