ROME – Following pressure from the United States not to use Chinese tech giant Huawei's products for the development of Italy’s 5G infrastructure because of cybersecurity risks, the League party ha

ROME –  Leading Pennsylvania politician Mark Rozzi, nationally known for his unwavering defence of survivors of child sexual abuse, and himself a victim of rape at the hands of a priest, called for

ROME – Political tension mounted in the Eternal City after reports that the daughter of North Korea's former envoy to Rome, Jo Song-Gil, was taken back to Pyongyang from Italy by force in November.

ROME – The growing possibility of facing a ‘no deal’ Brexit scenario would have considerable implications for Italy, whose exports to the United Kingdom exceeded 23 billion euros in 2017.

MILAN - The universities of Bocconi and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) have launched a Double Degree program in European and International Public Policy and Politics, de

ABU DHABI – Leonardo and Abu Dhabi Ship Building signed Monday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance their collaboration on advanced naval capabilities and services.

PARIS – Italian bishop Luigi Ventura, papal nuncio to France, is under investigation for sexual assault accusations.

VATICAN CITY – British Cardinal John Henry Newman, a theologian, scholar and one of the highest profile figures in British Catholicism, is to be made a saint after Pope Francis approved a miracle a

ROME - Equilibrio Festival 2019, entitled Northern Lights in Rome, Aurora Borealis, (Revontuli in Finnish) dedicated to north-European countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) is th

ROME - French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to send France’s ambassador to Italy, Christian Masset, back to the Eternal City after having withdrawn him back to Paris for consultations follo

ROME – The state-controlled railway system Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) has announced it will enter negotiations with Easyjet and Delta Air Lines to work out a rescue plan for financially under pressu

ROME – The financing agreement for a 101 million dollar project that aims to improve the living conditions and climate resilience of rural populations in five provinces of Burundi was signed Wednes

STRASBOURG – Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has been branded a “puppet” by MEP Guy Verhofstadt in the European Parliament, drawing fierce rebuke from members of the Italian government.

ROME – A judge at the Rome labour Tribunal has rejected an unfair dismissal claim by veteran Irish Times Rome Correspondent Paddy Agnew after the newspaper claimed he was “only a freelancer,” despi

ROME – Lorenzo Musetti’s triumph at the Australian Junior Open may be laying the foundations for a resurgence that Italian tennis so badly needs.

DUBAI - Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai and United Arab Emirates (UAE) country expert witness, has pledged to help Hind Al-Bolooki, who fled the UAE after domestic abuse, secure freedom fr

STRASBOURG - The freedom of the press and the safety of reporters in Italy have “clearly” deteriorated in the last year, announced a report from The Council of Europe, an organisation outside the E

ROME - Gabriele Micalizzi, a 34-year-old Italian photojournalist who was wounded Monday by the splinters of a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in the Eastern area of Syria, Deir ez-Zor, has lost his

ROME - The the current net economic value of the controversial TAV Turin-Lyon high-speed rail link has a negative cost-benefit balance of some seven to eight billion euros, according to a much-awai

ROME - Croatia and Slovenia challenged Tuesday the “revisionist” comments made by the Italian President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the

ROME - Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipilä set customer orientation of services as one of the strategic objectives of his Governmental Programme.

ROME - Throughout the course of history, religion has often been used to mark divisions and incite violent actions.

ROME – France has recalled its ambassador to Italy, Christian Masset, in light of “groundless, unprecedented attacks by Italy,” the French Foreign Ministry has announced.