Italy

FERMANO – Two construction workers have been killed by their former employer in Molino Girola, Fermano, after approaching him armed with an axe in an alleged dispute over wages.

ROME – A temporary exhibition on Victorian poet Robert Browning is to run at Keats-Shelley House from Sep. 22 to Feb. 28.

ROME – Official statistics show that industrial production in Italy has sunk to its lowest point in five years.

 BUENOS AIRES- Mafia boss Pantaleone Mancusa has been arrested in Argentina and will shortly be extradited to Italy, Argentinian police announced.

MILAN – Milan prosecutors are investigating ENI CEO Claudio Descalzi for international corruption after he allegedly bribed the Nigerian government, judicial sources said.

 TURIN – Fiat Chrysler has announced Luca di Montezemolo’s resignation; the chairman of Ferrari is to be replaced by Sergio Marchionne after almost 23 years in the job.

NAPLES – Beginning next November waste from Naples will be sent to landfill on the island of Majorca, a popular tourist destination.

GARGANO – Politicians arrive in Puglia to survey the damage caused by floods that have left two dead.

Rome – The drama of two young women volunteers kidnapped in Syria has caused increasing anxiety following the murder of journalist James Foley.

ROME– The Italian Beaches Union have reported a sharp decrease in tourism over the last two months.

ROME– Lorenzo, a 5-year-old boy from Taranto, has died after battling cancer caused by pollution from the Ilva steelworks.

ROME- Muriel Spark’s voice, which died in 2006, is heard again through this collection of her occasional prose put together by her companion, the sculptor Penelope Jardine.

ROME – The rate of youth unemployment in July was esteemed to be 43.7 percent, the highest it has been since 1977, ISTAT (National Institute of Statistics) revealed.

 NAPLES – Thief Antonio Mannalà was shot dead by a Naples police officer after stealing an automobile on Wednesday, police said.

 ROME – New security barriers to be fitted in Termini station will only enable ticket holders to access train platforms, said Mayor Ignazio Marino on Wednesday.

 ROME-Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s government was defeated on Thursday over part of its bill to reform the Senate with 154 Senators in favour, 147 against and two abstentions.

TEGGIANO- Beautiful enough to be a painting, as tourist boards in the region make an effort to promote travel to the Vallo di Diano, the sleepy valley is starting to awaken with new found energy.

 TRIPOLI - As the unrest in Libya increases, hundreds of Italians have been evacuated from the country.

 ROME-Three stray dogs have attacked a woman on her jog through a Roman park.

 ROME-The former Communist newspaper L’Unità, founded by Antonio Gramsci, has announced its decision to suspend publication from August 1 after shareholders faile

 ROME – Concern rises over the recent threats to Roman Jews that appeared on the walls of the Eternal City on Tuesday, as President of the Sant’Egidio Community Marco Impagliazzo urges Italians to

NAPLES – A 75-year-old pensioner, Mariano Bottari, was shot dead in cross fire between gansters in Portici (Naples) after returning from grocery shopping, police said.