Italy

Vincenzo De Luca faces intimidation reminiscent of Hollywood movie The Godfather.

Children rights commissioner says adoption of Russian children forbidden in countries allowing gay marriage

Former UBS banker faces allegations of helping clients engage in tax fraud.

Francesca Pascale demands audience with pontiff over former PM's expulsion from Senate.

Former prime minister expelled by parliament in Rome after tax fraud conviction.

'Ndrangheta mobster Francesco Raccosta killed during turf war in Oppido Mamertina, police say.

Fiat expects its US arm to go public in the first quarter of 2014.

Claims that disgraced former PM set for political return dismissed as pure fantasy.

Federal Statistics Office says Germany saw 11% increase in immigrants in first half of year.

Starlings leave their mark on Italian capital as financial cuts bite.

Heavy rains lashes Mediterranean island causing floods and landslides

Italy's Largest Airline was refused a €300m capital increase from Air France.

85% of Libya's oil is exported to Europe and its biggest regional customer is Italy.

Weil, accused of helping Americans evade taxes, could be extradited to the US.

MPS has to carry out a €2.5bn stock sale in 2014 to avoid nationalisation.

Italian authorities launched an investigation in tech giant's 2010 and 2011 tax declarations

Award to victims of animal rights activist violence is 'reminder of the Holocaust'.

Italian magistrate Nino Di Matteo named as target by jailed Sicilian mobster dubbed 'The Beast'.

Former SS Captain responsible for Ardeatine Caves massacre secretly buried inside Italian prison.

Three mobsters killed in Quarto Oggiaro suburb fuelling fears amid locals in northern Italian business city

Four suspects in death of teenager committed to trial at Maidstone Crown Court.

Father of Joele Leotta from Nibionno in Italy comes to England with family "in shock" at son's death

Disgraced former Italian prime minister in probe for €3million bribe to Senator Sergio De Gregorio.

Waiter left Lombardy home for job in Vesuvius restaurant in search of a better life

Joele Leotta died after beating at Vesuvius restaurant in Maidstone.

MP and LGBT activist Alessandro Zan describes the foul mix of inertia, bigotry and blind hatred that denies Italian homosexuals their basic rights.

The Jonas Brothers have canceled all 19 of their shows.

Harmonised competitiveness indicators reveal improvement in some key eurozone economies.

Full Senate vote must decide on his removal from office within 20 days.

UN official blames Italy's 'repressive' immigrant policies for mid-sea disaster in which people from Eritrea, Somalia and Ghana have perished.