TRIESTE – The first two buses of Ukrainian refugees, mostly women and children, arrived in Italy on Saturday and Sunday, said border police. Men are now obliged to remain in Ukraine and fight. 

 BRESCIA – Paintings by Picasso, Cezanne and Kandinsky are among the items confiscated by police when they raided the luxurious country villa of 63-year-old Lanfranco Cirillo, enigmatic d

ROME – The Italian Council of Ministers may meet between Friday and Saturday to pass a decree for a new deployment of Italian troops, in line with the measures that NATO is taking followi

 ROME – The Italian government has unanimously condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while the Russian ambassador to Italy Sergey Razov was summoned by the foreign ministry Thursday mor

 CATANIA – The spate of eruptive activity in recent weeks on Mount Etna, the most active volcano in Europe, has been “accelerating," ever since an unusually powerful eruption earlier in F

 IGOUMENITSA – Search and rescue have stopped looking for 10 missing people, all thought to be lorry drivers, in the wreck of a ferry which caught fire on its way from Greece to Italy Fri

 ROME – The Italian parliament has passed a law permitting the government to finance a new British American Tobacco (BAT) factory in Trieste, partly as a result of lobbying by Ettore Rosa

 ROME – A restaurant next to the Pantheon has been penalised for a second time because the owner went to his workplace without Green Pass, local police said.

 ROME – Carabinieri arrested 65 people "suspected of being part of a Mafia-style criminal association" on the coast south of the Eternal City early Thursday morning, on orders from the di

ROME – Italy has declared it is ready to deliver 1000 reinforcements to South-East Europe, with deployment of the forces in Hungary and Bulgaria being considered, political sources said. A final de

 BRINDISI – A 27-year-old nurse who worked at the San Raffaele university hospital near Milan was driving home after two consecutive night shifts when she fatally crashed her car, the wor

ROME – For the first time, a single artist will represent Italy at the 59th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition.

 PALERMO – More than 200 documentaries have already been submitted to the 17th edition of the annual Sole Luna Doc Film Festival, which takes place every July in the Sicilian city.

 ROME – Just five percent of students in Italian universities come from abroad, according to provisional data on enrollment numbers, a statistic that correlates with low rankings for Ital

 ROME – Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza has announced that wearing facemasks outside will no longer be required from Friday onwards, with the exception of outdoor gatherings, suc

 MILAN – A large panel of the roof was blown off Milan train station and three people were injured by falling trees after winds reached 90 k.m.

 ROME – Those who have had three doses of vaccination against Covid-19 - or who have had two doses and then recovered from an infection of the virus - will have no expiry date on their Gr

 ROME – The “extraordinary” Italian actress Monica Vitti has died at the age of 90 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, announced the former culture minister Walter Veltroni at the reque

 MILAN – A photo of Matteo Salvini with members of his League party went viral on Twitter after viewers noticed irregularities in the face masks worn by the group, leading to speculation

 ROME – A picture by street artist Laika popped up overnight in Via della Cordonata, showing the recently re-elected President Sergio Mattarella chasing after his moving van and shouting