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Survivors of the Costa Concordia shipwreck have given evidence for the first time in the trial of Capt Francesco Schettino, telling a court in Italy that they still suffer from panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Concerns have been raised about the preservation of one of the world's finest art collections after it emerged that a cash-strapped museum in Rome had resorted to opening its windows to reduce humidity.
It was a humiliating moment for Italian soccer, and for Italy: With the final of the prestigious Italian Cup delayed after a fan from Naples was shot outside Olympic Stadium, authorities flirted with canceling the Saturday night match between Napoli and Fiorentina of Florence. Rumors rippled through the stands, and many Napoli supporters seemed on the verge of boiling over.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi easily won a confidence vote on Wednesday over his plans to ease rules for companies that hire temporary workers, part of a broader plan to overhaul labour regulations.
A row between the anti-immigrant Northern League and the interior ministry erupted Wednesday as 1,000 migrants landed in Sicily, the largest recent ripple in a wave of arrivals that has surged since the deaths of 400 asylum seekers spurred a take-all-comers rescue operation last year.
Rome, May 6 - Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday said he was not ruling out the possibility that his opposition centre-right Forza Italia (FI) party could join the alliance supporting Premier Matteo Renzi's coalition government after this month's European elections.
The Vatican has released comprehensive statistics for the first time on how it has disciplined priests accused of raping and molesting children, saying 848 priests have been defrocked and another 2,572 given lesser sanctions over the past decade.
Premier Matteo Renzi said Monday that the government's reform programme was necessary to stop Italy becoming one of the European Union's worst-performing States.
The Italian government on Monday said it was mulling lifetime bans for soccer hooligans amid mounting outrage over the latest instance of alleged 'ultra rule' and the worst case of violence in years.
Three Napoli football fans were injured by gunfire in Rome before the Italian cup final between Napoli and Fiorentina, Italian media report.
All three fans were taken to hospital, at least one in a serious condition.