SAN SEVERO - While the rest of Italy was celebrating the success of the Azzurri at the Euros, a 42-year-old man was shot and killed in a road ambush and his six-year-old nephew gravely injured.

  ROME - With the Azzurri back in Italy after their victory at the European Championships, the country burst into celebration, with parties in streets and piazzas lasting from Sunday night well int

  LONDON - Italy have beaten England to win the 2020 European Championships, their first since 1968, and sixth major international football trophy.

  AUGUSTA - SOS Mediterranee's migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking has been given a Place of Safety to disembark its 572 rescued migrants in Augusta, Sicily, after

  ROME - The Rome Diving Squad of the Vigili del Fuoco have begun a scan of the bottom of Lake Bracciano using side-scan sonar, ten days after the disappearance of 22-year-old Dutch tourist Samuel

 ROME - On July 30 at the Ettore Scola Theatre of the Casa del Cinema in Rome, will be held the eleventh edition of the award of the Pellicola d’Ora film awards, “given to the masters and craftsmen

  ROME - The 75th edition of the Strega Prize, Italy’s most prestigious literary award, has been awarded to the Italian writer Emanuele Trevi, for his novel Due Vite (Two Lives).

  LONDON - With only a 1,000 Italian fans being allowed to fly out to Wembley for the final of the European Championships, it will be an exclusive group.

  AVELLINO - Two men have been arrested by the Carabinieri on suspicion of bombing an Avellino job centre in May 2020 as an act of protest against anti-Covid restrictions in place at the time, acco

  LONDON - With thousands of Italians expected to travel to London for the final of the European Championships on Sunday, many staying at home have expressed fear of a major outbreak of coronavirus

  TURIN - The Italian journalist, historian and anti-fascist partisan Angelo Del Boca has died at his home in Turin, aged 96. 

 ROME - With Delta variant cases rising around Europe, most notably in the UK, Italian authorities have begun to worry about how well the country is prepared to face the summer influx of tourism, w

  LONDON - Italy have earned themselves a place in the final of the 2020 European Championships with a win over Spain on penalties, but not before a gruelling 120 minutes of football that saw plent

  ROME - With Pope Francis still recovering in hospital following his colon surgery on Sunday, and no definitive release date given, it still remains to be seen if he will be able to continue his w

  ROME - Raffaella Carrà, the Italian singer, actor, dancer and TV host has died aged 78. Her partner Sergio Japino announced her death, from an undisclosed illne

  LONDON - Italy are gearing up for their Euros semi-final against Spain at Wembley on Tuesday night, though preparations will be marred by the absence of Leonardo Spinazzola, a shining light of th

  BRESCIA - A Munich court has approved the arrest, requested by Brescia prosecutors, of Patrick Alexander Kassen, the German tourist accused of the manslaughter of two Italians on Lake Garda.

  ROME - Brigadier General Roberto Riccardo, commander of the Carabinieri Corps for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (TPC), has returned six precious crystal vases to Ambassador Viktor Elbling a

  CATANIA - The universities of Catania and Milan have finally agreed, to differing extents, on a contract with the aim of paying wage arrears to foreign 'lettori', victims of national dis

  VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu and nine other high ranking officials of the Holy See have been ordered to stand trial by the Vatican Court regarding investments by the Vatican's S

  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis was said to be in a comfortable position but will remain under medical observation for at least seven days at the Policlinico Gemelli in Rome after undergoing a schedu

  VENICE - Croatian winemakers have caused much ire within Veneto’s Prosecco industry, including the region’s President Luca Zaia, after they requested official recognition from the EU for their Pr