The United Kingdom, Japan and Italy announced Friday they are teaming up to build a sixth-generation fighter jet, designed to rival or eclipse the best warplanes now employed by the likes of China and Russia – and possibly even the…
Juventus: Serie A giants thrown into chaos as entire board resign
The entire Juventus board of directors have resigned. The collective resignation comes after Juventus’ financial statements received scrutiny from prosecutors and Italian market regulator Consob in recent months for alleged false accounting and market manipulation. The company had denied any…
Police arrest couple for abusing 14-year-old daughter
A Bosnian husband and wife have been arrested in Rome, Italy, on suspicion of physically abusing and enslaving their 14-year-old daughter, forcing her to beg outside a supermarket. The police in the Italian capital reported on Sunday. The police said…
Italy’s right-wing government to criminalise raves
The new government of far-right PM Giorgia Meloni has said it will make staging unlicensed raves a crime, hours after stopping one in northern Italy. The new crime of “invasion for dangerous gatherings” of more than 50 people would attract…
Moscow initiates search for son of top official arrested in Italy
Russian authorities have put the son of a senior official on a wanted list for alleged money laundering, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday, citing Russia’s Interior Ministry. The man in question is Artyom Uss, whose father Alexander Uss…
Italy’s Mario Draghi offers support to volleyball player Paola Egonu over nationality issue
Outgoing prime minister Mario Draghi on Sunday offered his full support to Paola Egonu after the Italian volleyball player born to Nigerian parents said she was taking a break from the national team following comments questioning her nationality. On Saturday,…
Giorgia Meloni: Italy’s far-right wins election and vows to govern for all
Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has claimed victory in Italy’s election, and is on course to become the country’s first female prime minister. Ms Meloni is widely expected to form Italy’s most right-wing government since World War Two. That will alarm…
Italian PM Mario Draghi resigns after week of turmoil
A year-and-a-half after he was appointed as Italy’s unelected head of a unity government, Mario Draghi has resigned as prime minister. He told President Sergio Mattarella he was standing down after three parties in his government refused to back him…
Wildfires rage in Greece, Spain and Italy as heatwave moves across Europe
Fires continue to run wild in countries across Europe, where a heatwave has intensified drought conditions. Though temperatures have cooled in France and the UK, firefighters are still tackling blazes in Greece, Spain and Italy. The fires in France’s badly-hit…
US Soprano, offended by blackface, pulls out of Italy opera
Soprano Angel Blue says she won’t perform in an opera in Italy this month because blackface was used in the staging of a different work this summer on the same stage. The U.S. singer posted a note on her angeljoyblue…