ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government approved a law on Wednesday that will almost halve the number of provinces as part of a drive to cut the heavy cost of regional administrations. The decree, ...

Italy, the epicenter of Europe's coronavirus crisis, has taken the unprecedented step of locking down an entire region that is home to up to 16 million people in a bid to control the spread of the ...

To the despair of his best friends, Benito Mussolini has a penchant for crowning with a touch of the ridiculous even his greatest achievements. Last week, having created an entire new province for ...