ROME -- Tourism in Italy tumbled by a half on average in 2020 as a result of the Covid pandemic while foreign tourism to the peninsula crashed by 68 percent with

 ROME -- Thousands of Italians were struggling Thursday to return home from the UK for Christmas after flights between the two countries were temporarily banned b

  CATANIA, Sicily -- Authorities were checking for damage Wednesday after a strong earthquake tremor measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked eastern Sicily, sen

  ROME – The first anti-covid vaccinations in Italy will be given symbolically Sunday at the Spallanzani Hospital to five health workers to be followed by inoculations with a first batch of 9,750 d

ROME — Italy banned all flights to and from the UK as of midnight Sunday after British authorities introduced measures to combat a new fast-spreading variant of Covid-19, health minister Roberto Sp

 MAZARA DEL VALLO, Sicily – Libya has released 18 Italian fishermen, detained in Libya for some three months, foreign ministry officials said Thursday.

 ROME – Those who seek to cover up Azerbaijani and Turkish crimes in Artsakh and Armenia cannot camouflage themselves within the Armenian community.

 ANKARA – As the world continues its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and the global economy faces insurmountable eco

 REGGIO CALABRIA – Police have arrested Antonino Castorina, municipal councilor of the Democratic Party, who was elected in the Reggio Calabria September election

 PERUGIA – The rector of the University for Foreigners of Perugia has resigned following an investigation into an Italian citizenship test scandal involving Urugu

 ROME -- An elegant and convivial dinner born thanks to the interest of members and supporters, sealed by the traditional exchange of gifts and an opportunity dic

 VATICAN CITY -- An image of being at hell’s gates is one, strident representation of papal renunciation. 

 ROME -- UK advertising agency OMD has cancelled an order with Italian Insider for a British Government advertising campaign to inform British expatriates in Ital

 ROME – It is the world famous sweet bread that transcends cultures, and Italians consume tonnes of the mouth-watering treat at Christmas time.

 VENICE – By the time Venice’s Mose network of flood barriers was activated Wednesday, it was too late to protect the lagoon city from being inundated with water. But what went wrong?

 ROME – According to many observers, the two-day visit to Algeria of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs has displayed the interest of Rome's government to prioritise the strategic partnership

 VATICAN CITY – The former head of the Vatican Bank faces an eight-year prison sentence after being found guilty of embezzlement, money laundering and self-launde

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is set to resume foreign travel for the first time since the pandemic hit, with a trip to war-torn Iraq in March 2021, Vatican sources said.

 ROME – Young Italians frustrated by Covid curfews and closures are using the social media ‘grapevine’ to arrange outdoo