Italian leader clashes with French president during a video call between European Union leaders over plans to deploy a ‘reassurance’ force

Italy will unveil a set of measures on Friday worth roughly 3 billion euros ($3.14 billion) to help families and firms cope with high energy costs, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said.

The Pan-Ukrainian Day of Prayer included a Mass for peace at St. John Lateran Basilica, presided over by Cardinal Baldassarre Reina, the vicar for the Diocese of Rome.

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has stated that Ukraine's most effective security guarantee is its membership in NATO. Source: Meloni’s statement following her meeting with the Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Rome on 26 February,

ROME - As Europe debates the prospect of sending troops to Ukraine, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni finds herself walking a precarious geopolitical tightrope between nurturing her special bond with US President Donald Trump and maintaining Italy's commitment to

In his Angelus message delivered from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis expressed gratitude to medical staff and called for prayers for Ukraine.

Giorgia Meloni is less critical of the American initiative than Paris, Berlin and Brussels.

‘My heart really hurts a lot,’ Ukrainian archbishop says of thousands believed to be somewhere in Russia.

Steven Spielberg joined a drive led by Martin Scorsese and other artists to save Rome's cultural spaces, especially cinemas from being turned into malls, and hotels.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused Russia of "offending the entire Italian nation" on Friday as she stood by comments by the Italian president that compared modern-day Russia to Nazi Germany.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a warning to Trump and told him that Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted.