Sergio Mattarella News

Sabrina de Sousa, who holds dual American and Portuguese nationality, said she would leave Portugal to face the Italian courts over the abduction of radical preacher Abu Omar from a Milan street in 2003 in an operation allegedly led jointly by the CIA and the Italian intelligence services.

US Secretary of State and National Security Adviser were among Trump`s delegation to the Vatican.

President Sergio Mattarella, who had vowed on Saturday that he would move quickly to fill the void, summoned Renzi`s Democratic Party (PD) ally to the presidential palace.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has called the referendum which is being closely watched for further signs of anti-establishment sentiment in Europe.

"Violence against women is a plague still open in Italy, and in the world," Mattarella said in a statement.

Flags flew at half mast across Italy today as the country observed a day of mourning for the victims of an earthquake that killed nearly 300 people.

Earlier the Prime Minister of Italy, Matteo Renzi had called for him to be given a national honour.

President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday reaffirmed Italy's "commitment" to resolve the four-year dispute involving two Italian marines accused of murdering two Indian fishermen.

Several hundred people appear to have died in a new migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said on Monday.

 Italian President Sergio Mattarella has urged nations to protect the dignity of migrants and help improve security and living standards in their countries.