Italy

ROME – 2013 saw the lowest birth rate in southern Italy since 1861, with deaths exceeding births for the first time since the end of the First World War.

ROME - The new European Commission looks more like an experiment in balancing opposite forces than an institution that is run by some kind of governance.

ROME - Two Italian doctors have been placed under quarantine for possible Ebola exposure, as the WHO confirms on Saturday that 4,992 people have now died in the

ROME- Public transport across Italy was in chaos on Friday with Spanish airline Vueling cancelling 25 out of 38 flights departing from Roma Fiumicino Airport.

LONDON – British ambassador Christopher Prentice "is seeking a further meeting with the Italian Education Minister" to address discrimination against UK lecturers

ROME – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has pledged to give 80 euros a month for three years to new mothers in a tax break, along with a promise to reduce taxes, beginning in January 2015.

MILAN – Judge Enrico Tranfa confirmed his resignation Friday, following Berlusconi "Ruby" case; but refuses to confirm he opposed the not-guilty verdict.

MILAN – The Expo 2015 trade fair image took another hit as former executive Antonio Acerbo was placed under house arrest on suspicion of nepotism, officials confi

ROME – During a ceremony at Palazzo Barberini, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang signed 20 deals totalling eight billion euro

ROME – Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang was in Rome on Tuesday on a diplomatic trip marking closer diplomatic relations between China and Italy.

ROME – A patient at Umberto I hospital for Ebola tests was actually suffering from Epilepsy, officials confirm.

  NAPLES – Police have confirmed that no one was harmed in the incident on Monday morning after a father successfully confronted and disarmed the 64-year-old would-be shooter.

  GENOA – Two trains were stranded on Monday as further flooding caused major disruption in the region.

GENOA – There were scenes of chaos in the city on Friday as residents were left without power after flash floods burst riverbanks overnight.

NAPLES – Money, markets and maritime risk under the microscope at Shipping and the Law 2014.

NAPLES – A 14-year-old was fighting for his life on Thursday afternoon after an attack by three men who taunted his weight.

ROME – Giuseppe Orsi, former President of Finmeccanica has been sentenced to two years in prison for false accounting but was cleared of a more serious corruption charge by a court on Thursday.