ROME -- Italy and the United Arab Emirates have renewed their links with a large number of joint projects set for 2016-2017.  They have around 30 collaboration projects, which focus particularly i

 ROME -- The European Investment Bank (EIB) is supporting Region Puglia's EUR 7.1 billion Regional Operational Programme (ROP) 2014-2020 with a EUR 450 million loan, of which an initial tranche of

 MESSINA -- The president of Nebrodi national park, Giuseppe Antoci, has survived a mafia assassination attempt, thanks to his armoured car and bodyguards who managed to fight off the ambush that o

 BOLOGNA -- What makes David Lane’s latest work unique is his thoroughness.

 Rome - Cosa Nostra’s top fugitive has been using British telecommunications 

 ROME -- The head of telecommunication for Tiscali, Renato Soru, has been sentenced to three years in prison by the Court of Cagliari for tax evasion, the sum of which comes to 2.6 million euros, o

 ROME -- The publication of the Panama Papers has now been digested, like any scandal, after just a few days.

 ROME -- Following an investigation that revealed that ostriches are killed with electric shocks at the age of one, slaughtered to make ‘luxury’ ostrich leather hangbags, PETA USA have become a sha

 VATICAN CITY -- There has been an explosion of reports of suspicious financial activities at the Vatican.  In 2015 there were 544 reports, a tripling of figures from the 147 recorded in 2014, show

 ROME -- The president of the Democratic Party in Campania, Stefano Graziano, who also acts as a regional councillor, is under investigation by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate in Naples for all

 ROME -- Italian celebrity chef Carlo Cracco is cooperating with the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) Recipes for Change campaign to highlight the threats small scale f

 GENOA -- The crude oil spill from oil company IPLOM’s pipeline in Liguria is putting fragile ecosystems in the firing line, causing the death of thousands of fish and putting many birds, which liv

 ROME -- Sunday’s oil drilling referendum failed to reach a quorum of 50 percent, with just 32.15 percent of eligible voters taking part, which falls to 31.18 if you take into the account those liv

 NEW YORK -- Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan has cautioned that “lack of mutual trust” between nations is a major problem facing

 ROME -- Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has had an important trip to Iran, during which the two countries have agreed to step up cooperation, both politically and economically.  Through his so

 ROME -- Bruno Vespa has caused quite a stir by inviting the son of one of the very top mafia bosses, the head of Cosa Nostra Toto Riina, to be a guest on his show “Porta a Porta” on national Itali