The woman, a Canadian tourist, subsequently had her leg amputated.

Giuseppe Conte will be sworn in as Italy’s prime minister after accepting a role in the country’s new populist government.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi visited Sochi for Vladimir Putin’s birthday and presented his friend with a king-sized embroidered duvet, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported on Sunday.

Pope Francis is urging Italian mayors to redouble their efforts to welcome migrants and refugees and promote ways to integrate them into their new communities.

Silvio Berlusconi has described Emmanuel Macron as a "good looking lad with a with a good looking mom," in an apparent dig at the age gap between the newly elected French president and his wife Brigitte Trogneux.

Marcianò, 40, has spent most of his professional life outside his home country, hopping between opera houses in the Middle East and across the Caucasus. In late 2015, he settled in Yerevan, Armenia’s capital, as guest principal conductor of the state opera house. Yet even if he is based in Yerevan, Marcianò remains global in outlook and persuasion. Next month he will spend five weeks in Beirut, at the Al Bustan Festival, where he is artistic director. In March and April he will conduct at the inaugural ...

Let me tell you about a village, where the sun shines all year ‘round, where the rolling hills are covered by vineyards – and where a fountain in the town centre flows freely with red wine.

Rome's new mayor, Virginia Raggi, pulled the plug on the city's bid to host the 2024 Olympics, saying staging the summer games would bury the Italian capital under mountains of debt and tonnes of cement.

ROME (Reuters) – An Eritrean extradited to Italy from Sudan this week and accused of being a people smuggler has denied the allegation and says he is the victim of mistaken identity, his lawyer said on Friday.