Italy IVF patient pregnant with wrong embryosA woman who underwent fertility treatment at a clinic in Rome became pregnant with the twins of another couple after their embryos were mixed up, press reports said.
14 April 2014
Italy reports 900 migrants rescued at seaItaly has rescued 896 migrants crossing the Mediterranean by boat overnight, the navy said on Friday, after the government warned of an "emergency" caused by a surge in new arrivals.
13 April 2014
Pope asks forgiveness for child sex abusesPope Francis on Friday personally asked forgiveness for thousands of child sex abuses carried out by priests and promised more action following accusations of cover-ups and excessive leniency by the Vatican.
12 April 2014
Astana Opera singers to perform La Boheme at Arena di VeronaThe lead singers of Astana Opera Medet Chotabayev and Sundet Baigozhin have signed contracts with Italian Lirico di Verona to the perform primary roles in Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme.
11 April 2014
Italy's Berlusconi headed for community serviceItalian prosecutors on Thursday approved a request by Silvio Berlusconi's lawyers for the three-time prime minister to do community service rather than face house arrest following a tax fraud conviction.
11 April 2014
Italian court recognises gay marriage for first timeAn Italian court on Wednesday recognised a gay couple as married for the first time in Italy, which does not have any form of official acknowledgement of same-sex unions.
Oscar winner plans TV drama about Italian-American pope: reportItaly's Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino plans to make a debut television series entitled "The Young Pope" about Lenny Belardo -- a fictional first-ever Italian American pontiff, an Italian daily reported on Tuesday.
Two Italian priests kidnapped in CameroonTwo Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by gunmen in northern Cameroon, Italy's foreign ministry and media reports said on Saturday.
05 April 2014
Fugitive Italian mafia boss re-arrested in BritainDomenico Rancadore, the convicted Italian mafia boss who last week was told he was free to remain in Britain, has been arrested on a fresh international warrant, police said Saturday.
05 April 2014
Two sovereigns in Rome: Queen visits popeQueen Elizabeth II meets Pope Francis for the first time on Thursday on a visit that coincides with the anniversary of the start of the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina.
03 April 2014
Italian firm wins $1.2 bn Lima metro contractItalian industrial giant Finmeccanica on Friday said it had won a $1.2 billion (873 million euro) contract for building and operating unmanned metro lines in Lima.
30 March 2014
Two ex-Vatican bank chiefs face money laundering trialItalian prosecutors on Friday said two former top executives at the Vatican bank will go on trial for money laundering, while the bank's ex-chairman was declared innocent.
29 March 2014
Obama meets Pope Francis, looks for Catholic boostBarack Obama will meet Pope Francis for the first time Thursday for talks on a shared agenda to fight inequality which the US President hopes will help boost support at home.