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An agreement was reached in Rome on Friday to re-build the Citta' della Scienza, a scientific museum complex on the outskirts of Naples destroyed a year ago
According to data by Italian statistical institute Istat released Friday Some 9.3 million women reportedly worked outside the home.
Premier Matteo Renzi on Tuesday moved "an important step" closer to passing a landmark election bill that would solidify his reputation as an effective reformer and help steer Italy away from the type of political deadlock seen this time one year ago.
Citing "utmost urgency," Italy has approved work to repair walls in ancient Pompeii that collapsed after heavy rains, and authorised spending €2m (£1.6m) on routine maintenance.
The head of Italy's anti-establishment Five Star party (M5S), Beppe Grillo, has been sentenced to four months in prison for breaking a police seal on a building during a protest.
Italy celebrated Monday after "The Great Beauty" ended the country's 15-year hiatus and won the Oscar for best foreign-language film. But even the film's muse lamented the fallen Rome it portrays and critics including the Vatican said it was just a cheap Fellini knockoff.
Paolo Sorrentino's homage to Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" and Rome's seductive decadence has divided Italians, with many critics uncomfortable with its indirect reflection of Italy's political and economic stagnation.
Heavy rains have damaged a temple and caused an 11 ft stretch of wall to crumble at Pompeii, prompting claims that millions of euros from the EU being spent to save the archaeological site are being wasted.
The Italian mafia plotted to murder Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, a turncoat has told investigators.
The assassination was ordered by Toto “The Beast” Riina, the then head of Cosa Nostra in Sicily and one of the most feared mafia godfathers.
Matteo Renzi's new Italian government on Friday approved an emergency decree to bail out Rome city council whose mayor had warned the capital would have to halt essential services unless it got financial help.
When a politician of populist inclinations takes office, forms a government and unveils his programme, he usually has something to please everyone. So it seemed at first with Italy’s new prime minister, Matteo Renzi.