Italy's Monte dei Paschi is focused on its takeover offer for Mediobanca , its chief executive said on Thursday, adding further deals would be something the state-backed bank could consider only in the future.

A team mixing youth and experience has delivered the country's first semi-final in a major women's tournament since the 1990s

Rescuers on Monday freed a cave explorer who was injured by falling rocks some 40 meters (more than 130 feet) below the surface in Italy’s northwestern Piedmont region while on an outing with a group of friends, according to Italy’s mountain rescue corps.

Carrefour , Europe's biggest food retailer, has agreed to sell its loss-making business in Italy to food and drinks manufacturer NewPrinces Group as part of a strategic review kicked off earlier this year.

Scotland's opening Summer Test match against Italy tomorrow - as part of their preparations for next month's women's Rugby World Cup - will be showed live on BBC ALBA and BBC iPlayer.

Italy’s constitutional court has ruled that the non-biological mother in a same-sex union is entitled to paternity leave

Carrefour, Europe's biggest food retailer, is in exclusive talks to sell its loss-making business in Italy to NewPrinces Group, it said on Thursday, as part of a strategic review kicked off earlier this year.