Rome: Cabinet Undersecretary with the intelligence brief Alfredo Mantovano stated on Tuesday that every effort is being made to bring back to Italy NGO worker Alberto Trentini, who has been detained in Venezuela since last November. “We are today comm…
Vatican City: Pope Francis “slept through the night” at Rome’s Gemelli hospital and “now continues to rest”, the Vatican Press Office said on Tuesday after he suffered two episodes of acute respiratory failure Monday. The 88-year-old pontiff was admit…
Vatican City: The Vatican announced on Tuesday that the Roman Curia’s Lenten spiritual exercises are scheduled to commence on Sunday in the Paul VI Hall. These exercises will be held “in spiritual communion” with Pope Francis, who is currently receivi…
Rome: A Rome court on Tuesday postponed a hearing to consider a request by former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino to be granted a day-release regime to April 8 due to a change of judge. Schettino is currently serving a 16-year sentence at …
Rome: Cristiano Cannarsa, the CEO of public IT agency Sogei, is under investigation, sources said on Tuesday. Finance police have conducted searches at Cannarsa’s home and offices to gather evidence related to the ongoing probe.
According to Ansa Ne…
Rome: Antibiotic resistance has an estimated annual cost of 2.4 billion euros and represents a silent pandemic that causes some 12,000 deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections each year in Italy according to the latest estimates released by the Eur…
Rome: The average price of gas in Italy increased by 3% in February, reaching 130.43 cents per cubic metre, as reported by the public energy authority Arera on Tuesday.
According to Ansa News Agency, Arera disclosed this information in its monthly …
Rome: Russia is conquering more and more territory in Ukraine, Italy’s annual intelligence service report to parliament said Tuesday. The report highlights significant territorial gains made by Russian forces in Ukraine during the third year of the on…