ROME, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Italy approved final funding Friday for what is expected to be the world's longest suspension bridge, linking Sicily to the Italian mainland, officials said.

ROME, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Italy's second-largest newspaper found itself in the news when Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi filed suit against Rome's La Repubblica, the paper reported.

ROME, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Italy and France Tuesday signed an agreement aimed at helping Italy return to nuclear power production after more than two decades, officials said.

ROME, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Italy and France are set to sign an agreement pledging cooperation on nuclear energy production, Italian Industry Minister Claudio Scajola said Monday.

ROME, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Flight attendants at troubled Italian airline Alitalia said they would walk out on their jobs for exactly one minute on Sept. 6.

MILAN, Italy, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi left a Milan hospital Wednesday with a clean bill of health after fainting during a weekend speech.

MILAN, Italy, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Italy's wealthiest man, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, is facing new charges of interfering with two other corruption trials he is facing. In Milan Monday, Judge Fabio Paparella ordered the 70-year-old billionaire and British corporate lawyer D

ROME, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- About 70,000 fans crowded into Rome's Olympic Stadium for Madonna's weekend concert, during which she sparked conflicting reactions between fans and the church.

ROME, May 5 (UPI) -- A close associate of former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi checked into a prison in Rome Friday after an appeals court upheld his conviction.