Veneto

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was in Italy on Friday, where he "took his first selfie," according to the daily Blic.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Friday attended a presentation of Serbia's investment potentials for businesspeople from Italy's Veneto region.

Vucic also spoke with Veneto President Luca Zaia in a separate meeting.

The sacred relic of Saint Barbara will be on display at the Greek Orthodox Church of Agia Varvara at the western suburb of Athens, Peristeri, from May 10 through to May 24. The relic will be welcomed by Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece during a special ceremony when it arrives in Athens from the Venetian island of Murano.

The mayor of the Italian city of Venice, Giorgio Orsoni, has resigned amid an investigation into alleged corruption over new flood barriers.

Orsoni stepped down a day after being released from house arrest under and has agreed to a four-month sentence but is unlikely to go to prison, the BBC reports.

Italian police arrested on Wednesday 24 Veneto separatists, who were were accused of terrorism and subversion of the democratic order. 

Twenty-seven others are investigated by the prosecution.

An Italian prosecutor said that the separatists were planning an ''insurrection'' to obtain independence for the region around Venice.