ROME –- After winning her maiden Grand Slam title in New York on Saturday, Flavia Pennetta announced that this season would be her last in professional tennis.

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VATICAN CITY- Former Polish Archbishop Monsignor Józef Wesolowski, previously accused of paedophilia, was found dead in his residence in the Vatican on Friday sources say.

HELSINKI- In July and August1975, Helsinki was the capital of Europe for a brief period of time.

ROME- Italy and India are faced with mixed results in the latest rulings of the case of two Italian marines, Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre, who have been accused of killing two Indian f

 KILOPAA, -- The picturesque setting of Kilopää, in the Saariselkä area in Finnish Lapland,a popular destination for wi

ROME- Weekly magazine The Economist, which has a circulation of 1.6 million copies a week in over 200 countries, is set for a major shake-up in ownership as Pearson has sold its 50 percent stake in

ROME- Former Ukrainian MP Igor Markov, accused of misconduct and having organised meetings with pro-Putin businessmen, was arrested in the Northern town of Sanremo police sources said.

ROME- The Jewish community in Italy is reportedly up in arms over journalist Fiamma Nirenstein's appointment as the new Israeli ambassador to Italy, according to reputed Italian newspaper Il Fa

ROME- Following a migrant boat capsizing last week, where at least 200 people met a watery grave, an inflatable dinghy also sank in the same area, a mile off the Libyan coast, on Wednesday, leading

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HELSINKI- The Finnish President Sauli Niinistö has decided that Finland will participate in the EU's military crisis management operation (EUNAVFOR MED) in the Mediterranean Sea.

ROME- Students from Rome’s LUISS Guido Carli University were back on Italian soil last Friday after completing a unique “embedded” experience in Shama in the South of Lebanon with the Italian milit

Rome—A 66-year-old Englishman from Cornwall has decided to celebrate his recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by walking from Ro

ROME – The vehicle manufacturer, Iveco, and the Slow Food Foundation have chosen to donate a truck to the Karrayyu Herders’ Camel Milk Presidium, a community of nomadic herders in the Fantalle dist

ROME- Almost 40 migrants have died after a rubber dinghy carrying 120 migrants began to capsize on Wednesday morning off the Libyan coastline, according to survivors interviewed by Save the Childre

New all-time record: Vienna registered around 6.3 million overnight visitors between January and June 2015 – about 5.4% more than for the same period the previous year.