ROME – The Finance Police executed an order on Wednesday to seize the assets of Sampdoria chairman Massimo Ferrero in an investigation into financial misconduct, Il Fatto Quotidiano reports.

ROME - Pope Francis will tackle the issue of global hunger at the opening ceremony of the 42nd Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

ROME - Antonio Orlando, leader of the Italian Mafia-type crime syndicate Camorra, was arrested Tuesday morning after 15 years at large in Italy.

BOLZANO – A 25-year partnership between the South Tyrol People’s Party (SVP) and the centre-left has come to an end after party leadership gave the all clear to enter into discussions with Matteo S

ROME – Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio was left to regret his previous “mud-slinging” towards the family of Democratic Party member Maria Elena Boschi on Tuesday after a scandal over his father

MILAN – Former X Factor winner Michele Bravi could be imprisoned for up to seven years for killing a 58-year-old woman in a road incident, Il Messaggero reported

ROME - Pope Francis has harshly condemned Black Friday for inducing rampant consumerism.

ROME - Considered one of the world’s leading film directors, Bernardo Bertolucci transgressed the traditional cinematic depiction of everyday life, and paved the way for the Italian new wave moveme

ROME – Players throughout the Serie A sported red marks on their face in a condemnation of violence against women in their weekend fixtures, while Genoa and Sampdoria, both based in the same city,

POZZALLO – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini renewed his verbal assault on Malta on Monday after reports of the arrival of a boat with 264 migrants on board, Il Fatto Quotidiano has reported.

ROME – The UN Refugee Agency has called for the end of refugee detention and an increase in the number of resettlement places for migrants after the total number of evacuees from Libya reached 2,50

BEIJING – The founders of Italian fashion brand Dolce and Gabbana published an apology to China via Instagram on Friday after the company released an allegedly sexist and racist advert, Il Fatto Qu

ROME – The human remains found in the Vatican’s Embassy to Italy ‘don’t belong’ to either Emanuela Orlandi or Mirella Gregori, the two girls who went missing in 1983, legal sources reported on Frid

ROME – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini told State broadcaster RAI on Thursday that the government would not amend its plan for the budget, despite receiving an official rejection of the proposal f

ROME – University College London (UCL), one of Britain’s leading universities, has taken steps to forge relationships with its counterparts in Rome ahead of an ex

ROME – The government’s decision on Wednesday to remove the heads of Italy’s security service bodies in favour of two former generals of the finance police has drawn a degree of controversy, Il Fat

ROME - “It isn’t just women who can understand women.

ROME – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has released a report which assesses the success of initiatives set out for migrants and refugees in Italy, dipl

CATANIA – A Doctors without Borders vessel was precautionarily seized on Tuesday morning on suspicion of having discharged hazardous waste in Italian ports, police sources report.

PARIS – The Paris city council approved a motion in support of suspended Riace mayor Domenico Lucano on Friday, government sources report.

ROME – Deputy Prime Ministers Matteo Salvini and Luigi di Maio continued their spat over waste disposal in the Campania region on Monday, government sources report.

ROME – Italian golfer Francesco Molinari was officially crowned champion of the year-long Race to Dubai competition and European number one after Ryder Cup partner Tommy Fleetwood couldn’t take vic

ROME - The nomination by President Macron of a French woman candidate to be the next director general at the Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) holds out hope for a new era at the UN agency as the e

ROME - Valiant Wealth are setting new standards in independent financial advice for international people resident in Italy.