Verona (Italy) - The exhibition 'Picasso. Figure (1895-1972)', the first part of a new project with the Picasso Museum in Paris, will open in Verona on October 15.

Florence (Italy) - The Uffizi Galleries will launch official @uffizigalleries Instagram and Twitter accounts at the weekend, museum officials said Friday.

Rome (Italy) - Italy's gross domestic product (GDP) was flat in the second quarter of 2016 with respect to the previous three months and up 0.7% compared to the same period last year, according to seasonally adjusted preliminary data released by Istat on Friday. The Italian economy returned to positive growth in 2015, with an 0.8% rise in GDP, after years of recession.

Rome (Italy) - A dispute between Italy and France over the movement of migrants has resulted in a stand off at the border between the two countries.

Milano (Italy) - Italian football giants AC Milan could be in new hands by Friday evening.

Bergamo (Italy) - A cargo plane has overshot the runway at a northern Italian airport overnight, skidding nose first onto a nearby motorway.

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again spoken out against the country’s allies in the West, saying that they supported last months attempted military coup.

Rome (Italy) - As many as 8,300 migrants have been plucked from the Mediterranean in the last five days, according to Italian authorities.

Rome (Italy) - Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has been talking up the country’s third largest bank, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, even after it received the worst score in Europe-wide stress tests.

This year the Venice Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Damien Chazelle’s new film “La La Land”. A musical romantic comedy-drama about a jazz pianist who falls in love with an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.