There's only one thing for it: head to the nearest beach. Photo: Paolo MacorigAs if the country hasn’t sweltered enough over the past few days, it’s going to get even hotter by this weekend. From Friday, forecasters say temperatures in parts of the country will creep up towards 40 degrees Celsius, l...

PR expert Francesca Chaouqui and Spanish monsignor Lucio Vallejo Balda tu ed on each other in the witness box. Photo: Umberto Pizzi/AFPA Vatican drama of sex, lies and press freedom was to peak on Thursday with a verdict in the trial of two jou alists and sources accused of leaking details about fin...

UberEATS will soon arrive in Rome and Milan. Photo: UberIn a bid to improve its ailing fortunes in Italy, US transport startup Uber will soon have its drivers delivering pizza, pasta and more to hungry customers in Rome and Milan. They'll be able to order food from an application on their smartphone...

The Italian passports were sold on the black market. Photo: Wikicommons/WikimediaEleven arrest warrants have been issued for a group of people, including three civil servants, who have allegedly been involved in selling Italian passports on the black market, police said on Thursday. The passports, w...

A memorial for the victims in Bangladesh. Photo: AFPAutopsy results reveal the nine Italian victims of last Saturday's terrorist attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh, suffered slow and agonizing deaths at the hands of their attackers. The bodies were retu ed to Italy on Wednesday and following an autopsy at ...

Italy might carry connotations of romance for many, but it seems that Italians are falling out of love with marriage as an institution - particularly religious ceremonies. Marriage has been on the decline in the Mediterranean country for many years now, with the number of nuptials steadily decreasin...

Emmanuel Chidi Namdi, 36, and his wife arrived in Italy last year after escaping Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria.A Nigerian asylum seeker was beaten to death in a racist attack by a right-wing football fan in a central Italian town, officials said on Wednesday. Emmanuel Chidi Namdi, 36, was walking...

Want to know where the cheapest rent in the country is? The 51 Unesco World Heritage sites? Or your nearest McDonald's? There's a map for that. 1. Before it was ‘Italy’ Public domain/Wikimedia commonsHere’s how the peninsula looked in the early 18th century - much of it under Spanish domination. If ...

An asylum-seeker from Nigeria is in an irreversible coma after being attacked by an Italian ‘ultra’, or football hooligan. The 36-year-old was attacked after defending his wife when the ultra allegedly called her “monkey”. According to the initial reconstruction, the migrant, who was staying at a bi...

The value of the pound has tumbled against the euro post-Brexit referendum, with some experts predicting the two currencies could end up at parity. The falling currency can have a huge impact on the lives of expats in the EU. At the time of writing, the British pound is worth €1.17, down from around...

The ancient headquarters of Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Photo: Giuseppe CacaceBanca Monte dei Paschi di Siena prides itself on being the world's oldest bank but could, along with its peers, tu into Europe's newest problem as some analysts fear its bad debts may trigger a bank crisis in Italy and euro...

Student Beau Solomon's body was found in Rome's Tiber river on Monday. Photo: FacebookThe parents of an American student who went missing in Rome only to be found dead in the Tiber River met with Pope Francis on Wednesday, as video evidence emerged of the last moments of his life. The Argentine expr...

Italy has its own referendum coming up in October, one which premier Matteo Renzi has staked his leadership on. But why might this vote have a worse impact on the EU than Brexit? The ''Yes' or 'No' referendum on which Renzi is betting his political future intends to bring about reforms that would st...

70,930 migrants arrived in Italy between January and June. Photo: Giovanni Isolino/AFPMore than 4,500 migrants were rescued from the Mediterranean Tuesday on in 30 separate operations in the Strait of Sicily, said Italy's coastguard, which coordinated the missions. More than 1,100 people were saved ...

The tourist was fined after his camera drone crashed into Venice's Sat Mark's Square. Photo: Joe ShlabotnikA tourist was fined on Tuesday after his camera drone crashed into Venice’s iconic St Mark’s Square. The man was trying to get aerial shots of the famous canal city, where drones are banned, bu...

Workers put the finishing touches to a banner before a memorial service in Dhaka on Monday. Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFPThe bodies of nine Italians killed in a terrorist attack at a cafe in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka on Saturday were flown back to Italy on Tuesday. The state aircraft is due to ar...

Tenor Andrea Bocelli has been blind since the age of 12. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFPA clothes shop in the Vicenza city of Bassano del Grappa has sparked outrage after using an image of the blind tenor, Andrea Bocelli, in an advert to promote its sales period. The banner, featuring Bocelli alongside the s...

The flames ripped through a 55-hectare tourist resort near Venice. Photo: Vigli del fuocoA Danish family's bu ing candles reportedly led to a fire that ruined the holidays of more than 2,000 campers at a resort near Venice. Venezia Today reported that the fire was caused by a 55-year-old Danish man,...

A new study has revealed pasta might not be public enemy number one when it comes to weight-loss. Photo Wei-Duan Woo/FlickrIf you've banished pasta from your kitchen cupboard in the hope of squeezing into last year's Speedos or bikini before your summer holidays, you're making a terrible mistake. An...

Silvio Berlusconi underwent a successful open-heart operation in June. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPItaly’s former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has been discharged from hospital after undergoing a successful open-heart operation in June. The 79-year-old tycoon underwent surgery following a heart a...