Excommunication could be on the cards for mobsters and the corrupt following an inte ational debate hosted by the Vatican, Italian media said Sunday. Some 50 dignitaries, including several ambassadors to the Holy See, magistrates and police representatives attended the "Inte ational Debate on Corr

Ilva's Taranto site in southe Italy is at the centre of a huge legal case over toxic emissions. Photo: Alfonso Di VincenzoA consortium led by global steel giant ArcelorMittal said on Friday the Italian authorities had cleared it to buy struggling steel producer Ilva, but thousands of jobs are thre

Rome mayor Virginia Raggi swept to power vowing to clean up the Ete al City and show the populist Five Star Movement (M5S) was ready to gove Italy. But one year into the job, she is struggling under the weight of a mediocre report card that has dented the fortunes of comedian Beppe Grillo's oppos

The European and Italian flags wave behind Rome's symbol the "She wolf". Photo: Patrick Herzog/AFPA new poll shows that while most Europeans view the EU more positively since the 2016 Brexit vote, Italy has bucked the trend, with an increasingly unfavourable perception of the bloc. A study by Pew Re

Over the years, Italy's cities, mountains, and countryside have formed the backdrop to some of the best films in cinematic history, from Roman Holiday to Under the Tuscan Sun. Visiting some of the sights immortalized on the big screen is a great way to explore the country, whether you make like Audr

An Italian Red Cross member holds a child on a rescue boat. Photo: Yara Nardi/AFPMore than 70,000 unaccompanied minors have arrived in Italy since 2011, and they are increasingly young and vulnerable, Save the Children said on Wednesday, calling on authorities to do more. The de facto closure of Ita

Scenery in Macerata, where the 'ghost quake' took place. Photo: clodio/DepositphotosA technical error caused the earthquake experts at Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Ingv) to falsely report a 5.1 magnitude quake in central Italy on Thursday mo ing. In fact, the quake's ma

The bu ing tower block. Photo: Adrian Dennis/AFPTwo Italians have been reported missing after a 24-storey tower block went up in flames in London in the early hours of Wednesday mo ing. The couple has been named in Italian media as Gloria Trevisan and Marco Gottardi, both aged 27 and from the Vene

As of Thursday, mobile phone operators will no longer be able to charge you roaming fees when visiting other EU countries. That means you will no longer have to worry about an unexpectedly huge phone bill after holidaying within the EU.xa0 Roam Like Home’, a new law passed by the EU, enables phone u...

UPDATED: A 24-hour transport strike on Friday meant longer waits and disruption to the jou eys of thousands, with trains, buses, underground lines, and air travel all affected. Transport Minister Graziano Delrio had said June 16th would be "a black Friday for transport", thanks to a strike involvin

Italy's supreme court in Rome. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPItalian lawmakers have approved a new law extending a series of statutes of limitations for court cases, a move aimed at reducing the number of criminals who escape punishment because of Italy's snail-paced judicial system. Unlike most countries,

File photo of Ariana Grande performing. Photo: Kevin Winters/Getty Images North America/AFPSecurity was extra tight in Rome's PalaLottomatica arena on Thursday as US singer Ariana Grande arrived for the Italian leg of her world tour. Grande - who has Italian ancestry - resumed her world tour in Pari

Juventus supporters evacuating the square in panic. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFPA woman left in a coma after a crowd stampeded in Turin at a screening of the Champions League final on June 3rd died ove ight, the hospital where she was being treated said on Friday. The patient, identified as Erika, a

More than 900 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Libya during the past 48 hours while trying to reach Italy, the Italian coastguard said on Friday. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that it saved 716 of the migrants, and had found one body. "Around 800 people were rescued today (Friday) du

Protests against the US decision to pull out of the Paris accord are planned in Bologna on Sunday. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPG7 environment chiefs meet in Italy Sunday for potentially difficult talks 10 days after Donald Trump sparked a rift with US partners by pulling out of the Paris climate change a

Observers are closely watching Genoa, the hometown of M5S leader Beppe Grillo. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFPSome nine million Italians were voting on Sunday in a municipal poll seen as a key test of party support ahead of looming parliamentary elections. Polls opened at 7:00 am (0500 GMT) with voters

Long an important source of revenue for telecom companies, roaming charges will be lifted in Europe starting June 15, raising pressure on operators in a tight market. Roaming charges within and outside Europe account for an average of around five percent of sales for telephone operators in Europe, e

A demonstrator wearing a US president Donald Trump mask protests during a demonstration. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPThe United States' partners in the G7 club of wealthy democracies vowed on Sunday to press ahead with efforts to contain devastating climate change despite a rift caused by the American

Five Star Movement leader Beppe Grillo pictured during a speech. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFPUPDATED: Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement suffered a setback on Sunday after exit polls and early results from local elections showed they failed to advance to the second round of voting in any o

Idioms - those little stock expressions whose meanings aren't what they first seem - are often the hardest part of lea ing a new language. And Italian has an abundance of the confusing sayings. This means that you can understand every word that someone is saying to you, and yet still not have a clu