ROME -- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has named veteran Giuseppe Del Dio as the Deputy Director of the Security Information Department in a change to Italy’s secret services operations.

 ROME -- On the Ligurian Riviera, nestled between Genoa and the French border, the commune of Spotorno is one of Italy’s tourist hotspots.

  ROME -- Engineer turned poet, Francesco Terrone, has won the 37^th edition of the Procida Isola di Arturo Elsa Morante for his poetry collection L’urlo dell’innocenza (The Scre

ROME -- Popular Italian actor and director Carlo Verdone has spoken to Rome’s mayor Roberto Gualtieri in a phone call to resolve any ill-feeling after a public spat in which Verdone criticised Rome

 ROME -- Two animal rights activists were arrested on Wednesday morning after peacefully protesting against bullfighting during the Pope Francis’s weekly general audience in Rome’s St Peter’s Squar

 ROME -- Two British lecturers have lodged an application in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg seeking damages of 352,450 euros against Italy for violations of a fair trial and a tri

 ROME -- An Italian delivery driver, Domenico Autiero, has been killed in Castellammare di Stabia after his motorbike allegedly was hit by an SUV driven by an English tourist in the left-hand lane

ROME -- Rana Reider, the coach of Italian sprinter Marcell Jacobs, has had his accreditation removed by the Canadian Olympic Committee over safeguarding concerns.

ROME -- It is not often at the Olympics that we get to see a true underdog triumph.

ROME -- Five Italian tourists have been injured after a small explosion on a motorboat which was taking them to the Greek island of Rhodes.

ROME -- An Italian tourist has died in Bali after falling from a railing while taking a selfie in the Gajah Mas region of the Indonesian island.

   HERCULANEUM -- A revolutionary AI technology used to

 ROME -- An 18-year-old girl has died and a 17-year-old girl remains in hospital after a scooter accident in a street on the outskirts of Pavia.

  TURKU -- The Turku Music Festival, founded by the Musical Society of Turku in 1960, is set to open its 2024 edition on 8 August with an interesting musical proposal curated by ar

ROME -- Investigations are still ongoing after a coach of tourists crashed on the A1 on Sunday, killing one Chinese person and leaving two others in a critical condition.

ROME -- Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani won gold for Italy in stunning fashion in the final of the women’s tennis doubles, adding more medals to the Azzurri tally over a weekend of action in Paris.

ROME -- With widespread attention turned on the fallout from Angela Carini’s boxing abandonment, you could be forgiven for missing Italy’s other sporting triumphs.

  ROME -- After chaos in recent weeks on Italy’s rail network, from broken down trains to hours-long delays, new construction work is likely to cause further disruptions until September, Trenitalia

ROME -- Before the first punch was pulled at the Arena Paris Nord, Angela Carini looked ready to take on the world.

  LONDON -- Zak Chelli, the current British and Commonwealth Super-Middleweight Champion, with Italian roots will be in action this weekend against mandatory challenger Callum Simpson. 

  ROME -- A fire has broken out near the Court of Appeal in Rome at around lunchtime according to the fire brigade. 

  CINQUE TERRE --  The Mayor of Riomaggiore, Fabrizia Pecunia, reopened the Via dell'Amore (Path of Love) after a 12-year closure due to a landslide in September 2012. 

  ROME -- A female bear suspected of attacking a hiker in Dro on July 16, has been killed, the province of Trento has said. 

  ROME -- A Russian businessman has had 41 million euros worth of assets seized in Florence, including company shares and real estate, the Finance Police have reported.