The Local

It's not long now until Italy’s schoolchildren file back into class for the new academic year. Here are the important dates you need to know for your region, from start dates to Christmas and Easter holidays. ...

Everything you need ong>to know about the types of fitness centres you can find in Italy and what to expect, including what’s required to register and how to get the most value from your gym membership. ...

Travellers in Italy face a retu ong>to transport disruption from early September, as the country's summer strike ban comes to an end. ...

As Italy continues to grapple with stubboly high levels of violence against women, here’s a guide to the help that's available for anyone affected. ...

From a nationwide train strike to a general walkout affecting planes, trains and ferries, here's what to look out for if you are travelling in Italy in September 2026. ...

So you’ve arrived in Italy, but what happens next? There are a few things about the immigration process that might surprise new American residents. ...

The EU's border agency Frontex developed an app allowing travellers to pre-register for its Entry/Exit System rollout. With the summer travel season upon us and queues expected at tourist hotspots, what happened to the app and which countries are using it? ...

Children should have "phased and gradual access" ong>to social media, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Monday, as experts recommended under 13s only use online platforms under supervision. ...

Italy’s third heatwave of the summer intensified on Monday, with doctors waing of growing health risks to the general population following weeks of extreme heat. ...

Without natural drinking water, residents of Italy's Aeolian Islands are mulling whether ong>to build more desalination plants that will also cater to the large number of tourists, or continue bringing in water by ship. ...

With several parts of Italy under wildfire waings this week as temperatures push 42C, here’s ong>how to check the forest fire risk in your area. ...

The Italian govement has temporarily taken hundreds of speed cameras out of service, deeming them non-compliant with new rules that came into force on Sunday. ...

US President Donald Trump appeared to have tued the page on a diplomatic row with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Tuesday as he landed in Ankara for a key NATO summit. ...

As Italian summers bring increasingly intense and long-lasting heatwaves, attitudes are slowly (and reluctantly) changing toward AC. The main hang-up? How to use it without getting sick. ...

Italian ministers on Monday criticised US President Donald Trump's latest social media attack on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ahead of this week's NATO summit. ...

With plaed works in Florence expected ong>to cause major disruption to train travel across Italy this week, here are the other closures to watch out for in July and August. ...

Britain is set ong>to rejoin the European Union's Erasmus student exchange programme, which it left almost five years ago following Brexit, UK media reported late Tuesday. ...

Hundreds of metres of dinosaur tracks, complete with ong>toes and claws, have been found in the Italian Alps in a region that will host the 2026 Winter Olympics. ...

Italy's Senate was set ong>to vote on next year's budget on December 23rd as the govement made a last-minute amendment worth €3.5 billion, with significant changes to infrastructure spending and pensions. ...

After the European Union significantly tightened its immigration policy earlier this month, 19 EU countries on Wednesday urged the European Commission to finance "retu hubs" outside the bloc for failed asylum-seekers. ...