ROME -- Trenitalia bought all shares of the private company National Express Essex Thameside (NXET) for around 70 million pounds, business sources said Thursday.

 ROME -- The Italian embassy reopened in Libya in an attempt by Italian PM Gentiloni’s government to stabilize the country and collaborate against human trafficking, the Prime Minister said Tuesday

 ROME -- CEO of the Italian multinational oil and gas company ENI Claudio Descalzi met Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in Cairo, despite Italy-Egypt hostilities related to the Giulio Regeni

 ROME -- The year 2016 showed Italy to be in deflation for the first time since 1959, despite prices in other European countries rising, an ISTAT survey revealed Thursday.

 FLORENCE -- After signing the twinning agreement between Florence and Reims 62 years ago, the connection between the cities is reinforced with another link share

 MILAN -- Tirana City Council approved a General Local Plan designed by the Italian architectural firm Stefano Boeri Architetti (SBA), together with UNLAB and IND

 ROME -- The consumer protection pressure group Codacons appealed Wednesday to the Lazio Administrative Court to suspend the opening of a McDonald’s near St Peter's Square in the Eternal City, Coda

 ROME -- With the new Stability Act of 2017, the voluntary disclosure “bis” 2017 has been re-opened - a tool available for taxpayers wishing to come into compliance with the Italian tax authorities

 ROME -- French multinational mass media conglomerate Vivendi took 12 percent in shares of media mogul Silvio Berlusconi's television empire Mediaset, and still aims for 20, causing a direct clash

 ROME -- Former MP for the People of Freedom party, Amedeo Laboccetta, is among those arrested in the Italian capital under the investigation into

 ROME -- The Istituto Affari Internazionali (International Affairs Institute) IAI contributed to the organisation of a half-day event entitled ‘Youth and Intercultural Dialogue: Italian and GCC Voi

 ROME -- As international banks cannot guarantee their contribution to Italy's oldest bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s recapitalisation, the Treasury is ready to allow it another week, despite nati

 ROME – The Italian Insurance Supervisory Authority (in Italian ‘Istituto per la vigilanza sulle assicurazioni’ also known as IVASS) have launched

 NAPLES -- After over five years of compulsory administration, the Port of Naples finally has a new head -- Pietro Spirito.

 ROME -- The first government and business trade mission in Pakistan began Monday and will be underway until Wednesday, with the aim of deepening investment and collaboration opportunities between

 ROME -- Private investment banks have postponed the recapitalisation of Italy’s oldest bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena, while the Italian Treasury stands ready to approve a state recapitalisation,

 ROME – Italian airline Alitalia faces a new financial crisis and forces the banks to intervene, foreseeing cuts across the board to pilot salaries

ROME – The euro plunged to a 20-month low, slipping 1.3 percent to 1.0524 dollars as of 12:25am, following the result of the Italian referendum whi

 ROME -- As tensions run high in the political world Wednesday ahead of the Dec.

 MILAN -- Milan stock-market is down by 1.81 percent as banks suffer amid referendum fears Monday with the bellwether FTSE-MIB index falling to 16,216 points.

RIMINI – New direct flights from Italy to Libya shall be made available by the Italian Air Vallee company from Jan. 2017 onwards.

 ROME -- Both the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal have published articles Monday about the possible political and economic consequences of the Italian constitutional referendum, both hi