ROME -- Finnish Valmet will supply an OptiConcept M containerboard production line and a mill-wide Valmet DNA automation system to Pro-Gest S.p.a.

LECCE -- Apulia is preparing itself for a migrant emergency, by putting in place “precautionary steps” according to the city prefect for Lecce.

 ROME -- The other two Italian hostages being held in Libya have been released and confirm that “we are well, but psychologically devastated

ROME -- Fausto Plan and Salvatore Failla, two Italians kidnappe

 ROME -- “Fishermen take everything that comes from the sea” said director Gianfranco Rosi, after winning the Golden Bear for his documentary Fire at Sea, about the migrant crisis in Europ

ROME -- Famiglia Cristiana, a Catholic weekly has attacked Nichi Vendola, the ex-governor of Puglia, over the arrival of a baby born in California via a surrogate mother, to Vendo

 Rome -- Reports that the United States’ electronic spy agency beamed 

 ROME -- The Federation of International Civil Servants (FICSA), along with UGSS (the Union of General Service Staff of FAO and WFP), have approved two resolutions on “the alarming statu

 ROME -- Leading his team to a 36-20 win over Italy, ‘Man of the Match’ Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw thoroughly deserved his title after kicking 21 points for his team.  The strong amount of kilt

 The great Italian novelist and intellectual Umberto Eco, died at the age of 84, after shooting to stardom with his bestselling medieval detective novel The Name of the Rose in his middle

 ROME -- Italy has been convicted by the European Court of Human Rights for allowing the abduction, illegal detention and torture of former imam Abu Omar, the Egyptian political exile and terror su

 MILAN -- In a protest against animal testing and fur clothing a trio of models stripped off in front of the Cathedral in the Piazza del Duomo, in the heart of the city.  This protest comes in time

 ROME -- Italy has given the United States permission to fly armed drones out of Sicily in the military campaign against Islamic State in Libya, sources said on Tuesday.  This permission

 ROME -- “To celebrate the 150^th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan we have organised several events over the following days: we are particularly happy to welcom

 ROME -- In a press conference Monday Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Brexit would be “much more of a problem for Britain than for Europe.”  Other topics covered included the European Unio

ROME -- Francesco Aureli, the Save the Children Representative to International Institutions, will be presenting a talk entitled ‘Development, not aid!’ for the International Relations &

 ROME -- Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan's son Bilal is being investigated for money laundering in Italy after a formal denunciation

ROME -- Speaking to reporters on his trip back from Mexico, Pope Francis spoke out against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and some of his policies, saying that they are “

MORELIA -- Pope Francis has spoken out against drug trafficking in Mexico.  The head of the Catholic Church does not like to give up, and in the fight against drugs he won’t.  In his vie

 ROME -- The computer of Cambridge researcher Giulio Regeni, found murdered in Cairo on Jan.

 ROME -- The Council of Europe Commissioner for human rights has raised concerns over Italy's treatment of Roma people in a letter written to Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday.

 ROME -- According to the environmental performance index 2016, Finland is the greenest country in the world. Finland, with a score of 90.68, is followed by Iceland, Sweden, Denmark and Slovenia.

 ROME -- Slow Food and many other civil society organisations protested Monday over an international symposium being held this week at