PULA - The environmental associations Greenpeace and Cova Contra have begun investigations into an oil spill in the Adriatic Sea, after satellite imagery and data was released by the European Spa

  ROME - On the fifth anniversary, on Monday, of the fatal abduction of the Italian graduate Giulio Regeni, the Italian President Sergio Mattarella has said that “we are still waiting for a full an

  AUGUSTA – The Ocean Viking, a rescue ship operated by the European maritime rescue organisation SOS MEDITERRANEE, on Monday landed 373 rescued migrants into the port in Augusta, Sicily, having re

  TURIN - Seven boys, aged 12 to 17, were found by police on Tuesday evening hidden in the trailer of a lorry in a service area on the Turin ring road. 

  ROME - Admission is not to be guaranteed this year for students to sit the Maturità - exams sat in a student’s final year of school - though very little else has been decided as the debate contin

  ROME - Police have arrested 48 people in the anti ‘ndrangheta operation known as ‘Low Profile’, which has also revealed of the alleged involvement of Lorenzo Cesa and Francesco Talarico with the

  ROME - The G20 Business summit, hosted by Confindustria, kicks off on Thursday with the inception meeting to mark the start of the whole year of G20 proceedings. 

  BOLOGNA - A documentary about an Italian scientist has been selected on the list of 200 documentaries up for the category of Best Documentary at this years Oscars. 

  ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has won his second vote of confidence in as many days as the results of the Senate vote keep his coalition government in power. 

  CATANIA - The spectacular eruption of Mount Etna has now turned into a gentle lava flow down the side of the Sicilian

 SALERNO - The University of Salerno, in collaboration with Milano Bicocca University and Middlesex University London and support from the Mediterranean Tourism and Archeological Exchange (BMTA), h

  ROME - The island of Procida has been crowned the 2022 Italian City of Culture by the Minister for Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism (MiBACT), Dario Franceschini.

  ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte urged MPs on Monday to support a crucial vote of confidence in parliament, saying that his embattled government now needs "the greatest unity possible

RIMINI - A three day programme of events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Federico Fellini’s birthday has been organised by the Cineteca Comunale of Rimini, to take place online.

ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has released a new set of national coronavirus regulations set to come into action from midnight on Saturday night.

LAMEZIA TERME - The largest trial against the mafia since the 1980s started on Wednesday, in Lamezia Terme, Calabria.

 ROME -- Italian Democratic Party politican Maurizo Martina is joining the UN Food and Agriculture Organization as an Assistant Director General, taking up a host country slot vacated by former EU

GENOA – Hundreds of students at the universities of Genova and Salerno are being blocked from travelling abroad as part of the Erasmus scheme, causing widespread anger among the student populatio

ROME – The Carabinieri have uncovered a haul of illegal drugs used for the treatment of the symptoms of Covid-19 in Chinese supermarkets and herbalists in Rome and Prato.

 ROME -- Italy was plunged into political chaos Thursday after former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi withdrew his Italy Viva party's support from embattled Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's gove