Alvise Armellini

Nearly 4,400 people have been abused by Catholic priests in Italy in cases reported since 2020, a victims' group alleged on Friday, renewing pressure on bishops to confront a crisis that has long plagued the world's largest Christian faith.

STMicroelectronics announced on Thursday the appointment of two new Italian members of its supervisory board, signalling that Italy and France were moving to settle their differences over the chip maker's governance.

Italy is set to suffer a further drop in the number of births this year to a new historical low, aggravating the country's demographic crisis, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Tuesday.

Italy's government is planning to end a tax break on short-term rentals as part of measures contained in its 2026-2028 budget law, a draft showed on Monday.

Two brothers from a notorious Italian soccer hooligan group, Lazio's "Irriducibili", have been arrested after trying to illegally obtain public works contracts for next year's Winter Olympics, Italian prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Some 137 activists detained by Israel for taking part in a flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza arrived in Turkey on Saturday after being deported, with two alleging that Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg was mistreated during her detention.

Hundreds of thousands of Italians took to the streets across the country on Friday, as part of a day-long general strike called by unions in support of an aid flotilla carrying food to Gaza that was intercepted by Israel this week.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticised an aid flotilla intercepted off Gaza by the Israeli military, saying on Thursday the activists' mission and a strike called in their support in Italy would do nothing to help Palestinians.

Tesla's new car registrations in Italy fell for a fifth month in a row in September, posting a 25.6% year-on-year drop, data from the Italian transport ministry showed on Wednesday.

The international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza said unidentified vessels approached some of its boats before dawn as it got closer to a zone where Israel has imposed a naval blockade on the war-stricken strip.