Italy's unemployment rate fell to 11.5 percent in May, Istat, the national statistics office, said on Friday. The rate was down from 11.6 percent in April. The agency said the number of people in employment rose to 57.1 percent during May, an increase of 0.1 of a percentage point. Youth unemployment...

Supporters of gay rights outside the Italian Parliament. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPItaly has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for its refusal to grant a residency permit on family grounds to a New Zealand citizen who wanted to come and live with his Italian partner. The Strasb...

Summer is finally here and with it a series of unmissable events for all culture vultures in Italy to feast on. Sienna: Palio di Siena – July 2ndPhoto: Roberto Vicario/Wikimedia The first of two historic horse-races that take place in Siena's central square, Piazza del Campo, each year. The race dat...

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaks after the announcement of an agreement of the election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council on Tuesday. Photo: Kena Betancur/AFPThe UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Italy to the Security Council under a deal that will see the Ne...

Germany coach Joachim Loew (L) and Italy Boss Antonio Conte (R). Photo:Patrick Stollarz/Miguel Medina/AFPEurope's titans clash on Saturday when Germany and Italy meet in the plum Euro 2016 quarter-final with huge stakes for both countries. Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger is poised to make his...

Prato is home to one of the biggest Chinese communities in Europe. Photo: AFPItalian police said on Friday they had raided nine premises as part of an investigation into a Chinese criminal gang they suspect of being behind a spate of attacks on North Africans. The raids were carried out in the Tusca...

At least 10 people have died in the latest Mediterranean disaster. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFPAt least 10 people died after an inflatable dinghy loaded with migrants began sinking in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said. The coastguard said on Twitter that 107 people had been resc...

Italy's parliament will begin debating new cannabis laws next month. Photo: Robyn Beck/AFPIn July, Italy's parliament will begin debating historic changes to cannabis laws that could see the drug legalized. On July 25th, the draft legislation will be presented in Italy's lower house for the first ti...

Britain has voted to leave the European Union, and many if not most British expats in Italy are deeply conce ed. But there are a few silver linings...perhaps. Readers fed up with all the negativity have asked us to try and put some positive spin on the result of the Brexit referendum and the economi...

At least 10 people have died in the latest Mediterranean disaster. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFPAt least 10 people died after an inflatable dinghy loaded with migrants began sinking in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said. The coastguard said on Twitter that 107 people had been resc...

Italy's parliament will begin debating new cannabis laws next month. Photo: Robyn Beck/AFPIn July, Italy's parliament will begin debating historic changes to cannabis laws that could see the drug legalized. On July 25th, the draft legislation will be presented in Italy's lower house for the first ti...

Britain has voted to leave the European Union, and many if not most British expats in Italy are deeply conce ed. But there are a few silver linings...perhaps. Readers fed up with all the negativity have asked us to try and put some positive spin on the result of the Brexit referendum and the economi...

Italy's parliament will begin debating new cannabis laws next month. Photo: Robyn Beck/AFPIn July, Italy's parliament will begin debating historic changes to cannabis laws that could see the drug legalized. On July 25th, the draft legislation will be presented in Italy's lower house for the first ti...

Britain has voted to leave the European Union, and many if not most British expats in Italy are deeply conce ed. But there are a few silver linings...perhaps. Readers fed up with all the negativity have asked us to try and put some positive spin on the result of the Brexit referendum and the economi...

Franco Roberti, Italy's anti-mafia and anti-terror chief, will be at the press conference in Rome at midday. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPItalian, American and Colombian police have busted an inte ational drug trafficking ring. Several traffickers have been arrested and significants amounts of cocaine s...

At least 10 people have died in the latest Mediterranean disaster. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFPAt least 10 people died after an inflatable dinghy loaded with migrants began sinking in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said. The coastguard said on Twitter that 107 people had been resc...

The plane was forced to tu back to Ancona. Photo: Elliott BrownA passenger on board a Rome-bound flight sparked a bomb alert – because they were suspicious about two other passengers, Moroccans, who were praying. The captain was forced to tu the flight back to Ancona, in Marche, where the jet was ch...

Italy's midfielder Alessandro Florenzi (L), Italy's forward Ciro Immobile (C) and Italy's forward Lorenzo Insigne arrive for a press conference in Montpellier. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFPBeating world champions Germany to a semi-final place at Euro 2016 will be like scaling Everest, but a united Italy...

A couple from Treviso, both in their 60s, are accused of getting legally separated just to cash in on state subsidies. They are thought to have received thousands in welfare payments available to separated couples - despite the fact that they apparently continued to live together as man and wife.The...

Activists pray for those who died in the 2015 tragedy. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPItaly is to begin removing the remains of hundreds of people from a sunken migrant boat after raising it from the Mediterranean seabed and towing it to Sicily, the navy announced Wednesday. The boat's sinking off Lib...