ROME – A tense time in Italian politics as the fight for Emilia-Romagna reaches its last days and the Five Star Movement struggles to find a plan of action after the dramatic resignation of its le

 LOCRIDE – Scores of people in this Calabrian city are being investigated for claiming basic income benefits despite being imprisoned mafiosi or living a luxury lifestyle – to the extent of owning

ROME – A flight from Wuhan to Rome landed in Fiumicino on Thursday morning after taking-off from Wuhan just before Chinese authorities cancelled all future departures, reports Corriere Della Se

 PERUGIA -- A list of Umbria's  unique claims to fame is practically endless: it is the birthplace of two of Christianity's major saints, St.

BOLOGNA – League leader Matteo Salvini has sparked a diplomatic firestorm after questioning Tunisian immigrants over the intercom at their home.

 NAPLES – A group of 5 prison guards were dismissed after viral videos confirmed that they performed at the wedding of Tony Colombo and Tina Rispoli, reports Il Fatto Quotidiano.

ROME – The Italian secret service have been tasked with opening an investigation into Tik Tok, the Chinese app booming in popularity, according to security sources. Copasir, the body of the Italian

PARIS – The Italian government has agreed to provide warplanes and ships to a French-led coalition as the conflict between the United States and Iran continues, diplomatic sources revealed on Mon 2

BRUSSELS –  On Tuesday the Council of the European Union met and agreed to revive Operation Sophia, which aims to prevent the Libyan arms trade and maintain the ceasefire officially in effect since

 ROME – A Senate committee voted Tuesday to remove League leader Matteo Salvini’s parliamentary immunity to allow him to face trial for kidnapping over 100 migrants kept aboard a ship in July, poli

CAMPANIA – Italian Air Force da

 MILAN – The mayor of Italy’s financial capital aims to ban smoking in the city’s open spaces and streets by 2030, he has stated, as the city struggles to cope with high smog levels.

 PALERMO – Three dead men in diving suits, so far impossible to identify, have washed up on the beaches of northern Sicily along with over 100 kilograms of hashish, judicial sources report.

ROME – Local voting rights, new residency application documents and the right to return with non-British family members are still unresolved issues, but “when you wake up on February 1^st 

ROME – Italy succumbs to a “crescendo of pressure”, reports La Republicca. 

 ROME – The ostensible pointlessness of disputes over the succession to the defunct crown of Italy does not prevent them being bitter, as Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy is discovering in his at

 ROME – The British Embassy launched Wednesday “UK in… tour,” a diplomacy initiative that will see Ambassador Jill Morris promote links between Britain and Italy through visits to a number of Itali

 ROME – Recent events have highlighted that the fashion world’s links between Italy and Britain persist despite Brexit.

 ROME – “Brexit cancels Erasmus,” said La Stampa.  Italian newspapers reported sadly on the news that the UK Parliament had rejected “New Clause 10” which would have required the governmen

MACERATA - The children of the ancient Andriatic town, thanks to the solidarity of Qatar, received Saturday a modern school complex to replace the one damaged by the earthquakes that hit Central It