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‘Consequences’ for Super League requested by 11 teams
'Suffocating' Bari mafia hit by 99 arrests
BARI - The Strisciuglio clan, who had controlled much of the territory around Bari, was brought to its knees on Monday morning after a huge Carabinieri and Police raid saw 99 mafiosi arrested (96
Sant'Egidio promotes European vigils for dead migrants
Florence museums announce reopening schedule
Pope, 'we pray in silence' for those who denied migrants help
Interview: 'Dynamic' Rome property market adapts to pandemic challenge, estate agent Ruggero Marconi says
Nordic embassies in Rome present 'Be Smart Be Equal'
ROME - The embassies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in Italy kick off the "Be smart be equal" project, a cycle of events in 2021 focused on equal opportunities a
Gallerie dell’Accademia to open after two years' restoration
Italy to reopen consulate in Benghazi
BENGHAZI - "The reopening of the Italian Consulate in Benghazi is imminent," announced Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio after a meeting at the Farnesina with Najla El Mangoush,
Press union laments government inactivity on libel reforms
ROME - Raffaele Lorusso, the Secretary General of the Italian Journalists’ Union (FNSI) has complained that a long-planned bill to end incarceration for journalists for libel is languishing in pa
Salvini and the regions unhappy with latest measures
Man arrested for involvement in Nice 2016 truck attack
Friction between government and regions on reopening
Man investigated for skipping work for 15 years
CATANZARO - Hired in 2005 as the fire prevention officer for the Pugliese-Ciaccio Hospital, for over 15 years Stefano Surace had been happily receiving a pay check without doing an hour’s work -
Beppe Grillo's angry video defending son accused of rape
ROME - Beppe Grillo, the former comedian and founder of the 5 Star Movement (M5S), has caused much consternation, even within his own party, after posting a video on to his Facebook page in which
PM decree expected on region movement and later curfew
ROME - In preparation for Wednesday’s Prime Ministerial decree, Tuesday will see meetings with the Scientific Technical Committee (CTS) and discussion with the regions, as the government plans th
New research on Turin femicides published
TURIN - The Journal of Interpersonal Violence has published the first Italian study on violence against women, examining 330 cases of femicide in Turin and the
Italian health personnel nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
ROME - Italian health professionals have been officially nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for their commitment in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
The 'greedy' new plans for controversial Super League
Cindy McCain, Gardner tipped for Rome embassy posts
ROME -- The widow of Senator John McCain, from Arizona, is under consideration for appointment by the Biden administration as US Ambassador to the FAO and WFP, d
Draghi announces 'reasonable risk' of reopening measures
Ferrari announce plans for first all-electric car by 2025
Life sentence without parole ruled as 'unconstitutional'
ROME - Italy’s Constitutional Court, as announced in an official press release, has ruled that life sentences without the possibility of parole, which are currently in force, are unconstitutional
Tuscan politicians linked to mafia, 23 arrests in pollution scandal
PISA - Some 23 people have been arrested in a Carabinieri raid on ‘ndrangheta activity in Tuscany, carried out in conjunction with the Antimafia District Directorate (DDA) of Florence.