As Italian capital approaches 2,767th birthday, excavation reveals wall built long before official founding year of 753BC
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Silvio Berlusconi associate to appear in Beirut court over Lebanon arrest
Marcello Dell’Utri, suspected of escaping justice, awaits ruling over appeal against sentence for colluding with Sicilian mafia
Italy’s government: The last chance
Matteo Renzi may have to fight, and borrow more, to realise his bold agenda
Vatican bank granted reprieve by Pope Francis after series of scandals
Vatican announces reform plan after months of investigation and speculation that bank will be closed
Vatican bank fraud foiled after suspects stopped with €1.2bn of forged bonds
Would-be swindlers were carrying a case of forged bearer bonds as they tried to enter the Vatican gates ‘to meet cardinals’
Which phones do world leaders use?
Apple and Samsung are hoping for some powerful customers as BlackBerry goes into decline. Could even Obama switch?
Barack Obama has first meeting with Pope Francis at Vatican
US president praises pontiff before the two talk for nearly an hour on subjects thought to include poverty and inequality
Gambler in a rush
The Italian prime minister hopes to be let off some of Europe’s fiscal austerity
Giant steps: mysterious Sardinian sculptures to go on display
The Giants of Monte Prama, inscrutable avatars of a lost civilisation, see the light after years of reconstruction work
When Matteo met Angela
Less than a month after becoming prime minister, Italy’s Matteo Renzi is off to Berlin.