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November 18, 2019

Italian police smash cross-border antiquities trafficking

Italian police have broken up a cross-border criminal gang illicitly trafficking in archaeological artifacts clandestinely ...

November 14, 2019

The Latest: State of emergency declared in flood-hit Venice

The Latest on the record flooding in Venice. (all times local): 7:10 p.m. Italy's government has declared a state of ...

November 14, 2019

Officials seek faster trial for US teens in Rome cop slaying

The lawyer of one of the two young Americans jailed in Rome over the slaying of a Carabinieri police officer says prosecutors ...

November 12, 2019

Apparent pirate attack on ship in Mexico wounds 2 Italians

The Mexican navy says two Italian crew members were wounded in an attack by armed assailants who boarded their ship in the ...

November 10, 2019

5 Italian soldiers wounded by roadside explosion in Iraq

A roadside blast wounded five Italian military members Sunday in northern Iraq as they returned from a mission aimed at ...

November 07, 2019

Italy presses steelmaker to agree deal on plant, save jobs

Italy has given steel maker ArcelorMittal a few days to agree to a plan to keep operating a major southern Italian steel ...

November 06, 2019

Italy making climate change courses mandatory for schools

Italian schoolchildren's ABCs might soon become ABCCs. Italy's education minister says weekly climate change lessons are ...

November 06, 2019

Italy tries to convince world's largest steelmaker to stay

Worried about big job losses, Italy's government is trying to convince steelmaker ArcelorMittal not to pull out of a deal to ...

October 24, 2019

US ambassador returns to Italy a statue stolen in 1968

The U.S. ambassador to Italy has returned to Italian officials the head of a statue stolen from an archaeological site in ...

October 18, 2019

Giorgia Meloni is rising star on Italy's far-right stage

Italian right-wing leader Matteo Salvini's once-bold demeanor has turned nervous and edgy since his failed bid to become ...

October 16, 2019

Trump urges Italy's leader to increase defense spending

President Donald Trump urged Italy on Wednesday to increase its defense spending as he welcomed Italian President Sergio ...

October 16, 2019

Da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" drawing can go on loan to Louvre

An Italian court has ruled that Leonardo Da Vinci's iconic "Vitruvian Man" drawing can be loaned to France's Louvre Museum, ...

October 16, 2019

Italy's government to avoid widely criticized sales tax rise

Italy's new government has reached agreement on a set of budget measures to avoid a sales tax increase that critics warned ...

October 08, 2019

Italian lawmakers back overhaul to reduce their seats

Italian lawmakers have backed a radical overhaul of the country's parliament that will see around a third of them losing ...

October 08, 2019

Italian lawmakers back policy to reduce their number

Italy's parliament has approved to cut the number of lawmakers, an overhaul that has been advocated by the anti-establishment ...

September 10, 2019

The Latest: Italy's new pro-Europe govt wins confidence vote

The Latest on Italy's new pro-European government (all times local): 7:10 p.m. Italy's new pro-Europe government has won its ...

September 09, 2019

Italy's Conte wins first confidence vote in Parliament

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte on Monday won the first of two mandatory confidence votes on his four-day-old coalition of ...

September 09, 2019

The Latest: Italian premier wins first confidence vote

The Latest on Italian government politics (all times local): 9:30 p.m. Premier Giuseppe Conte has won a crucial confidence ...

September 09, 2019

Italy's Conte pitches for support in key Parliament votes

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte is pitching for support in Parliament for his new left-leaning coalition ahead of crucial ...