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Italy

Football violence in Rome prompts outcry over damage to historical monuments

Hundreds of drunk fans of Dutch club Feyenoord clashed with riot police near the Spanish Steps in Rome ahead of Thursday’s evening Europa League game

20/02/2015

Italy

Police dispute brings much of Rome to a stop

Striking police officers brought much of the Italian capital Rome to a standstill as part of protests about working conditions and cutbacks.

12/02/2015

Italy

New Italian President hailed as a "great connoisseur" of the constitution

From the Constitutional Court to the Presidential Palace, Sergio Mattarella is a man of experience

02/02/2015

Italy

Police in Italy reveal recovered antiquities worth a record 50 million euros

A record haul of stolen archaeological treasures worth up to 50 million euros has been put on display by police in Rome. The 5,361 vases, bronze

21/01/2015

Italy

Italy launches probe after mass police "sick leave" on New Year's Eve

The Italian government has threatened disciplinary action after 83 per cent of police in Rome called in sick for work on New Year’s Eve. An inquiry

02/01/2015

Italy

Italian coastguard intercepts merchant vessel packed with Syrian migrants

The Italian coastguard has intercepted a large merchant vessel carrying 850 Syrian migrants. Authorities claim the boat’s autopilot was defective and

22/12/2014

Italy

Nobel Peace Prize winner criticises Pope's refusal to meet the Dalai Lama in Rome

The Pope's refusal to hold a meeting with the Dalai Lama for fear of upsetting China is heavily criticised by a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

12/12/2014

Italy

Calls on Rome administration to step down over corruption allegations.

Opposition parties in Rome are calling on the city’s ruling administration to step down after a police investigation revealed a web of corrupt

06/12/2014

Italy

Italy: Tourist fined 20,000 euros for damaging Rome's Colosseum

26/11/2014

Italy

Rome: ICN2 tackles Ebola, nutrition, malnutrition, obesity

20/11/2014

World News

Revealed: Europe's capital cities where it's hardest to be a foreigner

21/10/2014

Italy

Star Wars Day celebrated in front of Rome’s Colosseum

05/05/2014

Vatican

Pope decides Vatican Bank will remain operative

07/04/2014

World

Down but not out : Berlusconi plots his revenge

28/11/2013

Vatican

Pope Francis is ‘mafia target’

14/11/2013

Musica

Martha Argerich, the one and only

26/11/2012