ROME – Brazil is bracing itself to host the Pope’s first international trip since he was made pontiff in what has been described as the "biggest police operation" in Rio de Janeiro's history.

ROME – Media magnate Silvio Berlusconi has denied reports that he met with the Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbayev as Italy came under fire over its deportation of the family of a Kazakh dissident.

ROME--Global chemicals company Kemira, is buying privately owned Italian 3F Chimica SpA in an 85 million Euro deal hoping to strengthen its position in the applications of paper, oil and gas, minin

ROME – A judge misdiagnosed with cancer ended his life in a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland despite being in good health, an autopsy has shown.

 ROME -- Local finance police have arrested a 62 year-old man who had been posing as a magician in order to abuse and extort money from women in Milan.

Rome –- Italy’s parliament has been brought to a virtual standstill following the supreme court’s decision to rule earlier than expected on Berlusconi’s appeal against his conviction for tax fraud.

ROME--The 570 million euro finance contract signed on July 8th  in Rome between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Terna, Italy’s power grid management company, is focused on investment in sout

 ROME –- The French conglomerate LMVH, known worldwide as Louis Vuitton, has purchased 80 percent of Italy’s historic cashmere company, Loro Piana.

ROME -- Ex-serviceman Harry Shindler is to appeal the decision made by the European Court of Human Rights not to overturn the ban on expats voting in UK elections once they have lived abroad for ov

ROME -- According to a recent release from the White House, John R. Phillips will be the next US ambassador in Italy.

PESCASSEROLI, Aquila -- Yet another Marsican brown bear has been found dead in the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise. The bear, nicknamed Stefano, was killed by three bullets.

Medium and long-term finance of 661 million euros are to be provided for Italian business by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Intesa Sanpaolo Group.

ROME -- France's Ambassador has echoed UK calls for Italian education minister Maria Chiara Carrozza to put an end to “illegal” discrimination against foreign university lecturers.

LAMPEDUSA, Sicily -- The Pope called today for a "reawakening of consciences" regarding the plight of illegal migrants, thousands of whom have lost their lives trying to reach this remote Sicilian

ROME -- Palazzo delle Esposizioni recently inaugurated an exhibition solely dedicated to the contemporary New York art scene.

SIRACUSA, Sicily -- A boat containing around 100 immigrants was intercepted this morning off the coast of Siracusa.