SIENA -- The Tuscan bank Monte Paschi di Siena (MPS) has announced a closure of about 500 branches all over Italy, and over 2,600 staff layoffs in a stab for “greater efficiency” and “capital incr

 ROME -- Istat, the state-run statistics institute, show the ‘Black economy’ in Italy is very much active, having risen to a value of 211 billion in 2014, worth 13 percent of the national GNP,

 ROME -- Kenny Jacobs, Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, is banking on Italy’s south as a major new tourist destination particularly for Brits, even post-Brexit, ‘La Repubblica’ wrote Thursday.

 ROME -- The ex-mayor of the capital, Ignazio Marino, was interrogated for almost five hours by the public prosecutor, Erminio Amelio, on the subject of the presumed swindle of 320 million euros be

 CITY OF SAN MARINO -- The governor of this landlocked sovereign state’s central bank, Wafik Grais, has been forced to ask Washington for help for its deteriorating banks, financial sources said Mo

 ROME -- Theresa May’s desire for Britain to keep public tabs on all foreign workers in companies has sparked fears for the 3.2 million Europeans registered as living in the UK -- amongst which a h

 ROME -- ADN Kronos, one of Italy’s leading news agencies with a tradition of innovation, has just fired three administrative staff due to its recent financial difficulty, posing difficult question

 ROME -- Giovanni Ottati, CEO of telecommunications company VueTel Italia, is the new President of the Confindustria Assafirca & Mediterraneo -- the Italian industrialists' federation, for the

 MESSINA -- The mayor of Messina, Renato Accorinti, is infuriated at Italian Prime Minister’s “easy populism” in his empty promise to reopen the approvals for the Messina Channel Bridge constructio

 MILAN -- The innovative app 'Taskhunters' allows Italian students in need of pocket money to earn cash in return for daily routine chores.

 GENOA -- The Consortium set up and led by Ansaldo Energia, a company based in this northern Italian city, in collaboration with FATA, part of the Danieli Group, has successfully completed the cons

 BERLIN -- A collaboration agreement has been signed in Berlin between Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane and Argentine Railways, railway sources said Thursday.

 ROME -- Gerardo Biancofiore, 

ROME — Employment in Italy dropped by 0.3 percent, or 63,000 people, in the month of July compared to June levels, the National I

SIENA — The ex-president of the Tuscan bank Monte Paschi di Siena, Alessandro Profumo, and current CEO Fabrizio Viola are under investigation by Siena’s Public Prosecuto

ROME -- Ryanair, Italy’s No 1 airline, has warmly welcomed the initiatives taken by the Italian Government to reverse the 2,50 euros municipal tax increase from 1 Sept 2016 as well as Mi

 ROME -- According to preliminary data released by Italy’s National Statistics Institute (ISTAT) on Friday, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) was flat in the second quarter of the year in

 ROME -- Exports are up 2,4 percent in the second quarter of this year after a first-quarter drop of 1,5 percent, according to th

NAPLES — American colossal Apple has sealed an agreement with University Federico II in a new partnership for the creation of Euro

MILAN -- Stock markets across Europe are plunging further into the red with