VENICE – The curator and two artists due to represent Russia at the 59th International Venice Biennale have decided not to partake, saying, "there is no place for art when Ukrainian civi

 NAPLES -– A number of young men are waiting for documents to leave Italy and fight for Ukraine as part of the Ukrainian 'International Legion,' the ANSA news agency reported in an interview with t

 KIEV – The Italian Ambassador to Ukraine Pier Francesco Zazo rescued about 20 minors, including six infants, during the ongoing transfer of the Italian Italian embassy from Kiev to Lviv,

TRIESTE – The first two buses of Ukrainian refugees, mostly women and children, arrived in Italy on Saturday and Sunday, said border police. Men are now obliged to remain in Ukraine and fight. 

VATICAN CITY – "Those who make war forget humanity,” Pope Francis said, adding that those who make war "put power before everything” and “distance themselves from the common people who wa

NAPLES – During the applause at the end of an opera performed in the San Carlo Theatre, Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska and Russian mezzo Ekaterina Gubanova stepped forward togethe

ROME – The Italian Council of Ministers may meet between Friday and Saturday to pass a decree for a new deployment of Italian troops, in line with the measures that NATO is taking followi

ROME – On Thursday evening the Colosseum was illuminated with the colours of the Ukrainian flag, while the mayor of the Eternal City, Roberto Gualtieri, has scheduled a torchlight process

 ROME – The Italian government has unanimously condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while the Russian ambassador to Italy Sergey Razov was summoned by the foreign ministry Thursday mor

ROME – A United Nations security officer Mansour Rwagaza and deputy head of the World Food Programme in eastern Congo Rocco Leone are on trial for manslaughter, having allegedly failed to

 VATICAN CITY -- Zambian President Haikainde Hichilema had a private audience with Pope Francis Saturday and discussed the economic and social situation in the so

ROME – Italy has declared it is ready to deliver 1000 reinforcements to South-East Europe, with deployment of the forces in Hungary and Bulgaria being considered, political sources said. A final de

 KIEV – The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Farnesina) has asked Italians to leave Ukraine due to the growing crisis with Russia, however some have no intention of abandoning the Eastern Europ

ROME – For the first time, a single artist will represent Italy at the 59th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition.

 SAN DONATO MILANESE – The Tribunal of Algiers has decided to fine the Saipem energy group 192 million euros in relation to the criminal proceeding ongoing in Algeria since 2019, connected, inter a

 KRAKOW – Pope Francis celebrated the 625th anniversary of the Faculty of Theology of the John Paul II Pontifical University in Krakow.

 VATICAN CITY –  In reference to the threat of Russia declaring war on Ukraine, Pope Francis said, "I entrust every effort for peace to the intercession of the Virgin Mary and to the cons

 ROME – The European Union’s “muted response” to what has been called “the most fundamentally transformative event in the Middle East in decades” is based on outdated paradigms and a lack