ITALY

Claims that disgraced former PM set for political return dismissed as pure fantasy.

Federal Statistics Office says Germany saw 11% increase in immigrants in first half of year.

Starlings leave their mark on Italian capital as financial cuts bite.

Heavy rains lashes Mediterranean island causing floods and landslides

Italy's Largest Airline was refused a €300m capital increase from Air France.

85% of Libya's oil is exported to Europe and its biggest regional customer is Italy.

Weil, accused of helping Americans evade taxes, could be extradited to the US.

MPS has to carry out a €2.5bn stock sale in 2014 to avoid nationalisation.

Italian authorities launched an investigation in tech giant's 2010 and 2011 tax declarations

Award to victims of animal rights activist violence is 'reminder of the Holocaust'.

Italian magistrate Nino Di Matteo named as target by jailed Sicilian mobster dubbed 'The Beast'.

Former SS Captain responsible for Ardeatine Caves massacre secretly buried inside Italian prison.

Three mobsters killed in Quarto Oggiaro suburb fuelling fears amid locals in northern Italian business city

Four suspects in death of teenager committed to trial at Maidstone Crown Court.

Father of Joele Leotta from Nibionno in Italy comes to England with family "in shock" at son's death

Disgraced former Italian prime minister in probe for €3million bribe to Senator Sergio De Gregorio.

Waiter left Lombardy home for job in Vesuvius restaurant in search of a better life

Joele Leotta died after beating at Vesuvius restaurant in Maidstone.

MP and LGBT activist Alessandro Zan describes the foul mix of inertia, bigotry and blind hatred that denies Italian homosexuals their basic rights.

The Jonas Brothers have canceled all 19 of their shows.

Harmonised competitiveness indicators reveal improvement in some key eurozone economies.