ROCCAMARE – Essayist and Strega prize winner, Pietro Citati has died aged 92, his family said on Thursday. 

 REGGIO CALABRIA - A clandestine network of entrepreneurs stretching across Italy and Eastern Europe has been dismantled by the Reggio Calabrian Anti-Mafia and Guardia di Finanza in a joint operati

 LVIV- Don Santo Borrelli, the parish priest of Donnici is to set off on a journey on foot from war-torn Ukraine to Poland from July 31 to Aug 22, to show solidarity with the people affected by the

 BOLZANO – A British woman has died after slipping and falling 100 ft while hiking in the Dolomites, rescue services have confirmed, in what is the second British tragedy of the week in northern It

 CROTONE – A parish priest from Milan who celebrated a Roman Catholic Mass in the sea using an inflatable sun lounger as an altar and only wearing swimming trunks has been placed under investigatio

 BOLOGNA – Poland beat Italy 3-0 to take third place in the 2022 Volleyball Nations League.

PARMA - The ancient clavichord stolen on New Year’s Eve in 2015 from the Arrigo Boito Conservatory returns to Italy from Albania. 

 ROME – France and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) launched a plan through the European Food and Agricultural Resilience Mission (FARM) on Tuesday to support countries worst hit by the global foo

 BREUIL-CERVINIA – Low snowfall in the winter combined with rains over 4,000 metres above sea level, and the heat and drought that have hit Italy in recent months have made it impossible to ski, re

 TURIN – From July 13-20, the University of Turin hosted an exhibition, a workshop and an international conference dedicated to the works of J.R.R.

 GENOA – Alessandro Benetton, Italian businessman, second son of one the co-founders of Benetton Group, Luciano Benetton, decided to start business in Poland, after the tragic collapse of the bridg

 GROSETTO -  A blame game has broken out after a manslaughter invesigation was opened following a crash between a speedboat and a sailing yacht in the Argentario lagoon, local authorities have conf

 CINIGIANO – A critical situation has been declared following a fire in Maremma which has caused the evacuation of 2,400 local residents from the slopes of Mount Amiata, the local fire brigade have

 UDINE- A female firefighter has been killed after she was crushed by a tree following an inspection of a burnt out forest, the local fire brigade have confirmed

 ROME – Italian President Sergio Mattarella accepted Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s resignation on Thursday evening, dissolving Parliament, and calling for new elections on Sept 25. 

NAPLES – A Swiss tourist was robbed at gunpoint on Sunday evening and a few moments later, had his watch returned when the robber realised it was fake, authorities reported. 

 ROME – Regional Affairs Minister, Mariastella Gelmini, and Minister of Public Administration, Renato Brunetta left Forza Italia in protest on Wednesday, following the party’s decision to abstain f

 ROME -- Prime Minister Mario Draghi went to the Quirinal Palace Thursday, confirming his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella after three coalition parties snubbed him in a crucial Senate co

  ROME – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi refused to throw in the towel Wednesday despite centre right parties boycot

MAGNA GRAECIA – The fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Riace Bronzes in 1972 is this year.

 BARI- A 17th-century painting by Artemisia Gentileschi has been recovered after it was illegally exported from Italy in an attempt to market it abroad.

 MANTUA – From Sept.

 HELSINKI - Wärtsilä has decided to divest its Trieste production plant, firing 451 out of 973 employees.