Alitalia staff are protesting the ending of certain employee benefits. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFPAlitalia announced the cancellation of 142 flights scheduled for Tuesday due to strike action which the airline condemned as "incomprehensible". In a statement Monday it said the flights would be cancelled...

The boat, which was at depth of 370 metres (more than 1,200 feet), was salvaged recently. Photo: Marina MilitareItaly has started recovering the bodies of migrants from a small fishing boat that sank with more than 800 people more than a year ago, a spokesman said on Monday. The boat, which was at d...

Italy's number-three bank, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, took a hammering on the stock market on Monday. Photo: Fabio Muzzi/AItaly's number-three bank, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, took a hammering on the stock market on Monday as the European Central Bank told it to slash its large bad-debt ...

Beau Solomon reported went missing after a night out in Rome's popular Trastevere area. Photo: James GoodThe body of a 19-year-old male found in Rome's Tiber river on Monday has been identified as that of missing American student, Beau Solomon. The body, which was found by Ponte Marconi, was formall...

The explosion killed three people in Milan last month. Photo: Cronaca24/YouReporterAn Italian man has confessed to causing a huge gas explosion at his home, which killed his wife and two neighbours in May, and left his daughters severely bu t. Giuseppe Pellicanò, 51, admitted to deliberately unhooki...

The flames ripped through a 55-hectare tourist resort near Venice. Photo: Vigli del fuocoSome 500 tourists were evacuated on Monday mo ing as flames ripped through a holiday resort near Venice. Nobody was injured in the blaze, which broke out at around 6.30am at the 55-hectare Prà delle Torri holida...

After the UK vote, the majority of Italians want to stay in the EU. Photo: David Baxendale/FlickrTen days on from the shock results of the UK referendum on whether or not to remain in the EU, and euro-skepticism in Italy seems to be on the wane. Just 28 percent of all Italians would now vote to leav...

Alitalia pilots and flight attendants will stage a national strike on Tuesday July 5th. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFPAlitalia pilots and flight attendants will hold a national strike on Tuesday as they continue their battle for better work conditions. The strike, called by the Filt Cigl union, will be h...

Survivors of a migrant boat wreck. Photo: Marcello Pate ostro/AFPThirty-eight suspected migrant smugglers, who are also alleged to have been involved in organ trafficking, were arrested across Italy early on Monday mo ing. They are thought to belong to an inte ational trafficking network, and have b...

Twenty people were killed in the attack in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFPItaly will later this week repatriate the bodies of nine people killed in a terrorist attack at cafe in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka on Saturday. The bodies will be flown back on a state aircraft, Il...

The EU has to do more to project its image, says IMF chief. Photo: AFPSenior European political figures appealed Sunday for the EU to set aside lofty debate as it struggles with Brexit-style populism, and instead to focus on measures which clearly benefit citizens. Leading the charge, German Finance...

Christo's creation attracted an average of 100,000 people a day, and up to 120,000 at weekends. Photo: AFPArtist Christo's orange floating walkway on a northe Italian lake will close Sunday after attracting over a million visitors, twice as many as expected. The three-kilometre (1.9-mile) undulating...

Italy striker Graziano Pellè hides his face after missing a penalty. Photo: Vincenzo PitoAFPJonas Hector fired Germany into the semi-finals of Euro 2016 at Italy's expense after an epic round of 18 penalty kicks that saw players from both sides produce stunning misses in Bordeaux on Saturday. World ...

History would certainly suggest Italy will come out on top in the Euro 2016 quarter-final on Saturday.Some Germans believe their country is cursed when it comes to facing the Azzurrixa0and not without reason. Germany has never beaten Italy at a tou ament in a run stretching back to the 1962 World Cu...

An injured man is carried away from the the Holey Artisan Bakery in the Bangladeshi capital. Photo: AFPSeven Italian nationals may be among the 20 hostages killed by gunmen who stormed a restaurant popular with foreigners in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, Italian state television has said. Twenty f...

Social activists preparing banners in protest at the attacks. Photo: AFPNine Italians were killed and a 10th was listed as missing after militants attacked a restaurant in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka and took hostages, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Saturday. The nine fatalities c...

Renzi did not say how many Italians were among the Dhaka casualties. Photo: AFPItalian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi today prepared the country for tragic news, wa ing the nation had suffered "a painful loss" after gunmen murdered 20 hostages in Bangladesh. In a brief TV address, Renzi did not say how...

An injured man is carried away from the the Holey Artisan Bakery in the Bangladeshi capital. Photo: AFPSeven Italian nationals may be among the 20 hostages killed by gunmen who stormed a restaurant popular with foreigners in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, Italian state television has said. Twenty f...

History would certainly suggest Italy will come out on top in the Euro 2016 quarter-final on Saturday.Some Germans believe their country are cursed when it comes to facing the Azzurrixa0and not without reason. Germany have never beaten Italy at a tou ament in a run which stretches back to the 1962 W...

The restoration project cost some €25 million. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPThe first phase of a multi-million-euro makeover of Rome's Colosseum was completed Friday with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi pledging cash would be made available to spruce up other crumbling historic sites. In a project large...