A high-profile Italian mayor was ordered to face court over charges he illegally helped foreigners stay in the country after their asylum applications were rejected, even though Italy's highest court has cast doubt on the charges.
Mediterranean countries Cyprus, Greece, Israel and Italy on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to build the world's longest underwater natural gas pipeline to supply Europe.
Pope Francis will grant Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas an audience at the Vatican on Saturday, the Holy See confirmed indirectly on Tuesday by announcing arrangements for media coverage of the visit.
French President Francois Hollande will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday to discuss the aftermath of the jihadist murder of a French priest, Hollande's office said on Monday.
Hidden Isis cells with the power to launch devastating attacks like those seen in Belgium and France are present in Italy, according to a US top intelligence official.
Anti-mafia campaigners and victims of the Mob voiced fury on Thursday after Italy's national broadcaster gave airtime to the son of Sicily's most notorious gangster to promote a book dedicated to his jailed father.
An elaborate restoration of a ruin once home to gladiators in the hours before they embarked on bouts to the death has got underway in Pompeii, five years after its collapse raised serious questions about the management of the famous Unesco site.
Long-serving Roma captain Francesco Totti could retire at the end of the current season and is already considering his options elsewhere within football, his wife said on Monday.
A rare Lamborghini Miura that appeared in the 1969 classic 'The Italian Job' has gone on sale in England, with offers of "over €1.42 million" already flooding in, the seller told The Local.
An Italian court on Wednesday rejected Tunisia's extradition request for a Moroccan arrested on suspicion of involvement in a
deadly museum attack because he risks the death penalty.
Volkswagen's Italian unit said on Thursday that nearly 650,000 vehicles in the country were equipped with software designed to mask emissions from diesel engines.
Italy on Tuesday announced the arrest of eight suspected people smugglers blamed for the death of 49 migrants asphyxiated in the hold of a sinking ship at the weekend.
Three astronauts, including Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti, left the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday for a return to Earth that had been delayed for a month by a rocket failure.
UPDATED: A Moroccan man suspected of being involved in the March attack on the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, which killed 21 tourists, arrived in Italy by boat, police said on Wednesday.
A collective celebration of civil unions – including gay and straight couples alike - will take place in Rome on May 21st, as the government is still debating a potential bill.
Italy registered 509,000 births in 2014, the lowest total since the country's unification in 1870, according to official
statistics, prompting a government warning that the country is "dying".
Italy, the country that gave the world the Ferrari, has produced Europe's most reckless drivers, a survey released on Thursday found, while Greeks were judged the rudest on the continent by fellow Europeans.
A court in northern France has barred a couple from calling their baby Nutella, after the famous Italian chocolate spread, because "it isn't in the child's best interest".
