VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Secretariat of State is suspected of having used money given to the Church as charity to buy property in London. The Secretariat has 6

 ROME – The Trump administration has put 25 per cent tariffs on some European products, and Italian products such as Parmesan cheese and prosciutto ham are on the list, business sources report.

 GENOA – Further revelations in the Morandi Bridge investigation suggest that attempts to save money on maintenance owing to a deal with German and Chinese companies may have played a role in bring

 MILAN – Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Eni, and his wife Maria Magdalena Ingoba have been placed under investigation by the Milan prosecutor’s office for not having declared a conflict of interest, judi

ROME - The ban on ‘skip-the-line’ promoters implemented by the Polizia Urbana di Roma Capitale since June has drastically harmed tour agencies’ businesses and increased the number of illegal promot

  ROME – Following the death of four farm workers by drowning in a sewage tank, wider concerns about a rash of accident

ROME - Technology company Leonardo announced the sale of five helicopters valued at nearly 30 million euros while at the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE), held

ROME – Confindustria, the Italian employers’ federation and FEI, the federation of Egyptian industries Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to “strengthen trade relations and promote econo

ROME – Unicredit, a major Italian bank which has its headquarters in Milan, will lay off 10,000 employees from December according to leaks reported by Bloomberg News.

NAPLES – French American chef Michael Roper has finished second behind Raffaele Barresi of Pasticceria Capparelli in Naples, in the 2nd San Gennà … un Dolce per San Gennaro pastry competit

ROME – New figures for May released by the Italian National Institute for Statistics (Istat) show that the employment rate in Italy reached 59 percent, marking its highest point since 1977, accordi

ROME - Tuscan reds are fast becoming the most loved wines across the world as recent export statistics boast of their strong performance in emerging American and Asian markets.

Rome – An Italian company has received one of the inaugural prizes handed out by Finland to groups or individuals deemed to be working towards equality in the world, a value esteemed by the Scandin

VENICE – The municipality of Venice and the American multinational financial services corporation Visa launched Thursday a joint programme to encourage electronic payments and raise funds for the p

SANGUINETTO - Unilever workers in Sanguinetto, in the Province of Verona, are striking against the collective dismissal of 76 employees, which follows the British-Dutch transnational’s decision to

ROME - Air Italy has become the first airline in Europe to provide a non-binary gender option for passengers booking flights, the airline announced Wednesday.

ROME - Tension between appliance manufacturer Whirlpool, trade unions and the Ministry of Economic Development continues as minister and Deputy PM Luigi Di Maio expects the corporation’s top manage

ROME – As Britain attempts to build trade relationships worldwide in preparation for its looming but ever uncertain departure from the European Union, Sicily is a key target market, according to th

TERNI - Italy’s first recycling project aimed at reusing waste products from the production of stainless steel is set to be operational as of 2021.

ŚWIDNIK - Leading aerospace, defence and security firm Leonardo Friday announced that it had signed a new deal with the Polish Navy worth an estimated 380 million euros.

ROME - Claudia Bugno is set to remain in her role as Advisor to Giovanni Tria, Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF), in a move that has created further divisions

ROME - Italy’s unemployment rate has risen for the first time since October 2018 and now stands at 10.7 per cent, according to latest figures released by the National Institute of Statistics.

ROME – With the arrival of the newly revised Fiscal Decree and the Legge di Bilancio 2019, several fiscal aspects have been reviewed by the Italian government, creating special tax benefits and opp

ROME - Delta Air Lines have confirmed that they will invest in Alitalia following months of financial uncertainty for the bankrupt Italian airline.