ROME - The nomination by President Macron of a French woman candidate to be the next director general at the Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) holds out hope for a new era at the UN agency as the e

ROME – The Italian government has chosen to dig its heels in over the European Commission’s concerns about the proposed 2019 budget, sources report.

ROME – Democratic Party leader Matteo Renzi, along with other members of the opposition, exulted on Wednesday after two “rebellious” Five Star Movement senators refused to vote against an amendment

OSTIA – A journalist for Rai, who headed up the investigation into connections between Juventus ultras and ‘Ndrangheta members, saw his house vandalised on Monday, in an apparent warning about his

ROME – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has joined the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) in denouncing the attack on referee Riccardo Bernadini during an amateur Lazio league match in a press conf

ROME – Italian President Sergio Mattarella has spoken of the value of the free press in front of students in the Quirinial Palace on Tuesday morning.

ROME – Up to 200 migrants were cleared out of the ‘Baobab Experience’ camp near Tiburtina station on Tuesday morning, police sources report.

ROME - Reuters Italia journalists are striking on Monday and Tuesday in protest against the dismissal of 16 of their journalists.

ROME – Interior Minister Matteo Salvini went on the offensive yet again this week, calling on the European Union to stop “jerking Italy around” over its tough sta

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis warned against the idolatry of money and luxury in the Church, particularly among bishops, in his sermon during mass at the Casa Santa

ROME – A referendum on Rome’s public transport company ATAC on Sunday did not meet the minimum number of votes required to be validated.

ROME – After three weeks without a win in the Serie A, AS Roma treated their fans to a consummate performance at the Stadio Olimpico, while Gonzalo Higuain missed a penalty and saw red in a disastr

ROME - The annual Commonwealth Remembrance Day Service took place Friday at the Testaccio Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery.

ROME - Rome has been represented at London’s World Travel Market (WTM), one of the world’s most prestigious tourism fairs, for another year running.

ROME - The Crespi d’Adda Theatre is to host a series of readings and interpretations of Inferno, Dante Alighieri’s masterpiece, accompanied by live music.

ROME - The Italian Court of Appeal has sentenced an elderly man to six years and six months behind bars after shooting his wife, a long-standing sufferer of Alzheimer’s disease.

ROME - The impact of various strategies of asymmetric warfare used in Middle Eastern conflicts was the central theme of three talks, hosted by the Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC) by Professor P

ROME - To the relief of Roman residents and tourists alike, Minister of Culture Alberto Bonisoli has decided against charging an entry fee to the Pantheon.

ROME – Following a ruling from the European Court of Justice on Tuesday which ordered Italy to recoup unpaid Church property tax, a census of Church-owned buildings in Rome has been asked for by th

ROME - Elisa Isoardi, girlfriend of Matteo Salvini, has posted a selfie of herself in bed with the Minister of the Interior and Vice-President on Instagram, to the alarm of rivals and colleagues al

ROME – Investigations into the human remains found at the Vatican's embassy to Italy have suggested that at least some of the fragments belong to an adult woman, rather than a teenager, sources say

ROME - Despite claims to the contrary, esteemed art critic Cristina Acidini has suggested the location of Da Vinci’s ‘Landscape with river’ (‘Paesaggio con fiume’) has yet to be confirmed.

ROME - The husband of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted on charges of blasphemy, has begged the Italian government to help his wife and family escape Pakistan.

LUXEMBOURG CITY – The European Court of Justice has ordered Italy on Tuesday to recoup an estimated four to five billion euros of ICI property tax that has not been paid by the Catholic Church, jud

ROME - Gaby Ford has opened The English Theatre of Rome’s Winter Season with a triumph.