A fire broke out in a hospital on Rome’s outskirts, killing at least three people and forcing the overnight evacuation of the smoke-filled facility and its patients, officials said Saturday. Patients in intensive care at St. John the Evangelist hospital…
Italy tells China it is leaving Belt and Road Initiative
Italy has officially informed China that it is quitting the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), dismissing fears the move might sour relations and damage the Italian economy, government sources said on Wednesday. Italy in 2019 became the first and so…
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni splits from partner after lewd TV comments
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday she had separated from her television journalist partner Andrea Giambruno, who has drawn criticism in recent weeks for sexist comments. Meloni told reporters last month she should not be judged over Giambruno’s…
Germany hits back at Elon Musk after he wades in on migrant debate
Germany has hit back at Elon Musk after the billionaire businessman waded into the country’s debate on migration. Musk reshared a post on the platform X, formerly Twitter, that criticized German NGO operations in the Mediterranean for “unloading illegal immigrants”…
Retirement home fire kills 6 people, injures 80 in Italy
A fire that broke out in a retirement home in Milan, Italy, overnight killed six people and injured at least 80, Italian emergency services say. Three people were in a critical condition on Friday. The fire started in a first-floor room of the…
State funeral to be held for former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi
A state funeral would be held for former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at Milan Cathedral on Wednesday afternoon. Berlusconi died on Monday at the age of 86. President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are expected to be…
Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister, dead at 86
Silvio Berlusconi, the tycoon-turned-politician and former Italian prime minister, has died in Milan at the age of 86. The right-wing leader, born in Milan on September 29, 1936, was widely known for his financial and sex scandals, but also transformed…
Scholz to visit Italian Prime Minister Meloni in Rome
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to travel to Rome on Thursday to meet Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. It is the chancellor’s first visit to the Italian capital since the leader of the radical far-right Brothers of Italy party took…
Buffon sends emotional message to Parma after promotion failure
Gigi Buffon was moved to tears after Parma lost the Serie B promotion play-off to Cagliari. ‘There are defeats that make you feel surrounded by thousands of arms, where tears represent in reality sowing of seeds.’ The Ducali had been…
Lake Maggiore boat accident: Questions remain over spy deaths
The story of a boat that sank on Lake Maggiore on 28 May has elements of a spy novel. Four people tragically drowned on the picturesque and popular lake south of the Swiss Alps. One was a former agent from…