NOVARA - A 37-year-old labor union shop steward was on Friday morning run over and fatally injured by a lorry that careened through a picket line during a protest by supermarket logistics workers

  ROME - Saturday 19 June 2021 is the date chosen to celebrate the second edition of the World Day of Italian Cinema, to renew the commitment undertaken in 2020,

  FLORENCE - Italian manager Gennaro Gattuso, previously of Napoli and AC Milan, has parted ways with Fiorentina just 23 days after being hired as coach of the Serie A club.

  AGRIGENTO - The Sicilian winemakers Mandrarossa have inaugurated a new winery in the heart of Menfishire (Menfi), “one of the most important wine districts of Sicily.”

  ROME - Italy have become the first team in Euro 2020 to qualify for the round of 16 after their convincing 3-0 victory over Switzerland at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday night.

  ROME - The images of the HMS Queen Elizabeth arriving at the Sicilian port of Syracuse this month flanked by an imposing Carrier Strike Group fleet was a remind

 GENOA - After almost a year and a half of lockdowns, closures and cancellations, Slow Fish - the biennial event dedicated to all things seafood - has timed its return perfectly to bring good food

 ROME - The Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) has published a report showing that poverty in Italy has increased in the last year, with 5.6 million Italians currently classed as livi

  ROME - The Nastro d’Argento Europeo 2021 has been awarded to the English actor Colin Firth, in “recognition of the special style of an eclectic and elegant actor who continues to give internation

  MILAN - On June 14, at the Stelline Foundation in Milan, the 73rd edition of the Prix Italia 2021 kicked off, the international competition organized by RAI whi

  KHARTOUM - The Italian businessman Marco Zennaro, who has been held in a Sudanese prison for two and a half months, has been released and is currently under house arrest in a hotel as he awaits t

 ROME - The Indian Supreme Court has closed the case against Italian Marines, Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre, after Italy paid the country a 1.1 million euros (100 million rupees) ex gra

  ROME - The community of Sant'Egidio and Cardinal Pietro Parolin were holding a prayer vigil Tuesday evening to mark World Refugee Day on June 20, commemorating the 43,000 people who have died on

  NAPLES - Vincenzo De Luca, the President of Campania, has rebelled against the decision of the Italian government in saying the his region will no longer administer different vaccines for the fir

  BRUSSELS - Leaders of the European Union on Monday signed the final official regulation on the EU Digital Covid Certificate, also known as the Covid green pass. 

  ROME - The long-awaited 2020 European Championship couldn’t have got off to a better start for Italy after beating Turkey 3-0 in Rome in their opening match.

  ROME - On Sunday June 6, in the evocative setting of the Antico Caffè Greco, for centuries a point of reference for cu

  AUGUSTA - The British Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has arrived in the waters off Sicily for a short stopover before it continues on its trip to the Pacific Ocean.

  GOMA - Italian prosecuting authorities investigating the death of Ambassador Luca Attanasio in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have placed an official of the UN's World Food Programme

  BOLOGNA - In its intense activity of organising live concerts, the International Museum and Library of Music has brought music and musicians from all over the w

  NAPLES – The regional Governor of Campania, Vincenzo De Luca, has urged the Rome central Gove

  ROME - The Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, has summoned the UAE’s Ambassador in Italy, Omar Al Shamsi, to the Farnesina after a plane full of Italian journalists blocked from flying over

  HERAT - Several Afghan civilians who worked in various functions for the Italian, British and American armed forces during conflict in their country have launched an urgent appeal for help gettin

  ROME - Twelve members of the neo-nazi organisation Ordine Ario Romano, including ‘Miss Hitler 2019,’ have been accused of criminal association and incitement to

  CORTINA D'AMPEZZO - The London street artist Endless has seen his works snapped up by wealthy collectors and included among the masterpieces of Florence’s Uffiz