ROME – The oncologist and politician Umberto Veronesi, who dedicated his life to the battle against cancerous tumours, passed away in his home in

 ROME -- Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin said Wednesday of the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, “We respectfu

 ROME -- The unexpectedly all-female prize-winners of the 16^th Quadrennial Exhibition -- the most important national exhibition dedicated to Italian contemporary art -- were announced Mo

 ROME -- A wave of bad weather hit central Italy, with torrential rain leaving Florence’s river Arno full to burst Monday, a whirlwind on the Roman coast killing two in the commune of Ladispoli nea

 ROME – Paola and Claudio Regeni, parents of murdered Italian Cambridge student Giulio, have explained their heart-breaking struggle to achieve jus

 ROME -- The celebration across Italy commenced Friday for the National Day of Unity and Armed Forces Day with the traditional flypast over Piazza

  ROME -- The 50th anniversary of the huge 1966 Florence flood, Friday, causes recollections about the natural disaster, the British contribution to aid and the need for education about the environ

 ROME -- Essential Levels of Assistance (LEA in Italian), otherwise known as cures and therapies provided to citizens by the National Health Service, “have been finally amended and updated, and 118

 ROME -- Italy's new budget law has allocated as much as 400 million euros for education, university and research sectors but Education Minister Stefania Giannini again has turned a deaf ear to req

 ROME -- Pensée Visible presents Italo Calvino’s ‘Palomar’ in Teatro dell’Orologio of the Eternal City from Nov. 12 to 13.

ROME -- The level of employment in Italy is now back on the rise and the level of ‘inactivity,' those not working nor seeking work, is at a record

 ROME -- A new earthquake tremor measured at 4.8 on the Richter scale ripped through central Italy again early Thursday morning, civil protection workers said.

 ROME -- A “third DNA trace” has been found at the crime scene 41 years on from the suspicious murder of film director Pier Paolo Pasolini -- relatives want answers and are calling for a reopening

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis stressed the importance Wednesday of a female dimension in the Roman Catholic Church but ruled out the possibility of female priests, when asked on his way back from S

 ROME -- Sir Roger Gale, MP for North Thanet, who has been campaigning for “Votes for Life” for expatriate UK citizens, welcomed Wednesday the renewed commitment

 ROME -- The Italian interior minister Angelino Alfano, in a major step backwards by the government, suggested Wednesday on national radio that the referendum on constitutional reform could be post

 ROME – Italy is saying its heartfelt goodbyes to its first female government minister, Tina Anselmi.

 ROME -- A further 500 troops will be sent to the central-Italian earthquake zone to guard the houses of the evacuees in order to prevent looting, as happened in the aftermath of the Aug.

 ROME -- Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi, and president, Sergio Mattarella, publicly show their support for earthquake evacuees and fully enfo

 NORCIA -- As treasured monuments and churches have been destroyed by earthquakes, some commentators say the Italian Romanesque heritage is

 ROME -- ‘Ri-Tratti Portraits. Interconnections among paintings.

 ROME -- The capital’s schools have been closed and two churches in the historic centre have been deemed unsafe by firefighters Monday, after carrying out inspections to them as a consequence of th

 ROME – Opening night arrived Friday for the ‘Teatro de Loto’ company to premier their interpretation of the dark tragedy ‘Re Lear’ (King Lear) in Teatro dell’Orologio of the Eternal City.

 ROME -- Famous actor Roberto Benigni had his driving licence taken from him on his 64th birthday Thursday when he overtook on the wrong side of the road coming up to a set of traffic lights at Pia

 MACERATA -- About 100 more tremors were felt throughout the second night of quakes -- the strongest during the early hours of Friday morning, by the 4,000 people sleeping in temporary shelters due