Italian police arrested four people for using a US nationalist online forum on November 16 and later banned access to the website in the entire country. The four nationalists are from Milan, Frosinone and Pescara and are accused of “inciting to racial-hatred”. The police has raided the homes of 17 other people, mostly in the north-eastern region of the country. The forum in question is... 

Ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s accountant Giuseppe Spinelli Italian police have revealed the kidnapping case of ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s accountant and his wife, following the arrest of six alleged abductors. The police at a Milan news conference on Monday said Giuseppe Spinelli and his wife were held for ransom on October 16 in an attempt to extort 35 million... 

Students clash with riot police during a demonstration in downtown Rome on October 5, 2012 against deep cuts in the education budget. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Italy to protest against the government’s financial policies. The protesters, who were mainly students, staged demonstrations across Italy on Saturday to express their opposition to Prime Minister Mario Monti’s austerity... 

A man looking for job opportunities on newspapers in a shop in Naples, Italy. Newly-released figures show that Italy’s economy will shrink further in 2012 and 2013 as the country’s recession continues to take its toll. Italy’s National Institute for Statistics (Istat) said on Monday that gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to fall by 2.3 percent due to a decrease in domestic demand. According... 

The Italian Supreme Court has ruled there is a causal link between mobile phone use and brain tumors in a landmark case. The ruling has set a legal precedent that could potentially trigger a deluge of lawsuits. Innocente Marcolini, a 60-year-old retired businessman argued that the excessive use of his mobile phone for around six hours every day for 12 years caused a benign brain tumor that left his... 

A concrete structure confirms that Julius Caesar was stabbed in the center of the Curia di Pompeo, while presiding over the meeting of the Senate in the year 44 BC… Researchers of the Spanish Superior Council of Scientific Investigations (SCSI) discovered the exact place of the assassination of Julius Caesar in the year 44 BC, the SCSI said on Wednesday. Researchers of the Spanish Superior Council... 

A prehistoric tooth with a cavity filled by beeswax Italian researchers using x-ray imaging have discovered the earliest dental filling in a broken Stone Age tooth dating back to some 6500 years ago. The groundbreaking discovery demonstrates a surprisingly sophisticated knowledge of dentistry in the far past era. The fossilized jawbone, which is believed to have belonged to a 24 to 30-year-old, was... 

A group of Italian and American archaeologists discovered unique underground pyramid in the town of Orvieto, Italy, says Utro.ru. The constructions carved in volcanic limestone rock were found underneath a wine cellar of a residential house. All lower constructions were completely buried under the ground. “Within this upper section, which had been modified in modern times and was used as a wine... 

In the wake of Canada’s unilateral move to close its embassy in Tehran and break off diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic, Italy has announced that it will represent Ottawa’s interests in Iran. “Italy’s Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi today announced Italy’s decision to respond positively to the request to represent Canadian interests in Iran following the closure of their... 

A boat carrying Tunisian migrants enters the port of Lampedusa, Italy. About 50 illegal migrants, including women and children, have been feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. Italian rescue services said on Friday that search operation continued by the coastguard who had called on private vessels and teams to join them, AFP reported. Earlier in... 

The former archbishop of Milan and papal candidate warned in his last interview that the Roman Catholic Church was left “200 years behind.” Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, who was once regarded as a possible successor to Pope John Paul II, died on Friday at the age of 85 because of Parkinson’s disease. “The Church has been left 200 years behind. Why doesn’t it rouse itself? Are we... 

Hundreds of passengers are stranded as Italy’s cash-strapped budget airline Wind Jet halts all its flights. Wind Jet officially stopped operating flights Sunday due to the failure of Italian national carrier Alitalia’s deal to purchase the Sicily based low cost carrier, the Associated Press reported. Wind Jet reportedly failed to turn over company financial data under an April agreement. The... 

People look for job offers outside a local employment office in Ahens on May 22, 2012. The number of people unemployed across the 17 countries that share the euro currency has hit a record high in June, official figures show. New data released by the Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office on Tuesday shows that 17.801 million people were out of work in the eurozone in June. The new figure is 123,000... 

The famous self-portrait of Da Vinci. Researchers say a self-portrait by the legendary Italian painter and architect, Leonardo da Vinci, kept in a vault in the city of Turin, is in poor condition and probably beyond repair. The invaluable drawing which depicts the Italian Renaissance artist in his 60s was exposed to sunlight after being framed for an exhibition in 1929. The exposure has caused the... 

Rescuers searching for survivors in Medolla earthquake on May 29, 2012 Italy’s second fatal earthquake in just over a week has killed at least 16 people and injured 350 others in the northern region of Emilia Romagna. At least 14,000 people have also been displaced since a strong earthquake measuring 5.8 struck northern Italy on Tuesday morning, local security officials reported. The rescuing teams...