Italy's Ministry of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea committed 4.5 million euro in new funds for the protection of the sea through UN Environment's Mediterranean Action Plan.

Contractors who reinforced buildings "on the cheap" may have run up the death toll in central Italy's devastating earthquake and could face criminal charges, a local prosecutor said Sunday.

Italy has declared a state of emergency in regions worst hit by the powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake that shook the country on Wednesday, 24 August, and has claimed at least 250 lives.

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy climbed to 250 on Thursday as rescue teams scoured mounds of rubble for a second day in towns and villages flattened by the natural dis

Rescue teams were working through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble that remained of central Italian towns flattened by an earthquake that hit in the early hours of Wednesday, kil

A strong earthquake brought down buildings in central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents and sending others fleeing into the streets, with at least six people believed killed.

Italy's anti-trust agency said on Monday it had fined German carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) 5 million euros (4 million pounds) for allegedly misinforming car buyers about diesel emissions results.