ROME – As Romans prepare for the mass holiday exodus, a two-day general transport strike has been scheduled for all modes of public transport on Wednesday, while on Friday, only those flying will b

MILAN – Francesco Saverio Borrelli, who was Milan’s chief prosecutor in the so-called Mani Pulite anti-corruption campaigns of the 1990s, died Saturday aged 89.

ROME - Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has hit out at French NGOs SOS Mediterranée and Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) after they announced on Monday the resumption of m

ROME – There is major disruption on train lines between Rome and Florence, with delays of up to four hours and problems expected to last well into Monday afternoon.

MENFI - The village of Menfi, on Sicily’s southwest coast, has been rocked by eight tremors, sparking fear among residents who have not forgotten the tragic earthquake of 1968, which killed hundred

TRIESTE – A flash mob has been organized in solidarity with an Austrian tourist who was fined 300 euros for sleeping in a hammock hung in the pine forest along Trieste’s Barcola Riviera.

ROME – Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio pledged to abolish Italy’s unpopular car tax Friday morning.

BOLOGNA – Joint operations by Bologna and Turin police targeted a Nigerian mafia clan which allegedly ran large drugs and prostitution operations in Piedmont and Emilia Romagna.

AMATRICE – Italian President Sergio Mattarella Thursday formally inaugurated the "Romolo Capranica" school of Amatrice, the town in northern Lazio, central Italy, devastated by the earthquake of 20

AGRIGENTO – Carola Rackete, the captain of migrant-rescue ship Sea Watch 3 who was arrested June 29 after forcibly entering Italian waters, Thursday morning faced questions from Sicilian p

ROME – The Italian senate has given the final go-ahead on the Code Red bill, aimed at protecting victims of domestic and gender violence, and handing out harsher penalties for stalking and revenge

PALERMO – An large joint-operation between Sicilian police and New York’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) led Wednesday to the arrest of 19 people, including a Sicilian mayor, and revealed li

ROME – Italy’s brain drain is costing the economy 14 billion euros a year, according to Economy Minister Giovanni Tria.

BARI – A group of migrant farm workers occupied Tuesday the San Nicola Cathedral, demanding proper accommodation instead of the “ghettos” they are currently forced inhabit in the Puglian countrysid

ROME – The renowned writer Andrea Camilleri died Wednesday morning aged 93 after a month on life-support at the Santo Spirito, according to hospital sources.

ROME – A 12-hour siege has led to the eviction of 78 families from a former school in the Primavalle district in Rome’s northwestern outskirts, police sources said on Tuesday.

ROME – A man who threw himself into the Trevi Fountain Monday dressed as a senator from Ancient Rome, wanted to capture the attention of Matteo Salvini, police sources said.

GENOA - Interior Minister Matteo Salvini will report to parliament over alleged plans to use Russian oil money to finance the League, he told journalists Tuesday.

ROME – Italy has the highest number of young people who do not work or study (NEET), and despite an improvement it remains below the EU average for those awarded a diploma or a degree, according to

ROME – Weapons belonging to far-right groups in cities across the north of Italy have been seized by police in their latest anti-terrorism crackdown.

ROME – The editor of the Italian Insider  John Phillips was convicted Friday on charges of besmirching the image of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), but was cleared of cha

TRIESTE - A Chinese finalist who was set to pull out of a fashion design contest in Trieste one month before the awards ceremony, has taken two gongs including top honours and a 15,000 euro cash pr

 TRIESTE – Fashion finalists from 15 countries including the UK have converged on Trieste to compete in the 2019 International Talent Support (ITS) design competition dedicated to championing emerg

ROME – From open-air museum to open-air tip, the Eternal City produces more garbage than it can cope with.

ROME - Italian football looks set to become the new European home for foreign investors as improved television rights look set to make return on investments for shareholders more lucrative than eve