ROME -- A troop of 140 Italian soldiers will be sent to the Latvian border with Russia under a NATO mission, yet the decision has been met with a barrage of criticism, Il Messaggero reported.

 ROME -- A so-called “black pope” -- Arturo Sosa Abascal, aged 67, from Venezuela -- has been elected as the new head of the Jesuits, following four days of meetings and consultations between the 2

 COSENZA --The Carical Foundation -- a bank based in Calabria and Lucania -- celebrated Friday, the 10th anniversary of its Mediterranean Culture Prize, with its yearly prize-giving ceremony, which

 ROME -- Disabled model, Manuela Migliaccio, claims Facebook censored her image on the runway at Milan Fashion Week due to “too much breast on show

  ROME -- Internationally acclaimed actor, playwright, theatrical mastermind and political campaigner, the colourful Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo on

 BEIRUT -- “One day history shall recall that men came from far away to bring peace and to protect our children.” Of course, the occasion is official and passionate spee

 ROME -- The Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia has sparked controversy in the opposition over what is seen as Italy trying to get lucrative defence contracts w

 LONDON -- Registration forms at some British schools made a distinction between Italian students of Sicilian, Neapolitan or 'standard-Italian' ori

 NAPLES -- Southern Italy’s Tecnam soars high in the sky together with American’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

 ROME -- The kidnappers of two Italians captured in south-eastern Libya have asked for a ransom of four million euros in order for the two Italian nationals to be freed, Algerian sources revealed W

 TRIESTE -- Hundreds of people congregated in the town square of this northeastern Italian city to protest against the removal of the 'truth for Gi

 ROME – Representatives from the city of Sabha, Libya, met in the Eternal City from Monday to Wednesday to work towards peace, with help from the c

 VENTIMIGLIA -- The death of a 17-year-old Eritrean girl hit while trying to reach France at night walking along the motorway from Liguria, has underlined the extent that migrants will risk their l

 CERVINO  -- The bodies of two experienced Al pine climbers have been recovered, Friday, following their plummet to the rocks from the cliff-side o

 ROME -- Tensions are running high in Italy’s Five Star Movement M5S, as two of Beppe Grillo’s MPs had a tiff in the parliamentary Chamber’s courtyard Friday, that was not far off ending in a physi

 ROME -- The Sant’Egidio religious community based in the capital greets the granting of the Nobel Peace Prize to Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos with joy, this Catholic community said Frida

 ROME -- Theresa May’s desire for Britain to keep public tabs on all foreign workers in companies has sparked fears for the 3.2 million Europeans registered as living in the UK -- amongst which a h

 ROME – The number of Italians emigrating abroad has boomed, according to the ‘Italians across the world 2016’ report presented in Rome on Thursday

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis received the heads of Vodafone at the Holy See for a private meeting to discuss the mobile phone network giant’s “Instant Schools for Africa” project, the Vatican said

 ROME -- The Indian Ambassador, Anil Wadhwa, celebrated the anniverary of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti at the ‘Gandhi Institute’ Secondary School in Narni, Umbria, the Embassy said. 

 TARANTO -- Some 20 million litres is the result of the 2016 harvest of the Primitivo di Manduria wine, a figure that will make 25 million bottles, an improvement

 ROME --  Italy surprisingly put up a sly fight in the negotiations leading up to the ratification of the Paris climate deal Tuesday by the European Parliament, environmental sources said Wednesday

 ROME – The Coast Guard in the Strait of Sicily record around 10,000 migrants saved