Mayors can swear at useless contractors, court rules Italy's highest appeals on Thursday ruled that mayors are entitled to swear at companies who fail to carry out services necessary for citizens to go about their daily life.
Voodoo fails to stop prostitution bust Voodoo rites failed to keep police from busting a prostitution racket operating here in northern Italy, police reported on Wednesday.
Pediatric surgeon Marcelletti under arrest A top pediatric heart surgeon was placed under house arrest on Tuesday on charges ranging from extortion to misappropriation of funds and fraud.
Court rules against unification of Parmalat trials Judges in the main trial examining the financial meltdown of dairy and food multinational Parmalat have denied a defense request that two related proceedings be incorporated to create a single 'maxi-trial'.
Skinhead attack sparks concerns Italian politicians on Monday were at odds over a neo-Fascist attack in the centre of Verona that some claimed marked a worrying level of political violence.
Skinhead attack man worsens The condition of a man attacked in the centre of Verona last week by a group of youths with links to the far right has worsened, doctors said Monday.
More illegal immigrants arriving with fair weather Fair weather and relatively calm seas have encouraged the influx of illegal immigrants to southern Italian shores and a special airlifts were needed to ease overcrowding at a temporary detention center on the island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily.
Fresh wave of migrant landings on Lampedusa Almost 900 migrants have landed on the southern Sicilian island of Lampedusa over the past week, sparking fears of a fresh immigration crisis.
Ronaldo fears for career AC Milan and Brazil striker Ronaldo is worried that Monday's sex and drugs scandal in Brazil involving three transvetite prostitutes could ruin his football career.
Suspect participated in Kercher murder, court rules Italy's highest appeals court disclosed on Monday that a suspect in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher must remain in custody because of his ''evident and indisputable'' participation in the crime.
