ROME-President Giorgio Napolitano welcomed Werner Hoyer, the President of the European Investment Bank and Vice President Dario Scannapieco to discuss the economic situation in Europe and Italy an

 ROME-Frecce Trenitalia announced Friday a new summer initiative offering more travel opportunities and destinations to clients at a press conference held at Term

 ROME-According to report by environmentalist association Legambiente 29,274 environmental violations have been committed within a year, equating to more than 80

ROME - Italian and American polo teams took to the pitch for Operation Smile Italia Onlus at the second annual charity event “Polo for a Smile,” which welcomed more than

 VATICAN CITY-Pope Francis will visit Sri Lanka from January 13-15 next year, confirms Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of

 ROME-Italian industrial production increased by 0.7 percent in April, a rise of 1.6 percent compared to the previous year.

 VATICAN CITY-Pope Francis’ meeting with the presidents of Israel and the Palestinian authorities “made a strong contribution” to achieving peace, said spokesman Father Federico Lombardi on Monday.

 ROME-Concern is mounting over the restoration that has begun on one of the Eternal City’s most popular tourist attractions as part of fashion house Fendi initiat

 ROME-Lady Carla Powell was forced to hand over one million pounds worth of jewellery after being held at gunpoint during a robbery attack at her villa in Italy, police said.

VATICAN CITY-Pope Francis urged couples to raise children, rather than substitute them with cats or dogs, during mass at the Santa Maria church.

 ROME-The unemployment rate in early 2014 reached 13.6 percent with 46 percent of young people without a job-the highest percentage since 1977, according to national statistical agency, Istat.

 ROME-A five-year initiative to commemorate the centenary of the First World War was launched under the patronage of the Italian government on Friday at the Vittoriano.

 ROME-A record low birth rate shakes Italy as it attempts to recover from the economic crisis amid increasing unemployment levels.

ROME-Italy is ready to introduce “innovative measures” in the European economy to boost employment when it takes over the EU presidency in July, Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said Wednesday.

 ROME-A train carrying 400 children from Naples will arrive on Saturday in the Eternal City to meet Pope Francis as part of an initiative organized by Italian national railway service.

ROME-Vatican Radio English in cooperation with the British Embassy to the Holy See will host a studio discussion on sexual violence in zones of conflict.

ROME-A group of 31 Congolese children adopted by Italian families arrived Wednesday at the Ciampino military airport after months of bureaucratic deadlock.

ROME-The exhibition Michelangelo-A Universal Artist, covering the life and work of this colossus has been inaugurated at the Capitoline Museums on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of

 ROME-Aid worker Federico Motka arrived Tuesday at Ciampino airport where he was met by Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini after being held hostage in Syria for over a year.

 ROME- The Jewish museum in the Eternal City was to stay open until late Monday as a protest against the Brussels anti Semitic attack that killed four people.

ROME-The victory by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s Democratic Party in Sunday’s European Parliament elections could be a turning point in Italy’s relations with Europe, said Monday Foreign Minister

ROME-British Classicist Mary Beard and Italian film producer Aurelio De Laurentiis have received honorary degrees for achievements in their respective fields of work from the American University of

ROME-President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government Masoud Barzani will have an audience with Pope Francis during an official visit to Italy next week.

ROME-Following recent violent clashes in Kidal the Community of Sant’Egidio appealed Thursday for renewed dialogue between the government and the armed movements of northern Mali.

VATICAN CITY- Italian tax police opened an inquiry Wednesday into transactions allegedly involving Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone as the Vatican strongly denied reports the prelate embezzled 15 million