(ANSA) - NAIROBI, 13 GIU - The 2026 edition of the Italian Research Day in the World (GRIM) was dedicated to space cooperation and took place in Ethiopia at the Creative Hub in Addis Ababa, the city’s historic Post Office building, restored by Italian Cooperation. This edition, preceded by a reception at Villa Italia attended by, among others, the Ethiopian Minister of Innovation and Technology, brought together the many stakeholders who make space cooperation a fertile ground for collaborati...

(ANSA) - BUENOS AIRES, 12 GIU - During a ceremony held at the Italian Embassy, Ambassador Fabrizio Nicoletti decorated the Commander General of the Argentine Gendarmerie, Raúl Silvino Contreras, conferring upon him the insignia of Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy (Osi) in the presence of Minister of National Security Alejandra Monteoliva. Over the course of a long and distinguished career, Contreras has held positions of high responsibility within the National Gendarmerie, most recent...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - The plane set to fly Pope Leo XIV back to Rome from Spain broke down and the passengers had to be disembarked at Tenerife military airport Friday. "I regret to inform you that the breakdown is taking some time, and for this reason we are making arrangements to disembark the passengers from the plane," was the announcement made a short while ago by the captain of the Iberia-operated flight on which Leo, his entourage, and journalists were scheduled to depart from the Te...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - A three year 11 month combined conviction of Silvio Berlusconi's former dental hygienist, ex People of Freedom Lombardy regional councillor and former bunga bunga protagonist Nicole Minetti for pimping and embezzling expenses was scrubbed Friday after fresh inquiries requested by President Sergio Mattarella found no grounds to reverse the pardon he granted her in February. Mattarella asked for the further investigations after an exposè by Italian daily il Fatto Quotidi...

(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 GIU - The series of documentary screenings promoted by the Italian Embassy in Angola as part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries has concluded at the Dr. António Agostinho Neto Memorial in Luanda. The final day featured the screening of the documentary 'Black Africa / Red Africa,' presented by Augusta Conchiglia and Marisa Moorman, with Francisco Makyesse serving as moderator. The film concluded a film series that of...

(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 GIU - The Italian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarah Eti Castellani, met in Sarajevo with the Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nermin Niksic, and the Federal Minister of Energy, Mining, and Industry, Vedran Lakic. The meeting was also attended by Lucia Bonelli, Head of the Regional Office for the Western Balkans and Eastern Neighborhood at Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. During the talks, Castellani and Bonelli presented the activities of Cassa...

(ANSA) - TOKYO, 13 GIU - Interior Lifestyle returns to Tokyo, the leading international event in Japan dedicated to furniture and home accessories, reserved for industry professionals and considered a must-attend for importers of high-end products. The 2026 edition was expected to feature approximately 400 companies from 15 countries and regions, with national pavilions from Finland, Italy, and Latvia. The ICE Office in Tokyo organized the Italian collective participation, featuring 8 compani...

(ANSA) - HANOI, 12 GIU - The Italian Embassy in Vietnam inaugurated, at the Casa Italia Promotion Center in Hanoi, the photographic and documentary exhibition "Women of Italy - An 80-Year Journey Through ANSA News, 1946–2026," an event that is part of a series of initiatives to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Italian Republic. The exhibition, distributed abroad by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and produced thanks to ANSA’s extensive archive—which includes not only do...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Former Milan wing-back and ex Juve Stabia boss Ignazio Abate took over at Torino on Friday, the Granat said. Abate, 39, who earned 22 Italy caps and a runners-up medal at Euro 2012, replaces former Parma manager Roberto D'Aversa who took Toro from 16th to 12th in Serie A last season. Abate, from Sant'Agata dei Goti near Naples, has signed a two-year contract, the Turin club said. (ANSA). Read article...

(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 GIU - The celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic took place in the Grand Hall of the Twin Towers in Conakry, attended by over 250 guests. As a testament to the importance the Guinean authorities attach to relations with Italy, the event was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Morissanda Kouyaté, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ismaël Nabé, Minister of Energy Laye Sekou Camara, and Minister and Chief of Staff to the Prime Mini...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Sassuolo said Friday that they have appointed Alberto Aquilani as their new coach after Fabio Grosso left the club to take over at Fiorentina. It will be former AS Roma, Liverpool and Italy midfielder Aquilani's first stint in charge of a top-flight club. Last season he led Catanzaro to the Serie B playoffs, where they lost to Monza in the final. Aquilani, 41, has also coached Pisa in the second tier. (ANSA). Read article...

(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 GIU - On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Republic, the Italian Embassy in Luxembourg welcomed representatives of Luxembourgish institutions, the Italian community, the diplomatic corps, European institutions, and numerous friends of Italy to the Residence. The celebration served as an important occasion to pay tribute to the values and history of the Republic and to reaffirm the strong bond uniting Italy and Luxembourg in their shared commitment to democracy, sol...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - French President Emmanuel Macron will receive Giorgia Meloni on June 25 in Antibes for their first bilateral summit, the Elysée Palace announced Friday. Though they have met each other on many different occasions, this will be the two leaders' first official bilateral summit. (ANSA). Read article...

(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 GIU - The reception celebrating the Italian Republic Day, marking 80 years since its founding, took place at the Montenegro Music Center. It was the fourth and final reception in Montenegro hosted by Ambassador Andreina Marsella, who is now nearing the end of her term. In her address to those present, Marsella highlighted the symbolic significance of the 80th anniversary of the referendum held on June 2 and 3, 1946, which established the Italian Republic and also marked the ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Pope Leo XIV told human traffickers at a migrant landing point on Tenerife Friday to stop and convert to Christian values. "From this square, I want to address a clear word to those who organize death camps, traffic in human beings, withhold documents, exploit workers, threaten women, deceive families. Stop! Convert!", said Leo, meeting with migrants' integration efforts. "Money taken from the vulnerable poor," thundered Leo, "will bring no peace, no honour, no future....

(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 GIU - A reception was held in Wellington to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic: approximately 350 guests attended, representing the worlds of politics, culture, business, civil society, the Italian community, and the diplomatic corps. Speakers included the Italian Ambassador to Wellington, Cristiano Maggipinto, and, representing the New Zealand government, the Deputy Secretary for Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia, Paula Wilson, who highlight...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Juventus said Friday that Damien Comolli has stepped down as its chief executive with Giovanni Carnevali coming in as CEO and general manager in a change at the helm after a disappointing season on the pitch in which the Turin giants finished sixth in Serie A and failed to qualify for the Champions League. Carnevali had been in charge of Sassuolo since 2014. "I am proud and honoured to join a club with such a rich history and strong identity," said Carnevali in a state...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Italy's employment rate rose to 62.7% in the first quarter of 2026, up 0.2 of a percentage point on the previous three months to take it to the highest level since ISTAT's quarterly employment data started in 2004, the national statistics agency said on Friday. It said that the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 of a point to 5.3%, the lowest level since the beginning of the data series, while the inactivity rate rose 0.1 of a point to 33.7%. Istat said Friday that 24.207 m...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Stellantis has teamed up with Volkswagen and Renault to call for simpler rules and incentives to encourage the production of 'Made in Europe' cars and push back against the arrival of Chinese electric vehicles, sending a package of joint proposals to the European Parliament, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The FT reported that VW, Stellantis and Renault have called for a framework that would require 70% of EU vehicles to contain 70% local content coming from wi...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - A preliminary investigations judge on Friday handed bans from the medical profession to two doctors involved in the case of Domenico Caliendo, a two-year-old boy who died in February after having a damaged heart transplanted into him in December at the Monaldi hospital in Naples. Heart surgeon Guido Oppido and his deputy Emma Bergonzoni, the doctors who performed the transplant, have been banned for 12 months and seven months respectively. They are accused of falsifica...

(ANSA) - TIRANA, 13 GIU - A joint Italian-Albanian Search and Rescue (SAR) exercise took place at the NATO air base in Kuçova, Albania, as part of military cooperation between the two countries, to strengthen interoperability between their respective armed forces. All the main units of the Albanian Air Force participated in the exercise, supported by two EH-101 helicopters from the 9th Wing and two Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets from the 36th Wing of the Italian Air Force. The simulated sce...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Pope Leo XIV will return to Rome on the King of Spain's plane after Felipe VI laid it on specially after an Iberia plane scheduled to fly the pontiff home broke down before take-off at Tenerife Friday. "Pope Leo will return to Rome on the King of Spain's plane, kindly provided by His Majesty," the Holy See Press Office announced, noting that the plane will take off around 6:00 PM (local time) and will arrive in Rome around 11:00 PM (Rome time). The Holy See staff and j...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - The plane set to fly Pope Leo XIV back to Rome from Spain broke down and the passengers had to be disembarked at Tenerife military airport Friday. "I regret to inform you that the breakdown is taking some time, and for this reason we are making arrangements to disembark the passengers from the plane," was the announcement made a short while ago by the captain of the Iberia-operated flight on which Leo, his entourage, and journalists were scheduled to depart from the Te...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - A three year 11 month combined conviction of Silvio Berlusconi's former dental hygienist, ex People of Freedom Lombardy regional councillor and former bunga bunga protagonist Nicole Minetti for pimping and embezzling expenses was scrubbed Friday after fresh inquiries requested by President Sergio Mattarella found no grounds to reverse the pardon he granted her in February. Mattarella asked for the further investigations after an exposè by Italian daily il Fatto Quotidi...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - A technical problem occurred as the papal flight carrying Leo XIV back to Rome from Spain was about to begin takeoff, and King Felipe VI boarded and escorted the American pontiff back to the VIP lounge to wait for the glitch to be fixed. An announcement from the captain explained the situation to those on board, and a few minutes later, Felipe himself, who had just bid farewell to Leo, boarded the plane to invite the pontiff to disembark and wait in the VIP lounge at t...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Alberto Stasi, a former Bocconi University economics student who was found guilty of the 2007 murder of his girlfriend Chiara Poggi at Garlasco near Pavia but who may be cleared after new evidence incriminated a friend of her brother's, on Friday obtained probation after getting work release three years ago as he serves a 16-year sentence for the killing. Stasi is 11 years into his term for the murder that was handed down in 2015 even though he had been previously acqu...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - French actress Emmanuelle Seigner, long-time muse of Franco-Polish director Roman Polanski, told the Taormina Film Festival before picking up a lifetime achievement award Friday that she had many good memories of her career but not of iconic New Wave auteur Jean-Luc Godard. The 59-year-old actress, model, and singer, niece of actor Louis Seigner and sister of actress Mathilde, and life partner of the 92-year-old Polanski for decades, despite a thirty-three-year age dif...

(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 GIU - The exhibition 'Guardare oltre/Looking Beyond,' promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Embassy on the occasion of Italian Research Day in the World, opens today in Addis Ababa at the Creative Hub Ethiopia. The exhibition offers a journey through images acquired by the Cosmo-SkyMed satellite constellation, with the aim of highlighting Italian excellence in scientific and space research and raising public awareness of the many uses of Earth observatio...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - A 15-year-old Sicilian boy has been tested as being the youngest person in the world with a 'super-memory' meaning he remembers the precise date of everything he has ever done, and everything that has ever happened to him. The unnamed boy's extraordinary ability is described in the journal Cortex by Valerio Santangelo of the University of Perugia and Patrizia Campolongo of Sapienza University of Rome. "He's the youngest person in the world identified with hyperthymesia...

(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 GIU - The Italian Ambassador to Armenia, Alessandro Ferranti, visited the archaeological site of the fortified complex of Shamiram and its necropolis, located in the Armenian region of Aragatsotn between Mount Ararat and Mount Aragats. The research and excavations are conducted jointly by Italian and Armenian archaeologists thanks to co-funding from ISMEO and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, with the...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Sassuolo said Friday that they have appointed Alberto Aquilani as their new coach after Fabio Grosso left the club to take over at Fiorentina. It will be former AS Roma, Liverpool and Italy midfielder Aquilani's first stint in charge of a top-flight club. Last season he led Catanzaro to the Serie B playoffs, where they lost to Monza in the final. Aquilani, 41, has also coached Pisa in the second tier. (ANSA). Read article...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - The Colosseum is hosting the most important exhibition on Troy ever held, organisers said Friday saying the event will trace the voyage of Trojan hero Aeneas from the ruins of the Greek-torched ancient city in Asia Minor to Italy where he laid the groundwork for the foundation of the Eternal City. The show opening Friday and running till October 18 will include 300 ancient artifacts telling the story of Aeneas's legendary journey, and much more. "Troy and Rome. Myths, ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - French President Emmanuel Macron will receive Giorgia Meloni on June 25 in Antibes for their first bilateral summit, the Elysée Palace announced Friday. Though they have met each other on many different occasions, this will be the two leaders' first official bilateral summit. (ANSA). Read article...

(ANSA) - MANTUA, JUN 12 - Mantua Major Andrea Murari issued an order on Friday calling on people to close their windows and stay indoors as a "precautionary" measure after a big fire broke out at warehouse holding plastics at a plant of chemicals company Versalis in the city. Towns in the surrounding area issued similar orders. Around 800 people had to be evacuated from the Versalis plant and one person suffered slight smoke inhalation. (ANSA). Read article...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Pope Leo XIV told human traffickers at a migrant landing point on Tenerife Friday to stop and convert to Christian values. "From this square, I want to address a clear word to those who organize death camps, traffic in human beings, withhold documents, exploit workers, threaten women, deceive families. Stop! Convert!", said Leo, meeting with migrants' integration efforts. "Money taken from the vulnerable poor," thundered Leo, "will bring no peace, no honour, no future....

(ANSA) - MADRID, 12 GIU - The Italian Embassy in Madrid, in collaboration with the Italian Solidarity Association, welcomed the president of Caritas Spain, Manuel Bretón, on Wednesday to present to the Italian community in Madrid a charitable project aimed at supporting the Rural Gerontological Center for Community Care in Brea de Tajo, in the Community of Madrid. In his remarks, Ambassador Giuseppe Buccino Grimaldi noted that, within the framework of solidarity diplomacy strongly supported b...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Friday stressed that, while the Iran war was not Europe's war, it has been doing what it could to bring about a solution, after President Donald Trump reportedly called the United States' European allies "irrelevant". Italian-American journalist Daniele Compatangelo told Italy's La7 television early on Friday that he had spoken to Trump on the telephone after he said an agreement to end the Iran war would be signed ...

(ANSA) - BRUXELLES, 12 GIU - On June 11, on the occasion of the celebration of the Franciscan 800th Anniversary, the Italian Embassy in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam presented a grand concert-performance titled “Canto delle Creature, Concerto of Woods, Pastures, and Hearts” at the De Duif Church in Amsterdam, which was packed for the occasion. The performance will be repeated today at Utrecht Cathedral. The Song of the Creatures is a poetic-mus...

(ANSA) - ZAGABRIA, 12 GIU - The Italian Ambassador to Croatia, Paolo Trichilo, traveled to Zadar on a mission. The packed schedule began with his participation in the inauguration ceremony for the branch of the Italian-Croatian Chamber of Commerce (CCIC), which the Chamber has appointed Prof. Adriana Grubelić to lead—a figure known for her contributions to relations between Zadar and Italy across all sectors. In his remarks—following the opening address by Chamber President Aldo Di Biagio—the...

(ANSA) - ROMA, 11 GIU - The 24th edition of the Italian Film Festival opened in Singapore with a screening of *Primavera* by director Damiano Michieletto, starring Stefano Accorsi. The festival features eleven titles, ranging from the box-office hit Buen Camino by Gennaro Nunziante starring Checco Zalone, to Cinque Secondi by Paolo Virzì, including the reimagined western Testa o Croce? and Il Maestro, starring Pierfrancesco Favino, to the re-release of Dario Argento’s Profondo Rosso, in a res...

(ANSA) - VILNIUS, 13 GIU - The exhibition catalog 'Light from Italy. From Fattori to Morandi,' held from July 4 to November 30, 2025, at the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga and recently awarded the annual prize of the Latvian Museum Association for 2026. The catalog, published by Treccani in a single trilingual edition (Italian, Latvian, and English) with a foreword by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, marks the culmination of a project supported by the Italian Embassy in Riga, the Latv...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Pope Leo XIV will return to Rome on the King of Spain's plane after Felipe VI laid it on specially after an Iberia plane scheduled to fly the pontiff home broke down before take-off at Tenerife Friday. "Pope Leo will return to Rome on the King of Spain's plane, kindly provided by His Majesty," the Holy See Press Office announced, noting that the plane will take off around 6:00 PM (local time) and will arrive in Rome around 11:00 PM (Rome time). The Holy See staff and j...

(ANSA) - VIENNA, 12 GIU - On the evening of June 11, the Embassy hosted the third installment of the series of contemporary art installations curated by Marcello Farabegoli, Contaminazione #3. The works of the two artists, Flavia Bigi and Maria Cristina Finucci, were thus displayed alongside those of Cristina Fiorenza and Esther Stocker, the protagonists of the previous “Contaminazioni” art events. The event began with a welcome address by Ambassador Giovanni Pugliese, who thanked curator Mar...

(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 GIU - The Prague delegation of the Italian Academy of Cuisine organized a convivial dinner at the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament last Wednesday. The event was made possible thanks to collaboration with the parliamentary friendship group chaired by Vojtech Munzar, under the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Prague, and in partnership with the Committee for Italians Abroad (Comites) and the Italian-Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Camic). In the presence ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - A technical problem occurred as the papal flight carrying Leo XIV back to Rome from Spain was about to begin takeoff, and King Felipe VI boarded and escorted the American pontiff back to the VIP lounge to wait for the glitch to be fixed. An announcement from the captain explained the situation to those on board, and a few minutes later, Felipe himself, who had just bid farewell to Leo, boarded the plane to invite the pontiff to disembark and wait in the VIP lounge at t...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Alberto Stasi, a former Bocconi University economics student who was found guilty of the 2007 murder of his girlfriend Chiara Poggi at Garlasco near Pavia but who may be cleared after new evidence incriminated a friend of her brother's, on Friday obtained probation after getting work release three years ago as he serves a 16-year sentence for the killing. Stasi is 11 years into his term for the murder that was handed down in 2015 even though he had been previously acqu...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - French actress Emmanuelle Seigner, long-time muse of Franco-Polish director Roman Polanski, told the Taormina Film Festival before picking up a lifetime achievement award Friday that she had many good memories of her career but not of iconic New Wave auteur Jean-Luc Godard. The 59-year-old actress, model, and singer, niece of actor Louis Seigner and sister of actress Mathilde, and life partner of the 92-year-old Polanski for decades, despite a thirty-three-year age dif...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Former Milan wing-back and ex Juve Stabia boss Ignazio Abate took over at Torino on Friday, the Granat said. Abate, 39, who earned 22 Italy caps and a runners-up medal at Euro 2012, replaces former Parma manager Roberto D'Aversa who took Toro from 16th to 12th in Serie A last season. Abate, from Sant'Agata dei Goti near Naples, has signed a two-year contract, the Turin club said. (ANSA). Read article...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - A 15-year-old Sicilian boy has been tested as being the youngest person in the world with a 'super-memory' meaning he remembers the precise date of everything he has ever done, and everything that has ever happened to him. The unnamed boy's extraordinary ability is described in the journal Cortex by Valerio Santangelo of the University of Perugia and Patrizia Campolongo of Sapienza University of Rome. "He's the youngest person in the world identified with hyperthymesia...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - US President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States' European allies may be of help once an agreement is reach to halt the Iran war, having previously said their role has been "irrelevant" up to now. "The European allies haven't been helpful now, but they can be very helpful in the future, after (the agreement with Iran)," Trump told il Corriere della Sera via telephone. (see related). (ANSA). Read article...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - The Colosseum is hosting the most important exhibition on Troy ever held, organisers said Friday saying the event will trace the voyage of Trojan hero Aeneas from the ruins of the Greek-torched ancient city in Asia Minor to Italy where he laid the groundwork for the foundation of the Eternal City. The show opening Friday and running till October 18 will include 300 ancient artifacts telling the story of Aeneas's legendary journey, and much more. "Troy and Rome. Myths, ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - A Rome judge on Friday sent former longtime Silvio Berlusconi aide and former Senator Denis Verdini to trial for alleged corruption in contracts for highways company ANSA. It is the latest in a long series of judicial problems for the 75-year-old, who is in jail in Florence. From what has been learnt, at the moment the former Senator is serving a six-year sentence for the fraudulent bankruptcy of the Credito Cooperativo Fiorentino bank, plus a five and a half year term...

(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 GIU - The Italian Embassy in Oslo has published a new ebook dedicated to the history of diplomatic relations between Italy and Norway, reconstructed through the figures of the Heads of Mission who have served at the Italian diplomatic mission from 1906 to the present. The volume draws from the so-called 'Gallery of Ambassadors,' a collection of photographs and biographical information on the diplomats who have led the Italian mission in Norway. Through their work, the public...

(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 GIU - The 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic was celebrated in Ulaanbaatar at the Chinggis Khaan National Museum, in the presence of numerous guests, including representatives of Mongolian institutions (the Minister of Culture, Sports, Tourism, and Youth, as guest of honor; the Minister of Education; the Vice President of Parliament; and the Foreign Policy Advisor to President Khurelsukh). Members of the diplomatic corps, the business, cultural, and academic communitie...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - One person is dead and three are injured after a helicopter crashed on Friday in the area of the Lake Maggiore town of Solcio di Lesa, sources said. The private helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from a villa in the area, the sources said. (ANSA). Read article...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Juventus said Friday that Damien Comolli has stepped down as its chief executive with Giovanni Carnevali coming in as CEO and general manager in a change at the helm after a disappointing season on the pitch in which the Turin giants finished sixth in Serie A and failed to qualify for the Champions League. Carnevali had been in charge of Sassuolo since 2014. "I am proud and honoured to join a club with such a rich history and strong identity," said Carnevali in a state...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Friday stressed that, while the Iran war was not Europe's war, it has been doing what it could to bring about a solution, after President Donald Trump reportedly called the United States' European allies "irrelevant". Italian-American journalist Daniele Compatangelo told Italy's La7 television early on Friday that he had spoken to Trump on the telephone after he said an agreement to end the Iran war would be signed ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - Italy's employment rate rose to 62.7% in the first quarter of 2026, up 0.2 of a percentage point on the previous three months to take it to the highest level since ISTAT's quarterly employment data started in 2004, the national statistics agency said on Friday. It said that the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 of a point to 5.3%, the lowest level since the beginning of the data series, while the inactivity rate rose 0.1 of a point to 33.7%. Istat said Friday that 24.207 m...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 12 - A preliminary investigations judge on Friday handed bans from the medical profession to two doctors involved in the case of Domenico Caliendo, a two-year-old boy who died in February after having a damaged heart transplanted into him in December at the Monaldi hospital in Naples. Heart surgeon Guido Oppido and his deputy Emma Bergonzoni, the doctors who performed the transplant, have been banned for 12 months and seven months respectively. They are accused of falsifica...

(ANSA) - ALGERI, 11 GIU - Italy’s new ambassador to Algeria, Alessandra Schiavo, presented her credentials yesterday to the President of the Algerian Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, during a ceremony held at the El Mouradia presidential palace in Algiers. The ceremony was attended by Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf and the President’s diplomatic advisor, Ammar Abba. During the ceremony, which was later broadcast on Algerian state television, the ambassador presented her credentials, by which the...