Controversy mounts in Italy over Zelensky broadcast during nation’s main song festival. A planned appearance by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky as a guest
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Italian PM hails ex-pope Benedict as ‘giant of faith and reason’
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday hailed ex-pope Benedict XVI as a “giant of faith and reason” following his
Giorgia Meloni to visit troops in Iraq
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will head to Iraq on Thursday evening for a pre-Christmas visit to Italian troops posted
Italian president snubs Russian, Belarus ambassadors
Italian President Sergio Mattarella is excluding the Russian and Belarus ambassadors to Rome from an annual event with the entire
Berlusconi promises Monza players ‘busload of hookers’ if they beat big guns
Monza owner Silvio Berlusconi said he has promised his players a “busload” of prostitutes if they win one of their
Rome mayor moves ahead with plan for giant incinerator
Waste-to-energy plant set to open in 2026. Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri is moving ahead with his plans to build a
Interview with Sabrina Alfonsi on Rome’s rubish crisis
Rome’s environment councillor, Sabrina Alfonsi, says city looks worse than it is in reality. Sabrina Alfonsi, Rome’s councillor with responsibility
Italy’s education minister under fire for ‘humiliation’ remarks
Valditara had called for public humiliation of violent school students. Italy’s new education minister Giuseppe Valditara apologised on Thursday for
Why is Rome so dirty?
Has Mayor Gualtieri found the silver bullet for Rome’s never-ending rubbish crisis or is the planned €700 million incinerator just a
Roberto Maroni, ex Lega leader, dies in Italy at 67
Senior leghista politician had been battling illness. Roberto Maroni, former Italian interior minister and leader of the federalist Lega Nord