TARANTO – The Italian government has authorised over 400 migrants to disembark from the Ocean Viking.

 NAPLES – A 28-year-old hospitalised with a suspected case of coronavirus does not have the disease, Italian media report.

ROME – President of Italy Sergio Mattarella gave a televised speech on Monday remembering the Holocaust, before warning that anti-Semitism is not an isolated historical phenomenon.

NAPLES – Five allegedly corrupt Carabinieri paramilitary police officers were uncovered in an investigation by the anti-mafia unit in this southern port city and were placed under house arrest on M

UDINE - On the occasion that marked the anniversary of Giulio Regeni’s murder, Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberto Fico said 2020 had to be the year of truth, according to Corriere Della Sera.

WUHAN – An estimated 50 Italian nationals are being held in Wuhan due to concerns that they may have contracted the virus, reports La Repubblica. 

 ROME – Stefano Bonaccini of the Democratic Party has won Emilia-Romagna's regional elections after a contest widely regarded as a fight between the Sardines and League leader Matteo Salvini, while

 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

MILAN – Italian officials are looking for two Libyan ex-soldiers who vanished on Jan 13 after a stabbing in the Hotel Rafael, Il Giornale reports.  

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

VATICAN CITY – On Wed 21 Pope Francis gave a speech that was scathing of those who defend "closed ports", according to Il Giornale.

 ROME – Two men have confessed to stealing and then returning the Gustav Klimt painting found in a wall cavity of the modern art museum from which it had been stolen 23 years previously, judicial s

DOHA – Economic relations between Italy and Qatar are to be bolstered following Italian president Sergio Mattarella's meeting with the His Highness Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani of Qatar.

 ROME – Five Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio is resigning as head of the party, political sources report.

 Di Maio is expected to keep his role of foreign minister.

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

 ROME – Libya’s oil production has come to a standstill as General Khalifa Haftar shuts down oilfields to increase pressure on the UN-backed Government of National Accord, diplomatic sources said.

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.