Italy's 'trash tsar' takes charge of Naples crisis
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"I have a sense of sickness and feel great solidarity with Neapolitans."  Images of the historic port city wallowing in its own filth have shocked Italians and embarrassed the ruling centre left coalition of Prime Minister Romano Prodi, which also holds office at the local and ... via Globe and Mail
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The row over Italy's choice as its European commissioner dominates today's papers.
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The EU has told Italy to end the crisis that has left mounds of rubbish in Naples within a month or face court action.
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President Giorgio Napolitano embarked Friday on a mission to resolve Italy's political crisis after prime minister Romano Prodi's resignation ended his centre-left government.
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An Italian town&#39;s mayor hopes to shame men  into not using prostitutes by photographing cars that pick them  up and publishing the details in local newspapers.
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"For us, rubbish is gold," is how one  Italian gangster explained the mafia's involvement in waste  trafficking to an investigating magistrate in Naples.
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Greeceâs culture minister pruned the powers of the countryâs new archaeology chief after the dismissal and suicide attempt of the politician who preceded him in that post.
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A statue has become a blazing symbol of Italyâs legal and moral battle against foreign museums and private collectors.
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The case of Rocco Buttiglione, the EU commissioner-designate under fire for making disparaging remarks about homosexuals and single mothers, is back on Italy&#39;s front pages.
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Europeâs bitter memories of the Bush administrationâs insults and hypocrisy are undermining efforts to restrain Iranâs nuke program--and have now led to the collapse of Italyâs Prodi government.
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OTTAWA -- Conservative deputy leader Peter MacKay raised the hackles of Italian MPs yesterday when he referred to former Public Works minister Alfonso Gagliano as being part of &quot;la familia&quot; -- a common expression for the Mafia.
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President Giorgio Napolitano starts crisis talks on Friday meant to rescue Italy from political limbo after the resignation of the prime minister raised the specter of snap elections.
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Incoming EU Commissioner Rocco Buttiglione should resign or be stripped of some of his powers, Neil Kinnock said today. Mr Buttiglione has thrown the new Commission
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Italy's nuclear waste is to be sent abroad for disposal, a company tasked with managing the waste saidhere on Saturday.
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Italyâs blunder-prone Rocco Buttiglione was under increasing pressure today to spare himself the sack and step down voluntarily from his new job as European Commissioner in charge of civil liberties.
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THE fate of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister and media tycoon, hung in the balance last night as Italy waited to hear whether judges in Milan would convict him on corruption charges.
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European Parliament Liberal leader Graham Watson joked the crisis surrounding the EU's new executive could be a plot by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to keep his arch-foe in Brussels.