NAPLES, Italy, July 31 (Reuters) - A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area near the southern Italian city of Naples on Friday, causing power outages, disrupting train and metro services and damaging some buildings,

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 3 - All but two of the 27 major cities that the Italian health ministry monitors for its heat warnings, Messina and Reggio Calabria, were on the maximum red alert on Monday as Italy continues to bake during its fourth heatwave of the year.

Rural backlash against renewables that ‘spoil the landscape’ fuels support for atomic energy decades after reactor shutdowns

Italy’s first Capital of Contemporary Art, Gibellina in western Sicily has brought together painters, photographers and other creatives paying tribute to its turbulent past and resilient spirit.

The earthquake hit the Campi Flegrei area, located west of Naples, at around 7:46 p.m. local time on Aug. 1

Mancini returns for a second spell, having resigned from his post in controversial circumstances only three years ago.

By Giuseppe Fonte and Elvira Pollina ROME, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Italy's state lender CDP plans to expand further in the country's defence sector and is studying two takeovers after clinching a deal last week to buy a majority stake in high-tech security firm T-Defence,

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 3 - Italy will propose the creation of EU migrant hubs outside the bloc along the lines of its centres in Albania at Tuesday's emergency meeting of European interior ministers following the arrival of thousands of migrants at the Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last week,