ROME – Prosecutors have requested the indictment of a former senior education ministry civil servant, Giovanna Boda, on charges of accepting bribes worth more than 3 million euros and in return se

 LAMPEDUSA – A six-month old baby died at a migrant reception centre in Sicily, charities said. The child had arrived in good health with its mother but died suddenly of unknown causes on Sunday.

 BOLZANO - A transgender rights organization denounced a doctor, who was not named, for allegedly refusing a transgender woman a blood test due to the practitioner’s personal opinion on 

 ROME – Elly Schlein, former vice-president of the Emilia Romagna region, announced her candidature for the position of leader of the Democratic Party (PD) at a conference in the Casal Bertone area

 MESSINA – Violent storms struck Sicily, flooding numerous towns and trapping residents in their cars and homes, police said Monday.

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis held an audience for the donors of the St Peter’s Christmas tree and nativity scene on Saturday, the Vatican said in a press release.

 TURIN – Prosecutors in Piedmont described Juventus football club’s ‘salary manoeuvres’ in 2020 and 2021 as clearly unlawful and called for the indictment of the board of directors, judicial source

 VICENZA – Former cycling champion Davide Rebellin was run over and killed by a lorry while on a training ride, police said Thursday.

 NAPLES – The United States aircraft carrier George H.W.

ROME – Gaetano Alaimo, a well-respected cardiologist in the city of Favara in the Agrigento region was shot and killed by a patient he had been treating for years, police reported Tuesday.

 ANCONA – An articulated lorry tipped over and crashed into an ambulance, killing its driver and an elderly patient inside while seriously injuring another ambulance worker, police said Tuesday.

 ROME – In this unusual biography Davide Carbone recounts how he escaped from a dreary office job and an ungratifying daily routine to realise his dream of a life

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis met with the Irish Ambassador to the Holy See, Frances Collins, on Monday morning, the Vatican said in a press release.

 ROME – A Bosnian mother and father were arrested for allegedly enslaving their 14 year-old daughter, police said.

 CASAMICCIOLA, Ischia – At least seven people, including four children, died in a landslide that swept through a town on this island in the bay of Naples following heavy rains, rescue workers said

 ROME – Italian football fans were said to be supporting Argentina at the Qatar World Cup, in the painful absence of the Azzurri, who were knocked out during the qualifying stages by Macedonia.

 ROME – Education minister Giuseppe Valditara wants to eliminate distractions for students in accordance with the recent proposal to stop citizenship income aid for students who have yet to complet

ROME – Violence against women is on the rise this year in Italy, with 95 women killed between January and November of 2022, half of which were murdered by their partners, police said.

 ROME – A man in his thirties was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting two young women from the United States, police said.

 ROME – More than one hundred Afghan refugees were due to arrive in Fiumicino on Thursday via humanitarian corridors, church sources said.

 ORISTANO – The Sardinian town of Bosa was left underwater after heavy rainfall on Tuesday morning, while the flood defence system MOSE was activated in Venice as downpours and high winds battered

ROME – A right-wing populist party in Italy, “the League” is proposing legislation to offer a bonus of up to 20,000 euros for couples who get married in an Italian church, party officials said Sund

 ROME – The man arrested on charges of killing three prostitutes in Prati is Giandavide De Pau, a former chauffeur and bodyguard of mafia boss Michele Senese, police said.

ROME – There are 736 million women who are victims of internet violence and harassment worldwide, and 35 percent report lasting mental distress, the UK embassy in Rome reported at a press conferenc