ROME – Studies carried out by Confcommercio have reported a significant increase in foreign tourism in Italy, especially from America.

 GENOA – An Italian 19-year-old is under investigation for setting off to fight in Ukraine with the resistance, judicial authorities said. 

 VENICE – The population of the floating metropolis has dropped to under 50,000 for the first time, as the number of tourists continues to increase, chasing out the local population.

  ROME – The United Kingdom is hopeful that a resolution will be possible to solve the longstanding thorny issue of UK citizens’ driving licences in Italy, the British Ambassador, Lord Edward Llewe

 BRESCIA - Enigmatic architect, Lanfranco Cirillo, socialised within the Russian elite, had 141 million euros worth of assets confiscated on Aug 3.

 ATHENS – Shipwrecks ravage the Mediterranean route, where migrant departures are frequent.

VATICAN CITY – The 36-year-old case of the kidnapping of Emanuela Orlandi has resurfaced, as new evidence implicates the involvement of a Rome underworld gang, according to a report published by ne

 ROME – The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ettore Sequi met the Ambassador of Poland to Italy, Anna Maria Anders on Thursday at the ministry to talk about the communication between countries r

 PROCIDA – The island is hosting a photo exhibition entitled "Watersurface" devoted to the unnatural relationship between marine organisms and waste.

 ROME – A Norwegian female tourist was attacked on Saturday evening in Campo de Fiori after rejecting a 21-year-old man’s advances on her and was left unconscious on the ground with a fractured nos

 ROME – In the lead-up to the Sept 25 elections, Carlo Calenda, leader of Azione, backed out of the election pact with the Democratic Party (PD) on Sunday.

 LECCE – Dame Helen Mirren, British actress and Oscar winner, was a special guest at the “Lights in the Woods- a night of cinema, arts, nature” event and testified of an urgency to protect nature a

 SAN CASCIANO – Unique treasures have been found at some thermals baths in Tuscany, Italian newswire ANSA have reported.

 PESARO – ETC Italy 2022, one of the largest board game competitions is set to take place from Aug. 3 to 7 at the PalaD di Campanara arena in Marche.

 VALSUSA - A violent skirmish between No TAV protestors and law enforcement took place, said the General Investigations and Special Operations Division (DIGOS) who were looking into the case on Thu

 COLOGNO – Three known members of the right-wing Brothers of Italy party, as well as a former councillor have been investigated for negotiating tenders for 16.5 million euros at Fiera Milano, judic

 ROME – There is a critical risk of more deaths in the central Mediterranean this summer in the absence of European state led search and rescue operations the NGOs SOS Méditerranée, Médecins Sans F

 VIESTE – A 44-year-old from Milan has been granted compensation after photos advertising a hotel online were deemed to be substantially different from reality il Fatto Quotidiano has reported.

 MILAN – A one-day old girl underwent a successful operation on Monday that has never been conducted on a new-born before, the Milan Polyclinic and the San Giuseppe hospital said.

 ROME – The sets of ‘Firenze Rinascimentale Mincacciata’ and ‘La Casa del Grande Fratello’ have been damaged in a fire that broke out at the historic Cinecittà film studios, the local fire brigade

 ROME - Enrico Letta of the Democratic Party (PD) has made a pledge to finance underprivileged 18-year-olds with 10,000 euros that will come from a death tax on millionaires as part of the party’s

 SARDINIA -The road to the menhir sanctuary leads me across the sunbaked interior of the city, where emaciated cows huddle in a dry streambed under a rusted bridge.

PORTO CERVO – A British man has died after a luxury yacht belonging to the Berlusconi family crashed into rocks off the Sardinian coast on Sunday.

 ROME – Luigi di Maio, Minister of Foreign Affairs and former member of the Five Star Movement, announced his new political project, the party “Civil Commitment” to RAI 3 on Sunday. 

 CIVITANOVA MARCHE –  An African migrant has been brutally murdered in broad daylight while onlookers watched in a recording that has gone viral on social media.