Lega deputy leader compares Diop to Venezi. Roberto Vannacci, the deputy leader of Italy's right-wing Lega party, sparked a racism row on Thursday over a social media post slamming the appointment of ...

Judge Paolo Adinolfi went missing in Rome in 1994. A search got under way at a jazz venue in Rome on Thursday morning as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a judge in the Italian ...

Diop makes history as Tuscany's youngest vice president. When Tuscany's newly re-elected governor unveiled his new regional government on Monday, the focus of the media was on the region's new deputy ...

When the Bar Becomes the Last Public Space. “The pub was the heart of our village. Now it’s luxury flats, and nobody pops round to their neighbours for a few tea bags and some sugar.” This lament from ...

Probe centres on Italians who allegedly paid to shoot civilians 'for fun' during Siege of Sarajevo. Milan prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations that Italian citizens paid large ...

Campaigners say aim of price hike is to stamp out smoking and fund Italy's health service. Italian health and cancer groups on Thursday unveiled a campaign for a bill to raise the price of a packet of ...

Flags in Rome to fly at half-mast in memory of Octav Stroici. The mayor of Rome has declared a day of mourning on Wednesday 5 November for a worker who died after being trapped under rubble for 11 ...

Rome closes off area around site of partially collapsed mediaeval tower and orders evacuation of surrounding buildings. Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Tuesday signed an order closing off the area ...

Homeowner who shot and injured an intruder not under investigation thanks to new rules on self-defence. Italian premier Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday said that self-defence is "always legitimate", ...

Vessicchio was a household name in Italy thanks to his appearances at Sanremo over the decades. Peppe Vessicchio, the celebrated Italian conductor, composer and television personality, died in Rome on ...

Situated beyond S. Giovanni, due east of the city centre, Pigneto is primarily a ...

In the 19th century Ostiense was the industrial heart of Rome but today it is a bustling multi-ethnic neighbourhood whose cheap rents and proximity to the centre make it popular with foreign residents ...