ROME-The baby bear found dead in woods of val d’Ambiez did not appear to show any signs of external injury. 

MILAN-After the arrest of Primo Greganti accused of corruption and tender fraud in connection with the Expo in Milan, the Chinese Communist Party started internal inquiries.

ROME- The Colosseum will be open till midnight Saturday for the  Night at the Museums, but the number of visitors will be capped, sources confirm.

NAPLES-The owner of one of Italy’s major mozzarella companies has been placed under house arrest Wednesday over allegations of criminal association and money laundering.

ROME-Italian Blue Flag beaches reach astonishing number of 269.

ROME-After an absence of three years, Regione Lazio has returned to the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai to showcase its offerings to the Gulf area market.

ROME-A refusal by workers at the Colosseum to open the monument threatens to spoil a special museums night organised in Rome on Saturday.

ROME-The Colosseum lights will be turned off in solidarity with the persecuted Christians around the world. 

ROME-British Corner Shop, an online supermarket for expats, has been supplying its customers with their favourite foods for 15 years, and the demand continues to rise, says the managing director.

ROME-Chiara Rizzo, the wife of Amedeo Matacena, has been arrested by the Reggio Calabria anti-Mafia department (DIA) on the suspicion of mafia association.  

ROME-Prime Minister Matteo Renzi visited Milan Tuesday to support 2015 world fair after a series of arrests of Expo managers over corruption allegations.

ROME-A scow ferry boat with immigrants from Libya sank off the African coast causing death of at least 17 migrants while some 200 have been found alive, a naval spokesm

ROME– Prof. James Walston, a distinguished British political scientist, pundit on Italy and founding father of the American University of Rome, has died after a long illness, the AUR said.

 REYHANLI, Turkey –Following his 152-day kidnap last year, reporter Domenico Quirico blamed a rebel unit previously known for helping journalists -The Free Syrian Army-aligned Farouq Brigades has m

 ROME-Prince Harry will arrive in Rome on Sunday to attend an event held at the MAXXI Museum where he will reveal the design for the UK pavilion at EXPO 2015. The event named “Great Britain in Rome

 CASERTA - Thirteen people have been placed under house arrest on charges of marketing adulterated mozzarella cheese, police said Monday.

MILAN-Silvio Berlusconi started court-ordered community service Friday at the Sacra Famiglia Catholic Foundation centre for the elderly.

 FLORENCE -A plumber who admitted murdering a Romanian prostitute and leaving her body in a crucifixion-like pose in Tuscany was arrested Thursday night.

ROME- Angelo Paris, manager of the infrastructure of Lombardy, was arrested together with Primo Greganti and five other people accused of corruption and tender fraud.

ROME-Anti-Mafia Police arrested former Interior minister Claudio Scajola Thursday for allegedly helping a Mafia-tainted businessman, Amedeo Matacena, flee to Dubai.

ROME-BIT, the Milan International Tourism Exchange gets a new all-in-one concept.

LAKE GARDA- The fifth Col. Darby 40 Mile Ranger Challenge- an annual trek from Peschiera del Garda to Torbole, was led by retired Ranger Rick Tscherne in memory of Darby,  the Rangers founder.

CORTONA-Have you felt the fascination of the Etruscans, the people who left ample traces of the life they led in central Italy before being conquered by the Romans?

ROME-Thousands of city employees  protested in Piazza Campidoglio Tuesday against possible salary cuts, saying they felt “humiliated and exhausted.”  According to the Labour union's estimates, more