ROME - Unable to stand the city’s overflowing bins, perilous potholes and rampant rodents any longer, Romans are to hold a mass sit-in on Oct. 27 in Piazza del Campidoglio.

FLORENCE -- A maverick experimenter, Tiziano Bonnani is widely considered to be one of the most non-conformist figures of contemporary Italian art.

ROME – A weakened Barcelona team still had too much quality for Inter Milan in their Champions League clash on Wednesday, coming away with a 2-0 victory at the Nou Camp.

ROME – Two Senegalese men have been arrested for the gang rape and murder of Desiree Mariottini, a 16-year old Italian girl who was found dead last week, police said.

VATICAN CITY -  Pope Francis has appealed for more tolerance and explained the root causes of populism during a book launch entitled, “Sharing the Wisdom of Time” at Rome's Augustinianum Institute.

ROME - An escalator collapsed at Rome's Repubblica metro station, injuring 24 people, one of whom had a foot amputated.

ROME – AS Roma produced a brilliant performance to take a comfortable win against CSKA Moscow in their Champions League fixture at the Stadio Olimpico this week.

ROME – The Italian government could be forced to pay a nine billion euro fine if it doesn’t amend its budget proposal, after the European Commission rejected the plan in its current form this week.

ROME - Gilberto Benetton, co-founder of the eponymous clothing company, passed away on Oct. 22 after a brief illness.

ROME – A report aired on Italian television on Monday has revealed that, in spite of multiple arrests and convictions, tickets for Juventus games have still been sold by touts in large numbers in 2

ROME - A black girl suffered racial abuse on a train from Milan to Trieste earlier this month, as a woman sitting nearby said to her, "I don’t want to sit near a black girl". 

MANCHESTER – Ahead of Juventus’ Champions League showdown against his old club Manchester United on Tuesday, Cristiano Ronaldo maintained that his “lawyers are confident” as he fielded questions fr

 ROME - A wave of extreme weather hit Rome Sunday night, causing major disruption to public transport and forcing drivers to abandon their cars.

ROME - Italy’s latest round of local elections saw a surge in support for the League, as the party attracted 11 percent of the vote in the northern region of Trentino-Alto Adige.

ROME – In a passionate speech in the Circus Maximus in Rome last weekend, the founder of the populist Five Star Movement Beppe Grillo courted controversy by calling for the powers of the Italian pr

ROME – AS Roma fell to a third defeat in just nine games at the Stadio Olimpico last weekend, while Juventus’ perfect start to the season came to an end in Turin.

ROME – The Italian women’s Volleyball team suffered a narrow defeat to Serbia in the Final of the World Championships on Saturday in Yokohoma, Japan.

ROME - A silent march will take place on Sunday to mark 75 years since the deportation of Roman citizens to Auschwitz-Birkenau on 16th October 1943.

ROME - Authorities prohibited the use of drinking water and closed schools in Matera after bacterial levels rose above safe parameters on Friday.

ROME – Li Yonghong, previously an owner of Italian football giant AC Milan, has been added to China’s blacklist of untrustworthy people over millions in unpaid debts, according to a local Chinese c

ROME - A violent storm hit eastern Sicily on Thursday night, forcing people to abandon their homes and take refuge on roofs.