ROME - A 50-year-old Italian man with a blank criminal record seriously injured a Rom baby girl last week in South-East Rome by ‘accidentally’ shooting her whilst testing his gun, police said on We

ROME – Davide Casaleggio, one of the main political philosophers from Italy’s Five Star movement, has called for parliament to be abolished in favour of ‘direct democracy’ on the internet, which ha

ROME – A Pontino Brewery in Lazio has caused an uproar within Hindu communities by using a picture of Lord Ganesha on one of their beer bottles, statesman Rajan Zed said on Tuesday.

ROME - A Roman street seller tried to set himself on fire right in the centre of the city during a demonstration protesting against new crackdowns on the trade, local authorities said on Tuesday.

ROME - Five Star Movement leaders warn sailor-politician Andrea Mura that if he continues to neglect his political duties, he will be forced to resign; Mura responds: "So what if I’m absent from th

ROME – A new British managing director at Fiat Chrysler, Mike Manley, has been appointed on Monday following Sergio Marchionne’s health deterioration, as he fell into a coma after an operation.

ROME - Italy’s Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, launched a lawsuit alleging defamation against anti mafia writer Roberto Saviano on Friday for the content of his Facebook posts, but the author in

ROME - A 22-year old girl from Rome has died whilst crossing Corso Vittorio Emanuele in the very centre of the city, run over by a coach full of tourists, police said on Friday.

ROME - Five Star movement leader and Deputy Prime Minister Luigi di Maio was lampooned by the opposition Thursday for hiring a statuesque blonde girlfriend, 26 with no relevant experience, for as m

ROME - The reform for self-defence presented by the League leader on Thursday will legitimise “self-defence of the property owner in the case of forced entry or violence against said owner,” govern

ROME – Carabinieri have been sieving the canals in the lush Maccarese area near Rome after a local reportedly spotted a crocodile swimming there, local authorities said on Wednesday.

ROME – According to the latest statistics, the total flow of immigrants so far in 2018 is 50.000 people, compared with 186,768 last year, 1,259,955 in 2016 and 1,327,825 in 2015.

ROME - The Casamonica mafia clan takes a massive blow as 31 members are arrested and six other wanted persons are being tracked down by the Carabinieri, police sources announce.

ROME - Sally Potter, British director of ‘The Party’, was presented the European Silver Ribbon award during an outdoor screening at Villa Wolkonsky in Rome where she was the guest of honour on Thur

ROME – Migrants who arrived in Sicily over the weekend after being rescued near Lampedusa have finally disembarked at the port of Pozzallo after several EU countries agreed to take them, government

ROME – MPs from the Five Star Movement cracked open the champagne after parliament finally approved a bill to slash the sky-high pensions in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, political offici

ROME – Amid scores of concerned British citizens following the UK’s planned break from the EU, Ambassador to Italy Jill Morris made assurances that a smooth transition was "top of the agenda" whils

ROME – The French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, whose role as leader of interreligious dialogue built crucial bridges between the Church and Islam, died after a long fight with Parkinson’s disease, t

ROME - Italian paparazzi photographer Rino Barillari hospitalised after a pothole road accident, for which he is now asking the city for damages, he revealed in a Messaggero interview on Monday.

ROME – Carlo Vanzina, a successful director who throughout his career gave a witty glimpse into the workings of Italian society, has died at his home in Rome.

ROME – Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini claimed Monday he plans to close ports to international military ships rescuing migrants, but the Italian defence ministry told him that cooperation

ROME - A ‘close associate’ of Messina Denaro has been arrested in Trapani on Friday, a businessman who had a ‘privileged relationship’ with the fugitive.

ROME – Police in Calabria have arrested three men on charges of shooting and killing a 'Ndranghetà moll, Fortunata Fortugno, killed during car sex whilst being used as a human shield by her lover D