Freedom can never be taken for granted – Meloni on fall of Berlin Wall anniversary
Premier Giorgia Meloni marked the 37th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a message on X on Monday. “It was not just a concrete barrier, but the symbol of a system that for years had denied millions…
Pope departs for Apostolic Journey to South America
Pope Leo XIV embarked on a 12-day Apostolic Journey to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru on Friday, less than a month after having surgery to remove a tumour from his right lung. The ITA Airways A330 papal flight took off from…
Italian flights among those hit by new wave of bomb alerts, Air Force jets scrambled
Several flights to or from Italian airports were among those affected by a new wave of bomb alerts in many parts of Europe on Thursday, with Italian Air Force scrambling jets to escort a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Rome’s…
Meloni is not MAGA, she said ‘no’ lots of times to Trump – Tajani
Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Wednesday that Premier Giorgia Meloni is not part of US President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement and had proven capable of being frank with him, after Trump’s Republican Party lost control of Congress…
Biggest ever Fayum portrait show at Ara Pacis until May
The biggest ever show in Italy of ancient Roman-Egyptian Fayum mummy portraits is set to wow visitors at Rome’s Ara Pacis museum from November 5 to May 2 next year. If it is true that the eyes are the mirror…
Pope says war tears children from their mothers, let the weapons fall silent
Pope Leo XIV said at an All Souls Mass at Rome’s monumental Verano Cemetery Monday that war tears children from their mothers and appealed for all weapons to fall silent. “At this moment, we wish to pray for those who…
Protesters clash with police in Rome, Turin and Vicenza
Protestors clashed with police in Rome, Turin and Vicenza on Friday when demonstrations took place in cities all over Italy in relation to a general strike called by the USB grass-roots trade union over the cost-of-living crisis, war, rearmament and…
Pope Leo ‘deeply saddened’ by Toledo rail disaster
Pope Leo XIV is “deeply saddened” by Wednesday’s rail disaster near Toledo, Spain, in which 68 people died, according to a telegram of condolences signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and addressed to Archbishop Francisco Cerro Chaves of…
Dozens arrested in operation targetting ‘Ndrangheta mafia in Cosenza area
A total of 41 people were arrested on Wednesday in a huge operation by the Carabinieri police’s ROS unit targetting the Calabrian Ndrangheta mafia in the Cosenza area. The police took 24 of the suspects to jail while 17 were…
EU must choose who represents it on Kyiv, mustn’t act separately – Chigi sources
The European Union must choose who represents it on the Ukraine war and members can’t afford to act separately like Finnish and Norwegian leaders who telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin in the name of their nations and not Europe, Palazzo…
Italy’s well-being indicators have improved, but risk of poverty remains high – report
Italy registered significant improvements in its well-being indicators last year but the risk of poverty remains much higher than the EU average, Istat said on Monday in its annual Equitable and Sustainable Well-being (BES) report. The national statistics agency said…
Italy first in Europe to establish national plan against fentanyl says Meloni
Italy is the first country in Europe to establish a national plan against fentanyl, Premier Giorgia Meloni said Friday. “Prevention also means knowing how to act before a danger escalates,” she told a high-level international meeting on addiction prevention and…
