BOLOGNA - A documentary about an Italian scientist has been selected on the list of 200 documentaries up for the category of Best Documentary at this years Oscars. 

  ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has won his second vote of confidence in as many days as the results of the Senate vote keep his coalition government in power. 

  CATANIA - The spectacular eruption of Mount Etna has now turned into a gentle lava flow down the side of the Sicilian

 SALERNO - The University of Salerno, in collaboration with Milano Bicocca University and Middlesex University London and support from the Mediterranean Tourism and Archeological Exchange (BMTA), h

  ROME - The island of Procida has been crowned the 2022 Italian City of Culture by the Minister for Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism (MiBACT), Dario Franceschini.

  ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte urged MPs on Monday to support a crucial vote of confidence in parliament, saying that his embattled government now needs "the greatest unity possible

RIMINI - A three day programme of events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Federico Fellini’s birthday has been organised by the Cineteca Comunale of Rimini, to take place online.

ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has released a new set of national coronavirus regulations set to come into action from midnight on Saturday night.

LAMEZIA TERME - The largest trial against the mafia since the 1980s started on Wednesday, in Lamezia Terme, Calabria.

 ROME -- Italian Democratic Party politican Maurizo Martina is joining the UN Food and Agriculture Organization as an Assistant Director General, taking up a host country slot vacated by former EU

GENOA – Hundreds of students at the universities of Genova and Salerno are being blocked from travelling abroad as part of the Erasmus scheme, causing widespread anger among the student populatio

ROME – The Carabinieri have uncovered a haul of illegal drugs used for the treatment of the symptoms of Covid-19 in Chinese supermarkets and herbalists in Rome and Prato.

 ROME -- Italy was plunged into political chaos Thursday after former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi withdrew his Italy Viva party's support from embattled Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's gove

VATICAN CITY - The press office of the Holy See has revealed that the Vatican have begun their campaign to vaccinate against Covid-19.

 FLORENCE – The Uffizi Gallery has launched a series of Facebook videos celebrating the food in great works of art, Uffizi Gallery officials have revealed.

ROME – The coronavirus pandemic has caused yet more suffering as the renowned jazz pianist Adriano Urso dies, aged 40, delivering food for Just Eat.

 ROME -- Italy has been given, for 2021, the Chairmanship of the Gr