Today, Pope Benedict XVI is celebrating the fifth anniversary of his papacy. These have been a bumpy five years. The Vatican’s relations with Muslim and Jewish communities are tense. The pope is often seen as an ultra-conservative leader because of his positions on homosexuality or the use of condoms. And the latest evidence of decades of cover-up of sexual abuse by priests threatens to undermine his moral authority...
Over the past year, the Italian government's priority has been to build new homes for the tens of thousands of people who were left homeless in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake. Known locally as the "Villas Berlusconi", more than 15,000 of the 70,000 homeless people have now been relocated to the outskirts of L'Aquila. But even as victims of the disaster begin to settle in their new homes, not everyone is happy about the situation.
How many people gathered in Rome last Saturday to show their support for Silvio Berlusconi? Over one million, according to the organisers. A more modest 150,000, said to the police. Sympathizers from all over Italy came to hear the words of their hero, who has been losing ground in opinion polls. And that day, there was a very unusual political slogan: "Love always wins over envy and hatred"...
Italy's ruling People of Freedom party has urged its supporters to take to the streets on Thursday after a series of blunders disqualified it from two of this month’s regional elections.
Several people were injured in clashes between anti-globalisation protestors and security forces during a G8 meeting about universities in Turin, northern Italy, on Tuesday. The G8 summit of heads of state is to take place in Italy in July.
The sport's oldest and most successful team will quit Formula One at the end of this season if the International Automobile Federation does not abandon plans for a 2010 budget cap. Ferrari's absence would be seen as a major blow to the sport.
Survivors from the eathuqake that hit L'Aquila, in Italy's Abruzzo region, on April 6 are slowly starting to smile again despite continuing earth tremors and the fear of being forgotten by Italy's government and the media.
L’Aquila is a city devastated and devoid of residents, three weeks after the devastating earthquake that left nearly 300 dead. There is no room for mistakes in its reconstruction.
Demonstrators, in the hundreds of thousands, marched through the streets of Rome on Saturday in a protest organised by the CGIL, Italy’s largest trade union, against Silvio Berlusconi’s government’s response to the economic crisis.
Groups idolising Mafia bosses have appeared on the social Internet site Facebook in recent weeks, attracting numerous young fans. The online controversy has caused a stir in Italy, where a petition is calling for the closure of the site.
