ROME—One day before a Senate meeting that could end his career, Italy's top appeals court has ordered the family holding company of former prime minster Silvio Berlusconi to pay € 494m ($659m) in

HELSINKI -- "The Italian media at a crossroads: evolution or agony" was the theme of a lecture in English in Helsinki, Finland, delivered by correspondent for about 25 years in the foreign press fr

ROME-- In the first six months of 2013, passenger numbers of the Association of European Airlines’ (AEA) members increased by 2.9 million, a growth of 1.7% compared to last year.

 LONDON -- With gold tumbling almost 30 percent in 2013, analysts on London trading floors and managers running mines in Johannesburg, are asking, “How low can it go?”

 ROME-- Protection of consumer rights still varies greatly between EU countries.

 ROME--The 2013 Global Innovation Index (GII) has been released, revealing that the United States has rejoined the five most innovative nations and the United Kingdom has moved up to the third spot

ROME – Gelato enthusiasts who go for outlandish flavours like Kinder Bueno or Gorgonzola might be initially disappointed on entering Hedera, for its selection is small and traditional.

ROME – Internet giants Facebook and Amazon took advantage of tax loopholes by paying a total of just 1.2 million euros in Italian tax last year, the newspaper Il Messaggero reports.

ROME – Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera has been found guilty of receiving stolen information in a high-profile case of industrial espionage involving Telecom Italia.

ROME- The development of more environmentally friendly ship engines and power plants will receive a further boost thanks to the fourth loan agreement between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and

ROME – Tax police have arrested members of the Ligresti family, former majority owners of the insurance company Fondiaria-SAI, on charges of false accounting and market manipulation.

ROME--Global chemicals company Kemira, is buying privately owned Italian 3F Chimica SpA in an 85 million Euro deal hoping to strengthen its position in the applications of paper, oil and gas, minin

ROME--The 570 million euro finance contract signed on July 8th  in Rome between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Terna, Italy’s power grid management company, is focused on investment in sout

Medium and long-term finance of 661 million euros are to be provided for Italian business by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Intesa Sanpaolo Group.

ROME – Prosecutors in Florence are investigating claims that Selex Elsag, owned by the Italian colossus Finmeccanica, provided the Assad government with a sophisticated system of communications.

ROME- Emirates, one of the fast growing airlines in the world, has appointed Fabio Lazzerini as Country Manager in Rome, Italy as from July the 1st 2013.