Russia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday accused Italy of discrimination and said it had caved into misplaced Ukrainian lobbying after Italian authorities cancelled a classical music concert by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev.

San Francisco religion teacher Nicholas Pellegrino survives violent attack by migrants on an Italian train, sustaining a neck wound when assailants stole his belongings

England stunned Italy with an equalizing goal in the sixth minute of stoppage time to send their Women's European Championship final into extra time tied at 1-1 on Tuesday. Teenage substitute Michelle Agyemang fired in a low shot after Italy goalkeeper Laura Giuliani spilled a cross.

Italy's government has pledged to expand prison capacity by up 15,000 places and facilitate the transfer of inmates with addiction problems to treatment centres to tackle a long-standing overcrowding crisis.

A team mixing youth and experience has delivered the country's first semi-final in a major women's tournament since the 1990s

Rescuers on Monday freed a cave explorer who was injured by falling rocks some 40 meters (more than 130 feet) below the surface in Italy’s northwestern Piedmont region while on an outing with a group of friends, according to Italy’s mountain rescue corps.

The court found Monday that a 2001 decree on parental leave was unconstitutional because it didn’t recognize that the non-biological mother in a lesbian civil union was also entitled to Italy's mandatory 10-day paternity leave.