The painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani is one of the world's most valuable artists. Photo: Wikimedia CommonsA mysterious mouse-eaten portrait found on a Rome rubbish heap ten years ago and thought to be an original work by Amedeo Modigliani, an Italian Jewish artist who worked mainly in France, ...

A tribute to Sara Di Pietrantonio, who was bu ed alive by her ex-boyfriend. Photo: In Ricordo di Sara Pietrantonio/FacebookSara Di Pietrantonio was just 21 years old. In what was described by a Rome police chief as the worst crime he'd seen in his 25 years in the role, the student suffered a torturu...

Luigi Cataldi Madonna was the first producer to market a pure pecorino based on the varietal name. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPIt is the rising star of Italian wine, a greeny-gold white starting to ea an inte ational reputation for its distinctive minerally edge and ageing potential. Yet pecorino, whic...

Christo's 'Floating Piers' were closed due to inclement weather on Sunday. Photo: FacebookFans of renowned artist Christo faced disappointment for a second day on Sunday after his latest work in northe Italy was partly closed by rain. His ambitious three kilometre-long (1.9 miles) walkway of 200,000...

Exit polls suggest Raggi has taken at least 60 percent of the vote in Rome. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPRome on Sunday elected populist Virginia Raggi as its first female mayor in an electoral reverse for Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Exit polls gave the anti-establishment Five Star Movement's c...

Virginia Raggi campaignining on Friday. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPVoters in the Italian capital go to the polls Sunday with all signs indicating that they will elect Virginia Raggi as the first female mayor of the Ete al City. Raggi, a 37-year-old lawyer and local councillor, has leapt from anonymity...

Euro 2016 Citadin Eder.scored Italy's goal, taking the side through to the next stage of Euro 2016. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP AFP · 17 Jun 2016, 16:56 Published: 17 Jun 2016 16:56 GMT+02:00 Italy has qualified to the next stage of Euro 2016 after beating Sweden 1-0 on Friday. Naturalised Brazili...

Up to 500 flights could be cancelled this afte oon as air traffic controllers go on strike. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFPAir travellers are in for an afte oon of chaos in Italy as air traffic controllers down tools for a national strike that will see up to 500 flights cancelled nationwide. The industrial...

'The Floating Piers' at Lake Iseo will allow people to walk on water. Photo: FacebookWearing dark wellington boots, a red and black all-weather coat, jeans and a smart striped shirt, Christo - as he is universally known - crossed his hands while standing in the middle of Lake Iseo in northe Italy. A...

Matteo Renzi (R) with British Prime Minister David Cameron in 2014. Photo: AFPItaly’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Friday that a British exit from the EU would be more harmful to Britons than the 28-nation bloc. Speaking on the sidelines of the Inte ational Economic Forum in St Petersburg, Re...

A passenger hydrofoil sank after crashing into a pier off Stromboli, a Sicilian island. Photo: Francesco Pantera/YouReporterA commercial hydrofoil partially sank on Thursday afte oon after it smashed into a pier on the Sicilian island of Stromboli. There were no reported casualties in the incident, ...

Whose fans will have the most to shout about? Photo: Kenzo Tribou Icccarsi/ Vincenzo Pito/ AFPAs Italy and Sweden face eachother on Friday, The Local Italy's Patrick Browne and The Local Sweden's Lee Roden pit the two countries against each other in a cultural head to head: but which will be the vic...

Virginia Raggi looks set to become Rome's first female mayor. Photo: Fillipo Monteforte/AFPVoters in the Italian capital retu to the polls Sunday and all the signs are that they are set to elect Virginia Raggi as the first female mayor of the Ete al City. Raggi, a 37-year-old lawyer and local counci...

The wildfires raged across parts of Sicily on Thursday. Photo: Webcris77/YouReporter.itArsonists are suspected of causing wildfires that spread through parts of Sicily on Wednesday night and Thursday. The fires, which affected the provinces of Palermo, Agrigento, Trapani and Messina, broke out at th...

The wildfires raged across parts of Sicily on Thursday. Photo: Webcris77/YouReporter.itA girl was rescued from a bu ing house while 50 nursery school children were hospitalized due to smoke inhalation as wildfires raged across parts of Sicily on Thursday. The girl was rescued from the home in Poggio...

Italy has been told to stop washing squid and molluscs in hydrogen peroxide. Photo:Ji-Elle/WikimediaThe Italian gove ment has been told to stop letting fish vendors dupe customers by bleaching seafood in a mixture of water and hydrogen peroxide (H202). The Italian Health Ministry has long approved t...

The woolly mammoth was widespread across Europe until the end of the last ice age. Photo: Tracy O/WikimediaA seven-year-old Italian schoolgirl stunned her father when she unearthed a woolly mammoth fossil on the banks of the River Po. Emma Persico, who tu s eight this August, was walking along the r...

The number of people applying for asylum in the EU for the first time fell to 287,1000 during the first three months of 2016. Photo: Iakovos Hatzistavrou / AFPSome 22,300, or eight percent, of asylum seekers across the EU applied for refugee status in Italy in the first quarter of 2016, figures rele...

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said "the good times are over" for work shirkers. Photo: Andreas RenziPrime Minister Matteo Renzi declared on Wednesday that the “good times are over” for time clock cheats after the cabinet passed a law that will make it easier to sack work-shy public sector staf...

Violent storms swept through Lombardy on Wednesday, killing one and injuring two. Photo: Jody Sticca/FlickrA 57-year-old woman died after being crushed by a tree in the northe city of Mantua as violent storms swept through Lombardy on Wednesday night. The woman had parked her car on a road beside a ...