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 -  American student Fabio Malpeso, 19, is recovering after he was stabbed 25 times in his flat on Halloween by fellow student.

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

ROME - Record abstention levels and the crushing defeat of Silvio Berlusconi have marked Sicilian elections.

ROME- Silvio Berlusconi has threatened to withdraw his party’s support from the Italian government, accusing Prime Minister Mario Monti of worsening the recession.

ROME – One dead and widespread panic as an magnitude 5 earthquake hits the Pollino area between Basilicata and C

ROME - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has made 200 million euro worth of credit lines available to local companies and entities that were affected by the earthquakes in Emilia

ROME - The Minister of Culture reiterates this week that he made the right decision, yet the appointment of Giovanna Melandri as MAXXI's new president remains controversial.

ROME - Claudio Scajola, Minister for Industry in Berlusconi’s government, has been placed under investigation on charges of corruption in supplying navy frigates to Brazil.

ROME – Six seismologists and one government official received prison sentences for failing to adequately warn of the danger of the 2009 Aquila earthquake.

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ROME- Silvio Berlusconi denied ever having sex with 17-year-old ‘Ruby’ at his trial in Milan. He is accused of having resorted to prostitution.

ROME - Concordia Captain Francesco Schettino still claims his actions saved lives during the cruise ship disaster as investigations into the tragedy proceeded Thursday.

Seven guns and over 250 cartridges were found in a church in Naples.

ROME- On Wednesday Alitalia announced its plan to make 690 of its employees redundant in another attempt to reduce the debt plaguing the company.

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.

ROME - Forty-four illegal immigrants, including one minor, were found along the 106 motorway near Roccella Ionica in Calabria.

ROME - The Fiat managing director, Sergio Marchionne, caused outcry as he lashed out at Florence first citizen Matteo Renzi, calling him the “mayor of a small and poor town.”

ROME-- The entire City Council of Reggio Calabria has been dismissed, accused of direct links with the mafia.

ROME -- The Maria Grazia Cutuli Foundation is offering a prize to journalists of merit who work in zones of crisis or war.

ROME -- The World-Wide Catholic Reform Networks celebrated the 50^th anniversary of the second Vatican Council by calling for dialogue between the Catholic Church and the people.