Italy is tightening security amid heightened conce s of a terror threat. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPItaly has intensified security due to a “resurgence of jihadist threats”, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Thursday. Alfano said the country’s security alert level will remain at 2, the highest p...

The boat was raised from the seabed at the end of June. Photo: Marina MilitareItaly has finished the gruesome task of recovering migrant bodies from a fishing boat that sank with hundreds of people aboard more than a year ago, the navy said on Thursday. "In total we have 675 body bags," navy command...

The train crash in Puglia left 23 people dead. Photo: Mario Laporta/AFPA train station manager has taken partial blame for a deadly head-on collision that claimed at least 23 lives in one of Italy's worst rail accidents, according to media reports on Thursday. "I'm the one who sent the train on its ...

More than 100 migrants are camping out at Como station after being pushed back from the Swiss border. Photo: Muszka/GoogleMapsAround 100 refugees are reported to be camping out around Como’s San Giovanni station after being tu ed back by Swiss border guards. Makeshift camps are springing up around t...

The jail is the oldest known prison in Rome. Photo:Riccardo AuciAn ancient Roman prison, where Saints Peter and Paul are said to have been incarcerated, has been re-opened to the public in Rome following a lengthy restoration. The 3,000-year-old Carcer Tullianum is located under a 16th-century churc...

Sicilian "Cosa Nostra" mafia boss Be ardo Provenzano died on Wednesday. Photo: HO/Questura Di Palermo/AFPSicilian "Cosa Nostra" mafia boss Be ardo Provenzano, dubbed "the tractor" for the way he mowed his victims down, died on Wednesday after a long illness. Provenzano, 83, was the Cosa Nostra crime...

Intense fighting in South Sudan has killed hundreds of people and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. Photo: STR/AFPGermany and Italy said on Wednesday they were evacuating their nationals and other foreigners from South Sudan, after intense fighting killed hundreds of people and forced te...

The death toll from the crash in Puglia has been confirmed at 23. Photo: Vigili del FuocoThe death toll following Tuesday’s train crash in Puglia has been confirmed as 23, the Gove or of Italy’s Puglia region, Michele Emiliano, announced on Wednesday. Earlier reports suggested that 23 people had die...

Tuesday's train collision in Puglia is one of Italy's worst. Photo: Mario Laporta/AFPAt least 27 people died on Tuesday in a head-on collision between two trains in the southe Italian region of Puglia in the latest rail tragedy to hit Europe. Here are some of the others that occurred in recent years...

Rescuers carry a coffin after a head-on collision between two trains in Puglia. Photo: AFPRelatives of victims of one of Italy's worst rail accidents gathered to identify their dead Wednesday, as rescue workers at the scene of the head-on collision between two trains dismantled the wreckage in searc...

People line-up to donate blood at Bari's Policlinico hospital. Photo: Mario Laporta/AFPAs Italy assesses the damage of Tuesday's train crash in Puglia which left at least 27 dead and dozens injured, local residents have been praised for their outpouring of support and solidarity. Photos of long queu...

The workers were caught wearing cardboard boxes over their heads to avoid being identified. Photo: Carabinieri NapoliPublic sector workers in southe Italy have been caught wearing cardboard boxes over their heads in a bid to avoid identification as they cheat on their time clocks, Italian media repo...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced optimism on Tuesday that Italy will be able to head off a banking crisis and insisted the situation would not snowball into a new eurozone emergency. "Intens...

Halex Hale (L) went missing from the Aviano Air Base (R) on July 2nd. Photos: (L) Aviano Airbase (R) US Air Force/AFPThe body of 24-year-old American airman, Halex Hale, who went missing in early July, has been found in River Livenza, in northe Italy, police have confirmed. The Staff Sergeant's body...

As the mercury rises in Italy and the days and nights get unbearable, we look to the ancient world for tips on staying cool. The Romans were no strangers to the summer heat. In fact, the mode term: "the dog days of summerx94" actually comes from the Latin 'dies canincula', the Roman term used to des...

The Vasari Corridor was built in 1564. Photo: MathrongA secret passage in Florence's Uffizi gallery was shut down by the fire brigade over safety conce s on Monday, which experts say will cost tour guides tens of thousands of euros. The sixteenth-century Vasari corridor, which links the Uffizi to th...

At least ten people are reported to have died in the train crash in Puglia. Photo: Vigili Del FuocoAt least 10 people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured on Tuesday when two regional trains were involved in a head-on collision in the southe Italian region of Puglia. The incident happ...

Italian premier Matteo Renzi has staked his leadership on the upcoming referendum on constitutional law. Photo: Olivier Morin/AFPItaly’s upcoming referendum on constitutional reform is not akin to Brexit, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said in an interview on Monday. Renzi, who became premier in Februa...

One of the heatwave victims died while swimming at Francavilla a Mare, Abruzzo. Photo: Giulio Gigante/FlickrThree people have died in Italy's central Abruzzo region due to the ongoing heatwave. An 86-year-old died as she went into the sea for a swim in Giulianova, while a 74-year-old man died in the...

A new entrance to the Colosseum is set to open this week. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli /AFPA new entrance is set to open at Rome's Colosseum which will allow tourists to enter the building just like gladiators used to. Between July 15th and October 31st curious visitors will be able to pass through a new ...