Italian demonstrators protest at government’s austerity measures in Rome. Workers in Italy have staged a nationwide strike to protest against the government’s economic policies including cuts to public services and labor reforms. On Friday, the USB union called the 24-hour walkout that so far has disrupted train services and local transport in several cities across the country including the... 

Saturday witnessed gigantic rallies in support of the Italian Northern Secessionist and anti-immigration party “Lega Nord”, as thousands took to the streets of Milan to call for an end to the African and Muslim conquest of their ancestral homeland. A sea of Italians, with many being angered and disenchanted youth, chanted “Stop the Invasion”, and urged the masses of Italy to stand up in solidarity... 

Italian police have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of anti-austerity protesters in Naples, where the European Central Bank (ECB) was holding a monthly policy meeting. An estimated 4,000 anti-austerity demonstrators took to the streets of Naples on Thursday, carrying placards with caricatures of German Chancellor Angela Merkel amid tight security in the whereabouts of the ECB... 

A recent study has shown that less than one out of two working-age Italians held a job last year, amid a decade-long employment crisis, Press TV reports. The study conducted by Bruno Trentin Association, linked to the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL), found that Italy’s employment rate stood at almost 49 percent in 2013. The report also found that even though the country’s unemployment... 

Italy is threatening to allow refugees currently residing within its borders to make forays into the rest of the European Union unless the EU increases assistance in managing the influx of migrants arriving via boats from North Africa. Interior Minister Angelino Alfano demanded on Tuesday that the EU step up its efforts. “The European Union has two options: either it comes to the Mediterranean to... 

Newly-released data show the industrial output in the UK and Italy, the second and the fourth largest European economies respectively, has fallen in March. The UK’s Office for National Statistics said on Friday that Britain’s industrial output declined by 0.1 percent for the month. The figure is considered a major drawback since the country saw a 0.8 percent growth in the previous month. This... 

Italy’s enormous public debt continues to grow at an unrelenting pace. The Bank of Italy announced on Monday that the country’s debt hit a record 2.1072 trillion euros in February, over 17 billion euros up compared to January. Within the 18-nation eurozone, only Greece had accumulated a higher overall debt mountain. Italy’s 2014 budget has been criticized by the European Commission... 

Many boats have left North Africa and have been heading to the Italian island of Lampedusa – such as these migrants who arrived earlier this year in February. More than 4,000 migrants have arrived on Europe’s shores by boat in the past two days, with the Italian government calling the crisis ‘increasingly glaring’. The emergency comes days after Italy’s Home Secretary Angelino... 

“A strong wind has uncovered ancient structures that no one has ever noticed. It seems to be something very ancient.,” says researcher Matteo Ianneo. “If you look carefully, you can see the ancient ruins next to it, even an old profile. This is a sensational discovery” that no one had noticed. In photographs from 2004, one can observe that “there was nothing in this place, it was definitely... 

Imperial soldiers cannot be judged. In Italy it’s almost impossible. In the last 15 months, the Italian Judiciary have asked to proceed against 113 American soldiers for various crimes, but the Italian minister of justice denied authorization in 91 cases. It works like this: when the US Army wants to judge a soldier in the USA who committed a crime in Italy, they have to ask the relevant Italian... 

The Italian Navy has rescued nearly 440 illegal immigrants, over the past two days in the south of Sicily. On January 12, a boat carrying about 200 men, women, and children was identified and rescued, while a boat carrying another 236 passengers was rescued the day before. A statement by the Navy said the passengers of both boats, mostly from Africa, were taken to a port near Syracuse in Sicily. This... 

An Italian man reads job offers outside a recruitment agency in the city of Milan. Southern Italy has lost 600,000 jobs over the past six years and the area has lost some 43.7 billion euros of its gross domestic product (GDP) during the economic crisis, a report shows. The data was released on Friday by the country’s industrial employers’ association Confindustria. The association also said that... 

Speculation has been raised that Pope Francis has been venturing out of the Vatican at night, disguised as a priest and meeting with the homeless in Rome. In a recent interview with Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, who has headed up the centuries-old position of seeking out the poor handing out alms for the Catholic Church, Krajewski seemed to imply that Pope Francis has been joining him on his nightly... 

An Italian right-wing politician has been fined for organizing a protest against the wearing of Islamic veils for women. On Monday, Daniela Santanche, a leading member of the conservative Forza Italia party of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was handed a 100-euro fine and a four-day jail sentence for not warning police about the action. The punishment was subsequently converted into a 1,100-euro... 

Italy’s economy has entered its third year of recession after its gross domestic product (GDP) continued to contract in the third quarter of this year, official data shows. The national statistics office, Istat, reported on Thursday that Italy’s GDP shrank by 0.1 percent in the July-to-September period, marking the ninth quarterly contraction in a row. Furthermore, the figures showed that on an...