TEHRAN, Mar 05 - Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Tuesday that he expects his government to decide by the end of the week on whether to pursue work on a disputed high-speed rail line between Turin and Lyon.
TEHRAN, Mar 05 - A proposal to use 15 million euros in Saudi Arabian government funds for Milan's La Scala opera house came under fire on Tuesday because of anger over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
TEHRAN, Mar 05 - Armed with drones and hoping for a miracle, Spanish and Pakistani mountaineers resumed their search on Tuesday for two European climbers who went missing over a week ago on the world's ninth-highest mountain in bad weather, officials said.
TEHRAN, Feb 27 - Italian Economy Minister Giovanni Tria said on Wednesday that European Union "bail-in" rules covering failing banks should be scrapped.
TEHRAN, Feb 25 - A centre-right candidate is poised to win a regional vote on the Italian island of Sardinia, replacing a centre-left administration and underscoring the struggles of the ruling 5-Star Movement, partial results showed on Monday.
TEHRAN, Feb 20 - Italy's far-right League party and its government coalition partner the populist 5-Star Movement denied on Wednesday reports they plan to join forces in the European Parliament after the May vote.
TEHRAN, Feb 13 - Italy's deputy prime minister Friday defended his unannounced trip to France to meet anti-government protesters there -- a move which has sparked fury in Paris and the biggest diplomatic crisis between the allies since World War II.
TEHRAN, Feb 11 -Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio has defended his controversial meeting with Yellow Vests protesters, which prompted Paris to recall the French ambassador from Rome and sparked a crisis in bilateral ties.
TEHRAN, Feb 08 - France kept up pressure on Italy Friday amid their biggest diplomatic spat since World War II, as business leaders from both countries appealed to their leaders to restore calm.
TEHRAN, Feb 05 -Italy’s coalition parties, the League and 5-Star Movement, have agreed that euro-sceptic EU Affairs Minister Paolo Savona should be the next head of Consob, the country’s market watchdog, League sources said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Feb 04 - Rescuers have found the bodies of three skiers in Italy's Alps and are searching for a fourth, raising the death toll in recent avalanches in the country to at least five.
TEHRAN, Feb 03 -Thousands of vehicles were stuck in long queues caused by heavy snow on Italy’s A22 motorway on Saturday, and firefighters rescued 200 people who had been trapped for hours in cars and buses.
TEHRAN, Feb 02 -Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco warned on Saturday of downside risks to the central bank’s forecast for economic growth after the country slipped into a recession in the fourth quarter.
TEHRAN, Jan 29 - Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Tuesday urged the upper house Senate to reject a request by judges to put him on trial for alleged kidnapping after he refused to let migrants disembark from a rescue ship, saying he had acted in the public interest.
TEHRAN, Jan 27 - Italy's interior minister Matteo Salvini said Sunday he was gathering legal evidence against the crew of a Dutch-flagged rescue ship as calls grew for 47 migrants to be allowed to land.