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Venice's mayor said Friday he would not step down from his post, despite being among the targets of a vast corruption investigation that has embroiled city hall. ...

Milan is the Italian city with the highest wages, but set against that is the high cost of living. So what is considered a 'good income' in the northe city? ...

The Italian city of Florence, a leftist bastion, on Monday elected its first woman mayor as Sara Funaro easily defeated the right-wing ex-director of the prestigious Uffizi Galleries. ...

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From controversial European election candidates to a row over Milan's noisy gelateria customers, our weekly newsletter Inside Italy looks at what we’ve been talking about in Italy this week. ...

With its thriving job market and inteational allure, Milan is one of the most popular Italian cities for foreigners to move to, but finding a place to rent can be complicated. ...

As March draws to a close and Italy shakes off the winter gloom once and for all, it’s time to see what Milan has in store for both residents and visitors this April. ...

Cold and wet weather may put a damper on everyday life in Italy this February, but Milan's mix of cultural events and local celebrations will help you overcome the winter blues. ...

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Hooded attackers stabbed a Newcastle United supporter in Milan ahead of the Champions League match between AC Milan and the English club, Italian police said on Tuesday. ...

Storms on the coast of Liguria in October 2018. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFP Severe storms left parts of north-west Italy underwater on Monday, as rain and wind swept across the Alps. Heavy rai...

An Inter Milan supporter died thismoing, police have confirmed, after suffering injuries in fights with Napoli fans on Wednesdaybefore the Serie A match between the two teams at the San Siro. "Aft...

A photo of the train which derailed. Photo: Italian Fire Service The death toll after a regional train derailed near Milan in northe Italy has risen to three, with more than 40 people injured, emergency services said. All of the dead were women, news agencyAnsa reported. They have been publicly identified as Pierangela Tadini, 51, a resident of Vanzago, Giuseppina Pirri, a 39-year-old fromCeusco sul Naviglio, and Ida Maddalena Milanesi, a 62-year-old doctor from Caravaggio. Around 100 people were injured in total and 46 were still being treated on Thursday afteoon, Ansa said. Four of them were in a serious condition, though their lives were not thought to be in danger. In pict...

Emergency services workers search the wreckage for trapped passengers. Photo: Italian Fire Service A train derailed west of Milan on Thursday moing in a serious rail accident which has reportedly killed three passengers and left around a hundred injured. Pictures from the scene show the wreckage of the train after its central carriages derailed, and rescue efforts from the teams of firefighters and emergency services at the site. LATEST: Four dead and ten seriously hurt as train derails near Milan An aerial view of the train after the derailment at around 7 am. Photo: Italian Fire Service Only the central carriages were affected in the incident. Photo: Italian Fire Servi...

The train that derailed near Milan. Piero Cruciatti/AFP The latest information on the victims, the aftermath and what may have caused the train crash that killed three people near Milan on Thursday moing. WHAT HAPPENED? A Trenord commuter train from Cremona to Milan partially derailed at 6.57am on Thursday, with some 350 people on board. The accident happened between the stations of Pioltello and Segrate, just to the north-east of Milan. Only the central carriages derailed, leaving one car bent almost into an L shape across the tracks.Photo: Vigili del Fuoco Some passengers remained trapped inside as a team of around 90 firefighters and search-and-rescue units cleared the s...

Rome mayor Virginia Raggi. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPRome Mayor Virginia Raggi has asked to be put on trial immediately for allegedly making a false statement to an anti-corruption official, as she is confident of her iocence. More serious charges of abuse of office against the embattled mayor were dropped in September, but prosecutors called for her to appear in court to answer charges that she lied to the head of the city’s anti-corruption watchdog when she told him she had personally appointed Renato Marra, the brother of former persoel chief Raffaele, as the town hall’s tourism chief. Investigators suspect that Marra was actually given the job by his brother - currently on trial for corrupt...

File photo of Patrick Cutrone. Photo: Miguel Medina/AFP Teenager Patrick Cutrone scored an extra-time wier and goalkeeper Antonio Doarumma emerged from the shadow of his star brother Gianluigi as Milan dumped city rivals Inter out of the Italian Cup on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Cutrone broke through after 104 minutes at the San Siroafter the match had ended 0-0 in regular time to set up a two-leggedsemi-final against Lazio, who saw off Fiorentina 1-0on Tuesday. But Milan's third-choice goalkeeper Antonio Doarumma, 27, elder brotherof the regular keeper Gianluigi, 18, played a key role on his debut, after hissibling was ruled out with an injury and second-choice Marc...

AC Milan coach Gearo Gattuso (C) has likened the upcoming clash to "a World Cup final". Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFP Struggling AC Milan face city rivals Inter in the Italian Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday with coach Gearo Gattuso likening the high-voltage clash to "a World Cup final". Milan go into the game in 11th place in Serie A, a massive 21 points behind league leaders Napoli, meaning the Italian Cup and the Europa League, where they have made the last 32, are their only avenues to silverware this season. "This (Wednesday's game) is like a World Cup final for us," football-italia.net quoted Gattuso as telling Milan TV. "Nobody expected this many difficulties,...

A view over Como. Photo: Marcus90/Wikimedia Commons The mayor of the northe Italian town of Como has passed a controversial measure baing begging or camping out in the historic centre. Mayor Mario Landriscina signed the 45-day decree on Friday, which has a stated aimto "protect urban decorum and livability". Under the new measure, those found violating the ban face fines of €50 to €300 and are also responsible for "restoring the state of the premises at their own expense". The decree states that homeless people were sometimes "drunk and perform their physiological needs" in central areas of the city, and claimed there had been an "unusual increase" in the number of...