ROME -- A cat loving charity is organising a 12 day tour of Italy’s cultural and catty hotspots.

 ROME – Egypt’s presidential election, scheduled to begin on May 23, has "sparked fear" among the country's Coptic Christians as the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate looks strong.

ROME -- Finnish flag carrier Finnair has reported excellent financial results for the first quarter of 2012 for its Italy branch.

ROME -- Earth Day this year was dedicated to young women.

ROME -- The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution which enables an observer mission in Syria. Italy has announced its support of the mission.

ROME -- The grand finale of the ‘Days of Azerbaijani Culture’ programme was a concert promoting the culture of Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku.

ROME -- While Ferraris and Mercedes fly round the F1 track, those flying with Gulf Air will be able to watch it live from the plane.

ROME -- Valter Lavitola, linked to a sex scandal involving former Italian Prime Minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, has returned to Italy to face a host of criminal charges.

ROME -- Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen met the head of Italy's technocrat government, Prime Minister Mario Monti, in Rome.

Brendan J Murphy, a distinguished author and journalist, set an apparent record for a reporter going without sleep during a hijacking when he covered a lengthy drama singlehandedly in Algiers.

ROME – International movement ‘We Are Church’ which urges reform of the Catholic Church, has responded to Pope Benedict XVI’s recent calls for obedience.

ROME -- Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen will have a meeting with his Italian counterpart, Mario Monti, in Rome on Tuesday.

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ROME – A senior prosecutor from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) denied that sentencing is too lenient when compared with the gravity of the crimes.

ROME -- The European Citizens' Initiatives means that a million citizens from across Europe can come together on an issue that is important to them, and ask the Commission to do something about it.

ROME -- There is something more than perverse in the way some American Republicans view both the word “Europe” and the term “socialism.”

ROME -- The eight young Somalians charged with piracy in the first trial of its kind in Italy looked bewildered when they first appeared in the heavily protected court in Rebibbia prison.

ROME – In celebration of the 30^th anniversary of full ambassadorial relations between Britain and the Holy See, the Venerable English College in Rome hosted several high profile panel di

MILAN -- A recent survey has revealed that while levels of trust in governments and other institutions have plummeted in the Eurozone, Italy remains a 'trust neutral' country.

 By SERGEI TSEYTLIN