ROME -Organisers of a "Xmas Concert for Syrian Children" in St Stephen’s School are being investigated by a relief group following allegations they are close to Syria's Government, a spokesman said

ROME - A summit of Justice Ministers aimed at ending the death penalty around the world opened Tuesday under the auspices of the St. Egidio Community.

ROME – Ten Tottenham Hotspur supporters, in Rome for a football match, were injured in an anti-semitic attack Thursday morning. One was seriously hurt.

ROME - It is such a sad debacle, the original errors of conception and execution in the first version have been compounded and increased.

ROME – Violence in last week’s demonstrations was "inadmissible" on both sides.

ROME - The Commonwealth expatriate community reunited for the 94th time on Remembrance Sunday to pay their respects at the War Cemetery in Rome.

VATICAN CITY- Pope Benedict XVI celebrated old age with his contemporaries as he visited a nursing home in Rome.

ROME -- Democrats Abroad cheered loudly as an election party for US citizens residing in Rome climaxed at the Roadhouse Grill restaurant in the gentrified working class area of Testaccio.

ROME - Ertharin Cousin, head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will be in Lebanon and Jordan this week to assess the Syrian refugee crisis.

 Confusion still reigns over next year's elections, says Rome's premier political commentator.

ROME -  American student Fabio Malpeso, 19, is recovering after he was stabbed 25 times in his flat on Halloween by fellow student.

ROME - The International Festival of the Digital Accordion is back to the Eternal City for the sixth time.

ROME - Italian police Tuesday placed under house arrest 27 businessmen and managers of State-controlled train company Trenitalia for allegedly rigging contracts in favour of a Bari-based company.

ROME - The Minister of Culture reiterates this week that he made the right decision, yet the appointment of Giovanna Melandri as MAXXI's new president remains controversial.

ROME-A British man and a Bolivian woman attempted to smuggle 15 kilos of cocaine in shoes and pots into Italy this month in yet another “ingenious” smuggling ploy.

ROME- Runners hit the streets of Rome in a bid to raise money and eradicate hunger. “Let’s stop hunger in its tracks” was the event’s motto.

ROME -  Laila Sumpton, current poet in residence at the Keats-Shelley House and British Council will be giving three special public workshops on creative writing at the Keats-Shelley House, Rome on

ROME - The Mayor encouraged Romans to avoid “unnecessary journeys” today as heavy rains are forecast over the city and the central regions of Italy.

ROME - Majid Barzegar’s film Parviz, centering on power and its destructiveness in the hands of those unprepared for it, has won Asiatica film festival’s 2012 NETPAC award.