FLORENCE – The parents of former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi have been placed under house arrest following a fraud investigation.

ROME - “The trade war, political uncertainty in Europe and tighter financial conditions are hurting economic development, and we have downgraded expectations for growth in the world economy this ye

ROME – The state-controlled railway system Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) has announced it will enter negotiations with Easyjet and Delta Air Lines to work out a rescue plan for financially under pressu

ROME – Italy’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has dropped for the second consecutive quarter, sending the economy into a “technical recession,” according to provisional figures released by state-run

ROME – The Italian energy company Eni has agreed a deal to purchase a 20 percent share of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) for around dlrs 3.3 bln, confirming its competitiveness in the M

ROME – Speculation about whether AS Roma’s ‘Tor di Valle’ stadium project may receive additional support from Kuwaiti investors has steadily increased as the Kuwaiti ambassador to Italy and San Mar

WASHINGTON - American Innovations for International Development, Inc. (AMIID) has announced the appointment of Michael George Hage as its new president and CEO.

ROME – The government’s two flagship economic measures, the Citizenship Income and Quota 100 pension reforms, have been approved in a cabinet meeting late on Thursday evening.

BOLOGNA – Hospital nurses have worked alongside funeral service providers to “sell” recently deceased individuals in two main care facilities, an investigation by

HELSINKI - The 33rd edition of the Matka Nordic Travel Fair, the largest travel fair in the Nordic countries, is scheduled in Finland, from Jan. 16 to 20, 2019, at the Messukeskus, Helsinki.

ROME – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini announced his intention to “give meaning to the European dream” in a meeting with Polish majority leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski.

ROME – An unfair bias in favour of Italian football’s top clubs in TV rights deals, alongside widespread inflation of players’ values, are preventing the Serie A from emulating the unprecedented su

 ROME -- The ECB has decided that, as of Jan.

ROME - High-tech company Leonardo has announced that the Armament Inspectorate of Polish Ministry of National Defense has chosen to acquire four more M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers.

ROME – An Italian technology firm, the Milan Hacking Team, is suspected of providing the Saudi Arabian government with the spy software used to follow Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist murdered in th

ROME - Absolute poverty in 2017 is almost as high in the South of Italy as it is in Romania, the European country that holds this sad record.

ROME - The Rome Public Prosecutor’s Office has placed dozens of people, including art critic and MP Vittorio Sgarbi, under investigation on suspicion of art forgery.

ROME - As many as 42 employees of the Sicilian regional health agency are under investigation for absenteeism, a figure equating to one in five of their members of staff.

ROME – Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio was left to regret his previous “mud-slinging” towards the family of Democratic Party member Maria Elena Boschi on Tuesday after a scandal over his father

BEIJING – The founders of Italian fashion brand Dolce and Gabbana published an apology to China via Instagram on Friday after the company released an allegedly sexist and racist advert, Il Fatto Qu

ROME – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini told State broadcaster RAI on Thursday that the government would not amend its plan for the budget, despite receiving an official rejection of the proposal f

ROME – University College London (UCL), one of Britain’s leading universities, has taken steps to forge relationships with its counterparts in Rome ahead of an expected downturn in collaboration op