ROME-An important, elaborately carved Roman urn of the first-early second century, one of the finest porphyry vessels to have survived from classical antiquity, has been acquired by NYC Metropolit

 ROME-On Thursday, the Finnish Government nominated former Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen as its candidate for the next European Commission, as announced by the Prime Minister Alexander Stubb

 ROME-Investigators sought Thursday to establish what caused the fierce explosion of a firework factory in Tagliacozzo near L’Aquila, which killed three people, police said.

 ROME-As if the Trevi Fountain’s current restoration works were not bad enough, tourists and Romans alike now have to jostle their way past persistent and ever-increasing street vendors in order to

 ROME- The Eternal City is following in the footsteps of another of the world’s best known cities as Mayor Ignazio Marino announces the installation of CCTV cameras within the coming month.

 REGGIO CALABRIA – Chiara Rizzo, the wife of fugitive MP Amedeo Matacena, was released from jail yesterday and placed under house arrest.

 ROME – After the baby call girls scandal, another investigation on sexual abuse of minors shakes the Eternal City after underage girls have been found posing naked for a model agency - a 51-year-o

 BERGAMO – After almost three hours of interrogation, Massimo Bossetti, the man accused of Yara Gambirasio’s homicide, still declares his innocence-at the end of the questioning his attorneys have

 ROME-The Colosseum displays its newly refurbished arcades as conservators removed the scaffolding surrounding the exterior on Monday giving tourists the chance to see the 2000-year old monument at

 ROME-After being released from Chelsea FC the former England international Ashley Cole has signed a two-year contract to join Roma next season which will net him £3.65 million in wages.

 ROME- EU Internal Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom denied Monday that the EU had left Italy to fight illegal immigration alone but admitted other member states “could do more to help.”

 ROME-A religious procession of Madonna delle Grazie which took place in Oppido Mamertina, Calabria, caused uproar after stopping in front of the house of 82 year old Mafia boss, Peppe Mazzagatti,

 ROME-Speculation rises after results of the Medicine faculty admissions exam at the University of Tor Vergata show 79 out of 210 places went to students from th

 ROME-The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) is arranging the International Conference “EU Cooperation for enforcement of consumer legislation”, to take place in Rome on 7^th-8^th

ROME- New Roumanian filmmakers will spearhead the MedFilm festival beginning on Monday -- audiences will have an opportunity to meet the Romanian and Italian artists and other cinema lovers.

 ROME-The World Health Organization met with the European Respiratory Society on Thursday in the Eternal City to present their new global framework to eliminate tuberculosis in countries with low l

 ROME- More than 60 more people are being indicted on charges of exploiting two teenage call girls working from an apartment in the smart Parioli neighbourhood, judicial surces said Thursday.

 ROME-According to a fresh Eurostat report, in 2012, EU28 residents prefer to remain in Europe as out of the 1.2 billion trips made, over 3/4 were made within the European boundaires.

 ROME-Raffaele Sollecito, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison, claims that Amanda Knox's version of events reported in the sentence issued by the Florence app

 ROME-On Monday evening the bodies of the three kidnapped boys, Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16 and Naftali Fraenkel, 16, were found near the village of Halhul near Hebron in the west bank by Isra

 ROME – Three days after the official start of the summer season, the president of the tribunal of Brindisi, Francesco Giardino, has signed a note that forbids th

 ROME – The unemployment rate of youths between 15 and 24 years of age reached 43 percent in May, announces Italy’s national statistical agency, Istat-a staggerin

 ROME-The Italian navy found 30 corpses aboard a migrant ship intercepted Sunday night-the vessel carrying 600 passengers will be escorted to the port of Pozzallo in Sicily Tuesday.

 ROME-Sant’Egido Community head Andrea Riccardi has made an impassioned appeal for the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, saying that the Christian population there