AN Italian couple’s adoption bid was denied after they said in their application that they did not want “dark-skinned” children. An appeal court in Sicily ruled that the couple were unfit to adopt children of any description, local...

Silvio Berlusconi’s approval ratings, which had slipped over the past six months because of sex scandals and corruption charges, have bounced back amid a wave sympathy for him after he was attacked in Milan a week ago. Mr Berlusconi, 73, was...

Silvio Berlusconi faces more damage to his reputation with claims that he was directly linked to Mafia bosses and new disclosures about his private life in the memoirs of an escort girl who says that she was attacked and threatened after sleeping with...

A verdict is expected as soon as Wednesday in a landmark case in which 26 American officials are charged with kidnapping a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan more than six years ago. The case is the first of its kind to contest the practice of...

It has emerged that Silvio Berlusconi may face criminal charges after Italy’s constitutional court threw out a law which gave him immunity from prosecution. According to the BBC, Mr Berlusconi and his lawyers had argued that he needed the...

A week after saying he was as invincible as Superman and a day after claiming that Italians secretly wanted to be like him, Mr Berlusconi said he was fearlessly defending himself and his government from the criticisms of the press. “They are...

Italian coastal patrol vessels were searching the Mediterranean today for the bodies of 73 African migrants believed to have died on a dinghy that ran out of fuel during an attempted crossing to Italy from Libya. Five Eritreans rescued in the dinghy...

Ballot stuffing took on a new meaning in Italy’s parliamentary election on Sunday when a man ate his ballot paper in protest at the country’s politicians.