Italian government is threatening to stop funding to the European Union unless it agrees to take some of the 150 people stranded on an Italian coast guard ship

Italy PM Conte says EU has "lost an opportunity" to show solidarity and responsibility by failing to offer solution on migrant ship

Italy's Sicilian Island Etna Volcano has been re-activated.

Italy's Salvini says against nationalizing motorways, raps Atlantia

Italian PM Conte calls on EU partners to help with migrant boat.

Bologna: car caught fire and buses diverted from San Donato. Firefighters on the spot

Fire in the night on the outskirts of Cagliari devastated a deposit of items for children. Fire probable intentional nature

Police dismantled Thai prostitution group: 7 arrests in Pordenone

At least eight have died after heavy rain caused flooding in the southern Italian region of Calabria, an official tells CNN. Rescue operations are underway.

Collapsed bridge in Genoa: the toll rises to 43 dead

Turin, man kills his stepfather with a gun after a fight

Death toll in Genoa bridge collapse rises to 41, as three more bodies are found: local media

Italian President Sergio Mattarella is due to preside over a state funeral for 18 of the victims of Tuesday's bridge collapse in Genoa

A fire broke out on the back of the Laguna Palace. Now the situation is under control.

A huge section of Genoa's Morandi Bridge comes crashing down as heavy equipment is brought in to clear a new area for rescuers to search

Italy: 5.3 earthquake in. #Molise (EMSC). Possible damages in the localities near the epicenter.

Another very strong earthquake in Molise: Puglia, Basilicata, Campania and Abruzzo also affected

Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 5km SE of Palata, Italy

Seeing reports that a bomb was set off at an office of the far right party Lega in Villorba, Italy

Italy's Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, has declared a state of emergency covering the region around Genoa after Tuesday's bridge collapse killed 39 people and cut the city's main land corridor with southern France.

France Hard-right conservative wanabee calls for his party to embrace populism, citing Hungary's Orban and Italy's Salvini LR

A fourth Frenchman is among the victims of the collapse of the bridge in Genoa.

Two Romanian citizens were killed in Monday's collapse of a motorway bridge close to Genoa, reads a Foreign Ministry release. Operations to extract the victims from the rubble are ongoing. A mobile consular team is on scene.

Italian Transport Minister says concession-holder for collapsed bridge will have to contribute to the cost of its reconstruction.

The President Toti, with the regional councilor Giampedrone, has signed the request for a State of National Emergency for the disaster of Ponte Morandi. Shortly meeting with the head of the National Civil Protection Department Borrelli for the first urgent measures for Genoa and Liguria

Thirty-eight dead due to bridge collapse in Genoa

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 4km S of Palata, Italy

Deputy Prime minister and League leader Matteo Salvini attacks European Union after Genoa bridge collapse: "It is unacceptable to die this way in 2018. If EU budget constraints prevent us from making Italy school and infrastructures safe, we will change that".

Aerial footage shows aftermath of deadly Italy bridge collapse that killed at least 20 people as strong storms moved through area

Italy: Death toll caused by the collapse of the bridge (PonteMorandi) in Genova rised to 22 (according to Italy deputy minister).