ROME -- Kenny Jacobs, Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, is banking on Italy’s south as a major new tourist destination particularly for Brits, even post-Brexit, ‘La Repubblica’ wrote Thursday.

 ROME – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi envisages a new elective system for leading professors of Italian universities, which has not been implemented in Italy since the Mussolini era, in a bid

 ROME -- The Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia has sparked controversy in the opposition over what is seen as Italy trying to get lucrative defence contracts w

 ROME -- Pope Francis made a new heartfelt plea Wednesday morning calling to end the bombing in Syria, with particular reference to the civilian vi

 ROME -- The kidnappers of two Italians captured in south-eastern Libya have asked for a ransom of four million euros in order for the two Italian nationals to be freed, Algerian sources revealed W

 ROME -- The British Embassy in the Eternal City has launched a questionnaire for British expatriates to share their experiences of living in Italy

 ROME -- The ex-mayor of the capital, Ignazio Marino, was interrogated for almost five hours by the public prosecutor, Erminio Amelio, on the subject of the presumed swindle of 320 million euros be

 ROME -- Lack of funds, delays and general chaos in relation to Rome’s municipal budget for public spending means that urgent maintenance works for the capital’s streets and schools may be stunted,

 ROME – An annual Remembrance Day ceremony shall be held on Nov.

 ROME -- An increase of three percent has been seen in the annual total number of child victims of violence and sexual violence, along with a notab

 ROME – Representatives from the city of Sabha, Libya, met in the Eternal City from Monday to Wednesday to work towards peace, with help from the c

 ROME -- Tensions are running high in Italy’s Five Star Movement M5S, as two of Beppe Grillo’s MPs had a tiff in the parliamentary Chamber’s courtyard Friday, that was not far off ending in a physi

ROME – Basking in 180 years of international success, renowned and revered across the globe for their iconic leather bags and unmistakable silk scarves, Friday saw the opening of a new boutique in

 ROME -- The first national student protests of this academic year are taking place Friday across the major squares of Italian cities, unions said.

 ROME -- The Sant’Egidio religious community based in the capital greets the granting of the Nobel Peace Prize to Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos with joy, this Catholic community said Frida

 ROME -- The bizarre story of a female member of the Rome municipal police is one of persecution, sexual harassment and threats at the hands of a m

 ROME – The number of Italians emigrating abroad has boomed, according to the ‘Italians across the world 2016’ report presented in Rome on Thursday

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, in a meeting Wednesday evening at Vespers service, have said that they are “undeterred” by the “serious obstacles” to full u

 ROME -- The Indian Ambassador, Anil Wadhwa, celebrated the anniverary of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti at the ‘Gandhi Institute’ Secondary School in Narni, Umbria, the Embassy said. 

 ROME -- Police arrested Thursday a Roumanian man on charges of allegedly raping an Australian woman near the Colosseum in the latest in a rash of violent crimes against foreign tourists tarnishing