ROME (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal made short work of his great rival Roger Federer to win the Italian Open, his sixth trophy of the year, 6-1 6-3 on Sunday. The crowd sitting in the sunshine at Rome's Foro Italico watched Nada

Tens of thousands of protesters, led by trade unionists, rally in the Italian capital Rome against the policies of the new coalition government.

ROME, May 17 (Reuters) - Italy said French President Francois Hollande's call for a joint European economic government should be considered, Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said on Friday.

ROME, May 17 (Reuters) - The Italian government will reform an unpopular housing tax, IMU, by the end of August, Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Friday, saying that the changes would be fully...

ROME, May 16 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should operate in a way to help euro zone exporters that are being hurt by a currency which is over-valued, European Commissioner for Industry...

ON MAY 14th Silvio Berlusconi had his latest uneasy encounter with the law when he was questioned by prosecutors in Rome. They wanted to know if the former prime minister had been blackmailed by a businessman who supplied women for parties in Rome (b

Roger Federer has short hair now. Gently moving of a wisp of hair away from his eyes while awaiting a serve is one of his signature moves, so we'll see how this affects him. From his match in Rome today: Please follow Sports Page on Twitter and Fac

ROME, May 14 (Reuters) - The Italian Treasury said on Tuesday it planned to issue a new 30-year bond maturing on Sept. 1 2044.

ROME, May 14 (Reuters) - The Italian Treasury said on Tuesday it planned to issue a new 30-year bond maturing on Sept. 1 2044.

ROME, May 13 (Reuters) - The thought of eating beetles,caterpillars and ants may give you the creeps, but the authorsof a U.N. report published on Monday said the health benefits ofconsuming nutritious insects could help fight obesity.

ROME, May 13 (Reuters) - The thought of eating beetles, caterpillars and ants may give you the creeps, but the authors of a U.N. report published on Monday said the health benefits of consuming nutritious insects could help fight obesity.

MILAN/ROME, May 10 (Reuters) - Italy's Antitrust Authority on Friday fined Telecom Italia 103.8 million euros ($135.9 million) for abusing its dominant market position as owner and manager of the country's fixed-line telephone network.

MILAN/ROME, May 10 (Reuters) - Italy's Antitrust Authority on Friday fined Telecom Italia 103.8 million euros ($135.9 million) for abusing its dominant market position as owner and manager of the...

MILAN/ROME, May 10 (Reuters) - Italy's Antitrust Authority on Friday fined Telecom Italia 103.8 million euros ($135.9 million) for abusing its dominant market position as owner and manager of the...

MILAN/ROME, May 10 (Reuters) - Italy's Antitrust Authority on Friday fined Telecom Italia 103.8 million euros ($135.9 million) for abusing its dominant market position as owner and manager of the country's fixed-line telephone network.

MILAN/ROME, May 10 (Reuters) - Italy's Antitrust Authorityon Friday fined Telecom Italia 103.8 million euros($135.9 million) for abusing its dominant market position asowner and manager of the...

ROME, May 10 (Reuters) - Italy's Antitrust Authority on Friday fined Telecom Italia 103.8 million euros ($135.93 million) for abusing its dominant market position as owner and manager of the country's fixed-line telephone network.

MILAN, May 9 (Reuters) - Passenger traffic through Italian airports was down by 4 percent in the first three months of 2013 on a year ago, an industry body said on Friday, despite a significant surge in arrivals in Rome for Easter following the elect

ROME, May 10 (Reuters) - Italian utility Enel hasreached an agreement on early retirement for 3,500 employees, aperson familiar with the matter said on Friday.

ROME, May 9 (Reuters) - Italy's governing coalition will notfall because of a decision by an appeals court to uphold afour-year jail term against Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud, aminister close to the centre-right leader said on Thursday.

ROME, May 9 (Reuters) - Italy's governing coalition will not fall because of a decision by an appeals court to uphold a four-year jail term against Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud, a minister close to the centre-right leader said on Thursday.

ROME -- Rescue workers pulled a fifth body from the wreckage Wednesday after a cargo ship crashed into the dock as it left Genoa, toppling...

For people who were blown away to learn recently that the 11 largest global pharmaceutical companies made an astonishing $711 billion in profits over the last decade, here's another measure of the industry's greed.

ByKarl Pratt:I am a resident of the USA, specifically the state of California. This past April, my wife and I had the privilege of spending two wonderful weeks on vacation in Italy. During our time, we visited Rome, Positano, and Florence.As a Nokia

ROME, May 8 (Reuters) - At least three people were killed and six injured when a container ship rammed a control tower in the northern Italian port city of Genoa late on Tuesday, harbour officials quoted on local television said.

ROME, May 8 (Reuters) - At least three people were killed and six injured when a container ship rammed a control tower in the northern Italian port city of Genoa late on Tuesday, harbour officials quoted on local television said.

The Rome-based utility forecast a fall in economic output in ‘mature’ eurozone markets of 0.3% this year and pointed to ‘persistent uncertainty in subsequent years’

ROME, May 7 (Reuters) - On Saturday April 20, the leaders of Italy's two biggest political forces climbed the Quirinal, highest of Rome's seven ancient hills, and begged President Giorgio Napolitano...

ROME, May 6 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi departed from a prepared speech on Monday to reiterate the central bank's readiness to cut interest rates again if the euro zone...

ROME, May 6 (Reuters) - The euro zone must keep control of its public finances and high debt countries in particular must not reverse budget reforms, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said...

ECB President Mario Draghi is giving a speech in Rome today. Comments from his speech are crossing the newswires right now. On Thursday, the ECB cut interest rates for the first time since July 2012, and said that the central bank was ready to act ag

ROME, May 6 (Reuters) - Italy's top appeals court on Mondayrejected a request by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi tomove two trials he faces out of Milan where, he has maintained,he cannot get a fair trial.

ROME, May 6 (Reuters) - Italy's economy will contract by 1.4 percent this year and post a timid recovery in 2014, national statistics institute ISTAT forecast on Monday.

Polybius, in his “Histories,” tellsthe story of Antiochus IV, ruler of the Seleucid Empire, whoinvaded Egypt during the second century B.C. The Egyptians, ledby Ptolemy, sent urgently to Rome for assistance. When the Romanambassador arriv

Italy is likely to join the elite club of euro-zone countries not subject to fiscal sanctions, but Rome has no room to loosen its purse strings to boost economic growth, international officials said.

ROME, May 2 (Reuters) - Italian must not try to re-negotiate its budget deficit targets agreed with the European Union or it will jeopardise hopes of exiting the EU's excessive deficit procedure,...

ROME, May 2 (Reuters) - Italy's new Economy Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni said on Thursday that the country must keep its budget deficit below the European Union's 3 percent of gross domestic product...

ROME, May 1 (Reuters) - Italy's new prime minister Enrico Letta won French backing on Wednesday for calls to spur economic growth alongside budget rigour, but problems lay closer to home with...

ROME, April 30 (Reuters) - Europe must show the same determination to promote growth as it does to maintain sound public finances, Italy's new prime minister, Enrico Letta, said on Tuesday.

ROME, April 30 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a final confidence vote on Tuesday and left for Berlin to push his agenda of easing austerity to revive the economy with Chancellor...

ROME, April 30 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a final parliamentary confidence vote in his new coalition government on Tuesday, bringing to an end the prolonged political crisis...

ROME, April 30 (Reuters) - Italy cannot change the fiscal commitments made with its European partners for this year, Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said on Tuesday, adding to a range of views on public...

ROME, April 30 (Reuters) - Italy must re-negotiate the public finance commitments it has given to European partners, centre-right leader and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday.

ROME, April 29 (Reuters) - Italy's new Prime Minister Enrico Letta won his first vote of confidence in parliament on Monday after promising to press for a change to the European Union's focus on...

ROME/SIENA, April 29 (Reuters) - There was no evidence that Nomura made wrongful or disproportionate gains from its contentious "Alexandria" derivative deal with Italian bank Monte dei Paschi, an...

ROME/SIENA, April 29 (Reuters) - There was no evidence that Nomura made wrongful or disproportionate gains from its contentious "Alexandria" derivative deal with Italian bank Monte dei Paschi, an Italian judge said in rejecting an assets seizure orde

ROME/SIENA (Reuters) - There was no evidence that Nomura made wrongful or disproportionate gains from its contentious "Alexandria" derivative deal with Italian bank Monte dei Paschi , an Italian judge said in rejecting an assets seizure order against

ROME/SIENA, April 29 (Reuters) - There was no evidence that Nomura made wrongful or disproportionate gains from its contentious "Alexandria" derivative deal with Italian bank Monte dei Paschi, an...

ROME/SIENA, April 29 (Reuters) - There was no evidence that Nomura made wrongful or disproportionate gains from its contentious "Alexandria" derivative deal with Italian bank Monte dei Paschi, an Italian judge said in rejecting an assets seizure orde