ROME – Two journalists have been convicted of libel because of their role in the false wiretap that implicated former Sicilian governor Rosario Crocetta of serious criminal intent, police said on T

 PREDAPPIO – Eight people were investigated for performing the Roman salute and for displaying fascist symbols at the commemorative ceremony on Sunday of Benito Mussolini’s march on Rome, police sa

GENOA – A 63-year-old Italian craftsman killed an innocent Peruvian construction worker with a handmade bow and arrow, police reported Thursday.

 FOGGIA – A nephew of the crime boss Raphael Tolonese was shot and killed in Apulia while celebrating his birthday, police said.

MILAN – A Milanese bus driver has been sentenced to a two-year license suspension, almost two years after killing a pedestrian while he was exchanging erotic messages instead of watching the road,

 MILAN – AC Milan beat RB Salzburg 4 – 0 and progressed to the round of 16 in the Champions League.

 ROME – Berlin formally requested the Italian government to “grant urgent aid” to the rescued migrants on board a humanitarian ship in the Mediterranean.

ROME – Russian oil is ending up in American gas tanks because the oil bypasses sanctions after moving through Italian oil refinery, the Wall Street Journal reports.

ROME – New SWG poll publishes results Italians’ thoughts on hot button topics, including that 46 percent would rather concede a part of Ukraine to Russia than continue the war, the poll reports.

 ROME – Medical groups criticized Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government’s plan to allow doctors and nurses who are not vaccinated against COVID to return to work in hospitals.

 MODENA – Audio equipment worth more than 100,000 euros was seized from a Halloween rave party in the city in Emilia-Romagna, police said.

 PREDAPPIO – Four thousand people gathered at the tomb of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on the centenary of the Fascist march on Rome. 

 MILAN – A former leader of the Inter Milan ultra-fans, Vittorio Boiocchi, was shot and killed by a pair of armed assailants on a motorbike, police said.

PERUGIA – Amanda Knox, the acquitted suspect in Meredith Kercher’s murder in Perugia, returned to Italy in June and met with ex-boyfriend, lawyers, and former prison chaplain, Italian press reporte

 ROME – Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s newly inaugurated government came under heavy criticism for a proposal from her populist allies Lega to ease restrictions on cash transfers, potentia

 ROME – Members of Italian food industries are attempting to “#savethegrissino,” with news of dramatically reduced breadstick sales, finance sources said on breadstick day, Friday.

 MILAN – A mass stabbing in a supermarket outside Milan killed one person and injured several, including Arsenal football player Pablo Marí who was to undergo surgery, doctors said.

 ROME – As many as 730 kg of cocaine have been seized from traffickers in Trieste, police said.

ROME – Higher than average temperatures and increased rain is predicted for November and December in Italy, seasonal forecast reports on Thursday. 

 MILAN – Inter Milan beat Czech club Viktoria Plzeň 4 – 0 on Wednesday evening, securing progression to the knock-out stages of the Champions League and eliminating FC Barcelona from the competitio

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will travel to Bharain next week to attend the general asian bishops. conference, the Vatican said Thursday.

 PALERMO – More than 400 migrants are stuck aboard the rescue ships Humanity 1 and Ocean Viking in the Mediterranean Sea while the vessels wait for access to a safe port, charities reported.

ROME – A group of young adults have been arrested in Bari due to their affiliation with an international extremist group, police said.

 ROME – Trade unions condemned the use of violence by police in a clash with La Sapienza University students who were demonstrating against a conference attended by right wing commentators and memb

ROME – A mother of a nine-year-old child was killed with a hammer in Bolzano in a gender related homicide, police said.