ROME-The Colosseum lights will be turned off in solidarity with the persecuted Christians around the world. 

ROME-British Corner Shop, an online supermarket for expats, has been supplying its customers with their favourite foods for 15 years, and the demand continues to rise, says the managing director.

ROME-Chiara Rizzo, the wife of Amedeo Matacena, has been arrested by the Reggio Calabria anti-Mafia department (DIA) on the suspicion of mafia association.  

ROME-Prime Minister Matteo Renzi visited Milan Tuesday to support 2015 world fair after a series of arrests of Expo managers over corruption allegations.

ROME-A scow ferry boat with immigrants from Libya sank off the African coast causing death of at least 17 migrants while some 200 have been found alive, a naval spokesm

ROME– Prof. James Walston, a distinguished British political scientist, pundit on Italy and founding father of the American University of Rome, has died after a long illness, the AUR said.

 REYHANLI, Turkey –Following his 152-day kidnap last year, reporter Domenico Quirico blamed a rebel unit previously known for helping journalists -The Free Syrian Army-aligned Farouq Brigades has m

 ROME-Prince Harry will arrive in Rome on Sunday to attend an event held at the MAXXI Museum where he will reveal the design for the UK pavilion at EXPO 2015. The event named “Great Britain in Rome

 CASERTA - Thirteen people have been placed under house arrest on charges of marketing adulterated mozzarella cheese, police said Monday.

MILAN-Silvio Berlusconi started court-ordered community service Friday at the Sacra Famiglia Catholic Foundation centre for the elderly.

 FLORENCE -A plumber who admitted murdering a Romanian prostitute and leaving her body in a crucifixion-like pose in Tuscany was arrested Thursday night.

ROME- Angelo Paris, manager of the infrastructure of Lombardy, was arrested together with Primo Greganti and five other people accused of corruption and tender fraud.

ROME-Anti-Mafia Police arrested former Interior minister Claudio Scajola Thursday for allegedly helping a Mafia-tainted businessman, Amedeo Matacena, flee to Dubai.

ROME-BIT, the Milan International Tourism Exchange gets a new all-in-one concept.

LAKE GARDA- The fifth Col. Darby 40 Mile Ranger Challenge- an annual trek from Peschiera del Garda to Torbole, was led by retired Ranger Rick Tscherne in memory of Darby,  the Rangers founder.

CORTONA-Have you felt the fascination of the Etruscans, the people who left ample traces of the life they led in central Italy before being conquered by the Romans?

ROME-Thousands of city employees  protested in Piazza Campidoglio Tuesday against possible salary cuts, saying they felt “humiliated and exhausted.”  According to the Labour union's estimates, more

TURIN-Colonel Meroni manoeuvred the plane lower, banking left in fog - conditions were poor, but he was confident of landing the three engine Fiat G2.12 on second appro

ROME-Automaker Fiat Chrysler Group has decided to open a branch in Finland with engineer Alessio Castelli, boasting over ten years of experience in the FIAT group, as manager for the new Scandinavi

ROME-Following brutal clashes at last week end's Italian Cup final, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi pledged Monday to implement harsh measures to end football violence.

VATICAN CITY-Former Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone has enraged papal aides by evidently casting doubt on “the presumed humbleness” of Pope Francis' lodgings compared to the prelate's

ROME-A heart-warming family saga spanning four generations, Carol Faenzi’s The Stonecutter’s Aria opens up a vista on the Italian immigrant experience in the United States.

ROME-Following Silvio Berlusconi’s recent faux pas on Nazism, the European People’s Party now faces a dilemma whether or not to expel Forza Italia risking defeat in the upcoming elections.

ROME-A crowd of some 800,000 pilgrims from around the world attended the historic simultaneous canonisation of two popes,  the Vatican press office said Monday.