The mayor of the Italian city of L'Aquila, which was partially destroyed in a 2009 earthquake that killed 309 people, has quit after a corruption scandal involving members of his team. "I have no ...

The city will be quickly moving to dismiss this case as well,” Bond said in an email. Aquila’s lawsuit claims the city’s refusal to submit Aquila’s complaint to internal affairs and the ...

He was tapped by the Italian government to investigate the events surrounding the tragic 2009 earthquake in the city of L'Aquila, which left more than 300 people dead. The Italian government ...

The news that Pope Francis will visit the Italian city of L’Aquila on Aug. 28 seemed to come out of the blue. But the trip was already being spoken of in February. The city in central Italy ...

The city of L'Aquila - 'Eagle' in Italian - nestles in the mountainous Abruzzo region, overlooked by the highest mountain on the Italian peninsula. Lying in a valley surrounded by the Apennine ...

Why the battle is far from over for survivors of last week's earthquake in central Italy Story by Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN L’Aquila, Italy-- A brutal earthquake strikes a remote mountain city ...

On the eve of the G-8 summit which will take place in his city, Archbishop Giuseppe Molinari of L’Aquila said the earthquake-ravaged city “could symbolize wounded humanity." "It is a warning ...

President Barack Obama, on a tour of the disaster zone during the 2009 post-quake summit promised $4.5 million to restore the church of Santa Maria Paganica, a few miles from the L’Aquila city ...

L’Aquila is a mid-sized city, capital of the mountainous region of Abruzzo in central Italy. It has a population of 69,941 (ISTAT 2020) and is a popular destination for cultural and religious tourism.