
Italy's ex-premier Giulio Andreotti dies at 94
Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad. One of Italy's most important postwar figures, he helped draft the ...

Italian policemen shot near new gov't swearing-in
In the very moments Italy's new coalition government was being sworn in, ending months of political paralysis in a country hoping to revive a bleak ...
Fans stabbed, ambulance attacked before Rome derby
At least four fans have been stabbed and an ambulance attacked in clashes ahead of the Rome derby between Roma and Lazio. The ANSA news agency reports ...

Pope wades into crowds, surprising onlookers
Walking up to crowds, shaking hands with surprised bystanders in the street, mixing his formal speeches with off-the-cuff remarks, Pope Francis ...

Rome braces for conclave crowd control challenge
You're expecting hundreds of thousands of guests. You don't know where they're coming from, or when they'll arrive. You don't even know the date of ...

Italian composer of Rome theme song dies at 95
Armando Trovajoli, an Italian who composed music for some 300 films and whose lush and playful serenade to Rome is a much-requested romantic standby ...

Pope blesses huge crowd in St. Peter's Square
His arms outstretched in a symbolic embrace, Pope Benedict XVI blessed tens of thousands of cheering people on Sunday in one of his last appearances ...

Rome's Trevi Fountain gets $2.9 million facelift
Rome's 18th-century Trevi Fountain, famed as a setting for the film "La Dolce Vita," is getting a €2.18 million ($2.9 million) restoration courtesy ...

Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies in Rome
Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping ...
Mayors in Italy, Ukraine trade barbs over ex-PMs
An Italian mayor and a Ukrainian one are trading barbs over the prosecution of their countries' former premiers. On Monday, Rome mayor Gianni Alemanno ...

Tymoshenko spat erupts between Ukraine, Rome
An Italian mayor and a Ukrainian one are trading barbs over the prosecution of their countries' former premiers. On Monday, Rome mayor Gianni Alemanno ...

Cops eye anti-Semitic angle in Tottenham fan fight
Police are investigating whether anti-Semitism was behind a brutal attack early Thursday on Tottenham fans out drinking ahead of their team's Europa ...