Italy

 ROME - The Minister of University and Research, and the Italian Finance Police have intensified controls over university student scholarships to prevent abuses of the system and protect students t

 SAN VITO LO CAPO, Sicily - The Cous Cous Fest, the International Festival of Cultural Integration, returns to San Vito Lo Capo for its 28th edition, running from Sept. 19 to 28.

 ROME - The World Food Programme draws a deep breath. The UN agency for food supply and help sees its balance sheet thinning more and more.

 VATICAN CITY – On Friday morning, for a few minutes, just long enough to take a group photo in St Peter's Square, 40 Ukrainian mothers met Pope Leo XIV.

 ROME - Whatever Gennaro Gattuso has been working on with his Italian team over the last week must be working, as yet again his side showed their potential in front of goal, slotting another five g

 ROME - They come on holiday to Italy to relax in 5-star resorts, after having taken part in almost daily bombings of Gaza.

 TURIN - Spate of workplace accidents continues as two more workers suffer fatal falls, including a 69-year-old worker of Egyptian origin.

 ROME - A weekend free from the rivalries and emotions of the new Serie A season saw the most recent round of UEFA World Cup Qualifiers take place across the globe, with the big hitters all in acti

 ROME - There was nothing that Jannick Sinner could do, who after his historic win at Wimbledon, could not manage to secure the brace at the US Open, and lost to Carlos Alcaraz in the final in four

Vatican City-- More than 80,000 faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square this morning to witness the historic canonisation of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, the first saints to be proclaimed

 ROME - Italy eased past Estonia on Friday evening in Gennaro Gattuso's first match in charge of the national team.

 MILAN - The first word of the day is “sharing.” Milan's Palazzo Marino (city hall) “will share” in the expenses for the project for AC and Inter Milan’s new stadium up to a maximum of 36 million e

 ROME - The personal X (formerly Twitter) account of the Minister of Defence, Guido Crosetto, was hacked, with at least two “suspicious” posts appeared on his profile on Thursday evening, reports I

 TURIN - The 13-year-old goalkeeper who was beaten up by the parent of an opposition player has been banned for a year.

 ROME - Numerous Palestinian flags and banners were displayed aboard one of Rome’s historic barconi (riverboats), which sailed for about an hour along the waters of the Tiber River, writes Il Fatto

 ROME - Dutch drug trafficker Wouter Aartsen was not found in a makeshift accommodation, or a special hiding place, but instead a luxurious room in a hotel in the heart of the Capital that had been

 ROME - Euro champions in 2020, a pair of bronze medals in the Nations League over the last four years, and second place in the Conmebol-UEFA Cup of Champions in 2022.

 ROME - First the advances, then the inappropriate touching, and finally the attempt to steal a kiss turned a short journey into a nightmare for a 42-year-old American tourist, harassed by an 82-ye

Milan – Giorgio Armani, the legendary Italian designer who redefined elegance and championed a uniquely Italian approach to fashion, has died aged 91.

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 VATICAN CITY - Up to 100,000 young people are expected in St. Peter's Square to attend the canonization ceremony of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, on Sunday.

 VITERBO – Italian police said on Thursday that they foiled an attempted terrorist attack at the Santa Rosa festival in Viterbo.

 ROME – Leila Khelil, a 39-year-old American lawyer, was found dead on July 15, in her apartment on Via Guattani, near Villa Torlonia in Rome, writes Il Messaggero.

 ROME - A man on a mission and a clear message for all: he doesn’t make any concessions. Not even for his fellow countrymen. There are only lessons to be taught.

 VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo XIV spoke about the conflict in Sudan Wednesday morning in a heartfelt General Audience.