NUORO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) – In Nuoro, a remote town on the Italian island of Sardinia, a high stone wall rings the local prison, a fortress-like complex once known to keep high-profile mobsters and convicted terrorists away from the mainland. Only a few major mafiosi are still held there and Sardinia is no longer … Read more
The Roman diocese led by Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV has ordered a church in Rome to fix a fresco of an angel that has been updated to bear a suspicious resemblance to one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Europe. An Italian newspaper at the weekend noticed that a fresco that has just been … Read more
BRUSSELS (AP) — Italy on Friday lent crucial support to European Union plans to seal a massive free trade deal with five South American nations neighboring Venezuela that has been negotiated for more than 25 years. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had long been seen as the key vote in the campaign by European Commission … Read more