Alvise Armellini

Pope Leo will not need any further therapy after undergoing lung cancer surgery last week, ​his doctors said on Wednesday, indicating that his ‌tumor had not spread.

Italy has met only 15% of its energy transition targets for 2030, the ECCO ​climate change think tank said on Monday ‌in an annual monitoring report.

There are now more Catholics in Africa than ​in Europe, the Vatican said ‌on Friday, releasing the latest Catholic Church statistics compiled by its news agency ​Fides.

Italy's Foreign Ministry said ​on Thursday its ‌website had come under cyber attack ​but security systems ​had successfully mitigated the ⁠threat, with ​no disruption to ​services.

Pfizer will cut around 330 jobs in Italy at its Sicily plant, ​labour unions said on Wednesday, making ‌the US drugmaker the latest international company downsizing its Italian operations.

Venice is looking at expanding its tourist entry fee, applying it for a longer period of the year ​and raising the daily charge to as much as €30 ($34), ‌a senior official in the city government has said.

Italy should increase its budget deficit by at least €20 billion ($23.3 billion) in next year's budget, Deputy Prime Minister ​Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday, insisting that the move ‌would not require EU approval.

On a day when temperatures were soaring past 37 degrees Celsius outside, the prisoner sat in his cell with wet towels around his window bars, ​trying to explain to the visiting politician how it felt to be locked up in France during a heatwave.

Italian motorbike maker Ducati, part of ​the Volkswagen group, will invest €121 ‌million ($140 million) on research, development and innovation, with about ​25% of the funds ​coming from the Italian ⁠government, the company said ​on Wednesday.

Italy coach Roberto Mancini vowed to revive the Azzurri's fortunes after returning for a second spell in charge, with the ​nation having missed the last three World Cups and failing to win a major trophy ‌since lifting the Euro 2020 title under his leadership.