ROME – Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has criticised Sea Watch, saying “it has once again changed course: it is messing around in the sea and gambling on the lives of migrants, even though we

VENICE – The municipality of Venice and the American multinational financial services corporation Visa launched Thursday a joint programme to encourage electronic payments and raise funds for the p

ROME - The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has expressed its concern about new provisions approved by the Italian government that will see individuals and NGOs helping to rescue migrants and

LECCO - Lombardy has been hit by a series of heavy rain, floods and landslides as severe weather has forced over 1,000 people in the region to evacuate their homes.

ROME - Italy’s burgeoning ‘cannabis light’ business has been nipped in the bud by the Court of Cassation which has implemented a strict ban, with immediate effect, on marijuana products across the

CREMONA - A peaceful protestor brandishing a “love they neighbour” banner at a League rally led by Matteo Salvini was physically assaulted by members of the crowd, requiring police to step and come

PALERMO - A former League consultant and Forza Italia member of parliament has been arrested, along with his son, for alleged corruption, bribes, money laundering, and links to notorious Cosa Nostr

TURIN - Marco Verratti’s decisive strike four minutes from time saw Italy claim a hard-fought win over Bosnia and Herzegovina to move comfortably clear at the top of their Euro 2020 qualifying grou

MESSINA  - A number of magistrates, including two ex-prosecutors, are under investigation for a cover up in the inquiry and trials of the 1992 murder of anti-mafia judge Paolo Borsellino, reported

ROME – Palermo’s international documentary film festival Sole Luna Doc Film Festival presents in its 14^th edition the world premiere of “Freedom Women”, a series of six documentaries by

ROME - A gas explosion at a building housing the town hall of Rocca di Papa, 25 kilometres southeast of Rome, left at least nine people injured, including mayor Emanuele Crestini, who has extensive

ROME - The European Union has been warned that the proposed introduction of a parallel currency in Italy, so called ‘mini-BOTs’, might be a Trojan horse for the nation’s exit from the euro, a move

ROME - Fabio Fognini has become the first Italian men’s tennis player in almost forty years to rank in the world top-10 as he moved above John Isner and Juan Martin del Potro to reach his highest e

ROME – Italy has witnessed a substantial growth of the right after local elections run-offs results indicated the victory of the centre-right coalition in major cities of Emilia-Romagna, a region t

ROME - Italy got off to a flying start at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup as they came from behind to dramatically snatch a 2-1 victory against Australia in the dying seconds thanks to Barbara Bona

ROME – Fifty migrants rescued on Thursday from a tugboat in Maltese waters are being transported by a commercial ship to Pozzallo.

ROME – As many as 1,252,148 applications for the ‘citizenship wage’ basic income (reddito di cittadinanza) were presented at the Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale (INPS) up to May 30.  

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Radio will relaunch and inaugurate a weekly radio news bulletin in Latin and a broadcast dedicated to rediscover the Latin language in collaboration with the Latin Letter

SANGUINETTO - Unilever workers in Sanguinetto, in the Province of Verona, are striking against the collective dismissal of 76 employees, which follows the British-Dutch transnational’s decision to