ROME - A summit of Justice Ministers aimed at ending the death penalty around the world opened Tuesday under the auspices of the St. Egidio Community.

ROME - The Commonwealth expatriate community reunited for the 94th time on Remembrance Sunday to pay their respects at the War Cemetery in Rome.

ROME - The European Commission has launched an international communication campaign which highlights the diverse cultural and natural heritage Europe has on offer at any time of the year.

VATICAN CITY-A Holy See court has sentenced a computer technician to two months imprisonment for obstructing justice in connection with recent information leaks from Pope Benedict XVI's apartment.

ROME -- Democrats Abroad cheered loudly as an election party for US citizens residing in Rome climaxed at the Roadhouse Grill restaurant in the gentrified working class area of Testaccio.

ROME - Sergio Marchionne, FIAT CEO, was used in an electoral video by Barack Obama to highlight Mitt Romney’s lies.

ROME - Iveco joins forces with leading South African transport operator in manufacturing venture.

ROME - On Nov. 6 there will be an all night election watch party at Roadhouse Grill from 11 pm to 8 am.

Nearly 870 million people, or one in eight, were suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2010-2012, according to the recently released UN hunger report.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI caused general surprise as he announced a second consistory this year to name six new cardinals.

ROME – Disregarding criticism from OECD countries, FAO Director General Jose Graziano declared that promoting food cooperatives is one effective way to generate food security.

ROME - Majid Barzegar’s film Parviz, centering on power and its destructiveness in the hands of those unprepared for it, has won Asiatica film festival’s 2012 NETPAC award.

MAZARO DEL VALLO, Sicily -- Libyan forces opened fire on two Italian fishing boats in the strait of Sicily on Sunday, the foreign ministry said.

COSENZA – Macedonian author Goce Smilevski and Egyptian writer Ala al-Aswani have received the prestigious Mediterranean Culture Prize at a glittering ceremony sponsored by the Carical foundation.

ROME - Financial markets surged as the European Central Bank unveiled a government bond-buying programme to shore up finances of struggling Spain and Italy