FLORENCE – The Boboli Gardens and the Wilanów Palace Museum of Warsaw are working in partnership to look after and promote their historic citrus plant collections, The Florentine reported

 ROME – President of Italy Sergio Mattarella labelled violence against women a “public emergency” on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Monday.

 POTENZA – An earthquake in Albania has killed at least 13 people and wounded at least 600, authorities reported.

 ROME – Mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi’s latest attempt to deal with the Eternal City’s ongoing rubbish crisis is by transporting waste to Civitavecchia, sparking resistance from the town's own mayor

 VENICE – A protest against big cruise ships, MOSE and the mayor took place ahead of Tuesday’s council meeting to deal with the fallout of historic flooding in La Serenissima, local media reported.

 ROME – A viaduct on the Turin-Savona motorway collapsed after a landslide and a woman has drowned in Piedmont as the severe weather shows no sign of letting up, authorities report.

 LAMPEDUSA – Five bodies have been recovered after a boat carrying migrants was shipwrecked a mile off Lampedusa, authorities report.

 ROME – The organisers of the “sardines” movement have launched a manifesto calling for protests against populism, political sources report.

 ROME – Italy’s foreign minister seems remarkably reluctant to travel abroad, political sources note. Luigi Di Maio, foreign minister and leader of the Five Star

 ROME – An investigation has uncovered a link between League leader Matteo Salvini and building entrepreneur under investigation for alleged corruption, Luca Parnasi, judicial sources said.

 MILAN – Organised crime steals 15 to 20 per cent of Italy’s GDP per capita, a Milan university professor has found.

 ROME – The finance police raided ArcelorMittal’s offices in Taranto and its headquarters in Milan Tuesday looking to discover how the company has registered higher losses than expected by commissi

 FLORENCE – The Arno canal system and Pisa flood defences came into full effect on Sunday, saving Pisa and Florence from severe flooding, Tuscan civil protection authorities say.

 MODENA - Over 6,000 people crowded into Modena’s Piazza Grande on Monday to demonstrate against Matteo Salvini and the League, in a second triumph for the “sardines” protests, said the protest org

 ROME – An authentic, natural and welcoming lifestyle is one of the keys to Puglia's tourism success.

 ROME - Jude Kirton-Darling MEP has written to the EU Commissioner for Justice, Věra Jourová asking for infringement proceedings against Italy concerning 30 years of 'pass the parcel' discriminatio

 ROME – As the floodwaters start to fall in Venice and Piazza San Marco reopens, the city is beginning to count the costs of the historic floods, said Venetian authorities.  Much of the rest of Ita

 CASERTA – The editor of Campania Notizie has survived an assassination attempt in which suspected Camorra gunmen blasted at least six shots at the journalist while he was at the wheel of his car i

 BOLOGNA – Scenes of protest unfolded in the Emilia Romagna capital Thursday night, as over 10,000 people came out onto the streets against the League party and the police dealt with one march usin

 ROME – Two carabinieri officers were sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for the killing of Stefano Cucchi, who they beat so severely after his arrest that he died in hospital, said judicial so