A report by Italy's labor ministry commission on the working poor has rang the alarm bell over in-work poverty in the country.

Britain records 438 new deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily toll in almost a year, as the coronavirus' Omicron variant spreads very fast across Europe.

People hit the streets in Italy’s largest cities to protest the government’s COVID-19 pandemic policies.

Italy reports 180,426 COVID-19 related cases, after 186,253 the day before, the health ministry says, while the number of deaths fell to 308 from 360.

Protests against COVID-19 vaccine requirements have gathered momentum across western Europe with large demonstrations taking place in France, Denmark, Germany, and Austria, among other countries.

Journalists from Italy's national broadcaster RAI have staged a strike against a decision to introduce cuts to programming without consulting their union.

Greek divers have discovered the wreckage of an Italian submarine.