February 13, 2020 Italy's Salvini compares himself to Trump after Senate approves trial for holding hundreds of migrants hostage Italy’s right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini compared himself to President Trump Wednesday after the Italian Senate voted to allow prosecutors to put him on trial for allegedly holding 132 migrants hostage by forcing them to remain on a coast guard vessel, rather than enter an Italian port.
February 13, 2020 Michigan woman accused of burning husband's body so badly it wasn't ID-ed for decade arrested in Rome A Michigan woman wanted in the 2002 death of her husband, whose remains were so badly burned they weren’t identified for more than a decade, was arrested at a hotel in Rome after a multinational search, local police said.
February 13, 2020 Italian man, 101, told he needed his parents to confirm identity after Brexit app glitch A 101-year-old Italian man applying to stay in the United Kingdom following Brexit was asked by immigration authorities to have his parents confirm his identity after a computer system mistook him for a toddler, reports say.
February 12, 2020 Italian Senate to decide whether to lift far-right leader Salvini's immunity in migrant case The Italian Senate is deciding Wednesday whether to allow former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to be prosecuted — as he demands to be — for allegedly holding migrants hostage for days aboard a coast guard ship instead of letting them immediately disembark in Sicily last summer.
February 6, 2020 High-speed train derailment in Italy leaves 2 railway workers dead, dozens injured A high-speed train derailed in northern Italy early Thursday, killing two railway workers and injuring dozens of others when the engine car detached and rammed into a railroad building, authorities said.
January 29, 2020 Italian man denied Swiss citizenship for not knowing bears and wolves shared enclosure at zoo: reports An Italian man was denied Swiss citizenship because he failed to correctly answer a question about zoo animals -- a decision a federal court in Switzerland has ruled unfair, according to reports.
January 29, 2020 Italian driver evades flaming cars in botched highway robbery attempt An attempt to rob an armored vehicle has gone up in smoke.
January 27, 2020 Italy elections curtail sweep of right-wing Matteo Salvini to power Italian right-wing firebrand Matteo Salvini was dealt a new blow Sunday when a key northern region in the politically erratic country swung left in its latest election.
January 26, 2020 Kobe Bryant dead: Reaction from Italy, where NBA legend was beloved In Europe where Kobe Bryant grew up, the retired NBA star was being remembered for his "Italian qualities."