BOLZANO – The replacement of the name “Alto Adige” with “Province of Bolzano” in draft legislation may be sufficient grounds for the Italian government to challenge a new law.

 ROME – Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has sent a formal request to Copasir for a meeting to assess his involvement in Italy’s growing Russiagate scandal, Il Messaggero reports.

 ROME – The Italian Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador Thursday, in protest over the Turkish offensive in Syria.

 ROME – Women in Italy are higher-achieving in education than men, but are less likely to find work, according to new statistics.

 ROME – The use of electronic cigarettes in hospitals, health facilities and medical offices is being banned throughout Lazio, health officials said on Thursday.

ROME – The 16th edition of the prize of the Taste Group of the Foreign Press Association in Italy will be held in Ascoli Piceno Nov.

 ROME – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Italy’s laws on life imprisonment must change, judicial sources report.

 ROME – Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” may not be lent to the Louvre after all, following a court ruling.

 ROME – A cut to the numbers of parliamentary deputies in Italy will pass into law following a landslide vote in favour in the Chamber of Deputies.

 CAPRI – As punctual as autumn, the traditional convention of young entrepreneurs of Confindustria is scheduled for October, with the 34th conference taking place on Oct. 18 and 19 in Capri.

 ROME – Notorious human trafficker Abd al-Rahman al-Milad, known as Bija, attended a 2017 meeting with Italian officials and the Libyan coastguard to discuss the control of migration, reports L

 FLORENCE – The parents of former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, have each received suspended sentences of one year and nine months for issuing fake invoices, judicial sources said on Tuesday

 CAPRI – The EY Capri Digital Summit 2019 was characterised by the message that while technology and innovation are of increasing importance, to guarantee environmental and social stability attenti

 LAMPEDUSA – Thirteen bodies so far have been recovered as the search for survivors of the latest migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea continues, police sources said on Tuesday.