ISLAND OF GIGLIO- The final phase of the operation to right the Costa Concordia, shipwrecked off the coast of the Island of Giglio two and a half years ago, got under way successfully Monday.

 VENICE – More than 50 pedophiles were identified in Italy and in 11 other countries following a vast operation conducted by the Department of Postal Police and C

 MILAN – One of the two men who attacked and raped 23 year-old Polish Erasmus on Tuesday, has been arrested, whilst police still search for the second offender who has allegedly fled to Romania.

 ROME – Following the arrest of 51 year-old photographer Furio Fusco for child prostitution and child pornography on Tuesday, police have started to investigate child prostitution on a larger scale

CASTEL ROMANO- Italy’s first cinematic theme park, CineCitta’ World, opens this month with Academy Award winners Dante Ferretti and Ennio Morricone insisting it is not another Disneyland.

 ROME-An important, elaborately carved Roman urn of the first-early second century, one of the finest porphyry vessels to have survived from classical antiquity, has been acquired by NYC Metropolit

 MILAN-At the first informal meeting between the EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs, the Fiat group was nominated as the official vehicle supplier, which will provide the Italian government

ROME-Cine Citta’ World, the first theme park in Italy to be dedicated to the world of cinema, is almost ready for action.

 ROME-Investigators sought Thursday to establish what caused the fierce explosion of a firework factory in Tagliacozzo near L’Aquila, which killed three people, police said.

 ROME-As if the Trevi Fountain’s current restoration works were not bad enough, tourists and Romans alike now have to jostle their way past persistent and ever-increasing street vendors in order to

 ROME-The ice cream village world tour, which will be taking place later this year, is an international event that celebrates freshness and high quality of delicious and healthy ice cream.

 ROME- The Eternal City is following in the footsteps of another of the world’s best known cities as Mayor Ignazio Marino announces the installation of CCTV cameras within the coming month.

 REGGIO CALABRIA – Chiara Rizzo, the wife of fugitive MP Amedeo Matacena, was released from jail yesterday and placed under house arrest.

 MILAN – The body of an 85-year-old woman has been found in a canal in Inzago early Wednesday morning whilst emergency services are still searching for another body that was seen a few hours later

 ROME – After the baby call girls scandal, another investigation on sexual abuse of minors shakes the Eternal City after underage girls have been found posing naked for a model agency - a 51-year-o

 ROME-The Colosseum displays its newly refurbished arcades as conservators removed the scaffolding surrounding the exterior on Monday giving tourists the chance to see the 2000-year old monument at

 MILAN-Tension rises in the northern district of Milan, Seveso, as residents continue to be affected by the problems caused by the flooding that occurred around 3am on Tuesday morning.

 ROME-After being released from Chelsea FC the former England international Ashley Cole has signed a two-year contract to join Roma next season which will net him £3.65 million in wages.

 ROME- EU Internal Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom denied Monday that the EU had left Italy to fight illegal immigration alone but admitted other member states “could do more to help.”

 ROME-A religious procession of Madonna delle Grazie which took place in Oppido Mamertina, Calabria, caused uproar after stopping in front of the house of 82 year old Mafia boss, Peppe Mazzagatti,

 ROME-Speculation rises after results of the Medicine faculty admissions exam at the University of Tor Vergata show 79 out of 210 places went to students from th

 ROME-The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) is arranging the International Conference “EU Cooperation for enforcement of consumer legislation”, to take place in Rome on 7^th-8^th

 POZZALLO – Police have arrested two more smugglers who piloted the so-called “death boat” of Pozzallo, in which 45 immigrants perished this week, police sources said.