A to ado hit the coast near Venice on Saturday. Photo: YouReporterA giant to ado struck a beach near Venice on Saturday, damaging properties and injuring two people. The twister formed over the sea in the marina of Chioggia at around 8.30am, before coming ashore on a sandy beach normally popular wit...

Gianluca Buonanno, an Italian MP and MEP, died in a car crash on Sunday. Photo: Patrick Hertzog/AFPGianluca Buonanno, a right-wing politician famous for making a series of insulting stunts in both the Italian and European parliaments, died in a car crash on Sunday evening, aged 50. Buonanno, who was...

Libyan Red Cross personnel retrieve body of a migrant washed up on beach. Photo: Stringer/AFPItalian President Sergio Mattarella has urged the European Union not to "leave Italy alone" to face the influx of migrants expected to try to cross over from North Africa this summer. Speaking on the Italian...

Pope Francis at a mass for priests in the Vatican on Friday. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPBishops guilty of "negligence" in dealing with sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church can be dismissed, Pope Francis decreed on Saturday. The decree quoted the pontiff as saying that such cases would fal...

Virginia Raggi took 36 percent of vote. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPAnti-establishment candidate Virginia Raggi easily took the lead in the first round of the Rome mayoral race, partial results showed on Monday, dealing a setback to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's ruling party. Raggi, a 37-year-old l...

By midday, tu out stood at almost 18%, the interior ministry said. Photo: AFPItalian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's party was locked in battle on Sunday, June 5, for control of Rome and other cities in municipal elections seen as a test for the ruling party and the country's divided right. The focus ...

Five Star's candidate for mayor of Rome is polling ahead. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPItalians go to the polls on Sunday for municipal elections that represent tests for both Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and the country's divided right, with both fearing a chastening defeat in Rome. More than 1,300 ...

Pope Francis at a mass for priests in the Vatican on Friday. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPBishops guilty of "negligence" in dealing with sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church can be dismissed, Pope Francis decreed on Saturday. The decree quoted the pontiff as saying that such cases would fal...

Libyan Red Cross personnel retrieve body of a migrant washed up on beach. Photo: Stringer/AFPItalian President Sergio Mattarella has urged the European Union not to "leave Italy alone" to face the influx of migrants expected to try to cross over from North Africa this summer. Speaking on the Italian...

With valleys, lakes and forests nestled among the summits of the Dolomites, South Tyrol is a breathtaking wonderland. The northe Italian region is an adventure holiday-seekers paradise: you can hike, bike and ski until your heart’s content. Cortina d'Ampezzo. Photo:xa0Manuel Bierbauer Or you can sim...

Caravaggio's 'sleeping cupid' has been unveiled in Lampedusa as part of a refugee-themed exhibition. Photo: Wikimedia CommonsA masterpiece by the Italian master Caravaggio was unveiled on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Friday as part of a special refugee-themed art exhibition. The iconic 1608 pa...

Over 46,700 migrants have arrived in Italy since the start of this year. Photo: Giovanni Isolino/AFPRarely a day goes by without news of migrant rescues or drownings. In the last week of May alone, there were nine shipwrecks, in which at least 1,000 people are feared to have died while making the pe...

(T) Ilva steel factory in Taranto and (B) a cannabis plant. Photo: Mario Laporta/Justin Sullivan/AFPIn the fields around Taranto, Puglia, more and more farmers are sowing fields of cannabis in a bid to save their precious soil which has been rendered unsafe thanks to years of pollution from Europe's...

This video gives a jet's-eye view of Rome. Photo: Screenshot/The LocalRepublic Day celebrations on Thursday culminated with the aerobatic team of the Italian Air Force, known as the Frecce Tricolari, flying a fleet of jets over Rome, leaving a trail of green, red and white smoke. Racing their Italia...

"On paper, we are capable of beating anyone," said Daniele De Rossi on the Italy team. Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFPExperienced Italian midfielder Daniele De Rossi has played down chances of success at Euro 2016, insisting Thursday that the Azzurri are "not among the favourites". But the 32-year-old sa...

Italy marks Republic Day on June 2nd. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPIf you're in Italy, you'll have noticed that today is a public holiday - either because you're enjoying the day off, or because you've been disrupted by changes to public transport and the closure of many public services. But what's Repu...

Virginia Raggi. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP"Bread and circuses" was the formula that ancient Rome's rulers hoped would keep the restless natives happy. Two millennia later, residents of the Ete al City just want their buses to tu up on time, holes in the roads filled and garbage collected and dealt wi...

The colour red, and particularly red shoes, have become a symbol of the struggle for women's rights in Italy. Photo: Stefan Barth/FlickrThe brutal murder of Sara Di Pietrantonio by her ex-boyfriend has thrown the issue of femicide into the spotlight again, and Thursday saw both marches and individua...

The colour red, and particularly red shoes, have become a symbol of the struggle for women's rights in Italy. Photo: Stefan Barth/FlickrThe brutal murder of Sara Di Pietrantonio by her ex-boyfriend has thrown the issue of femicide into the spotlight again, and Thursday saw both marches and individua...

Italy marks Republic Day on June 2nd. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPIf you're in Italy, you'll have noticed that today is a public holiday - either because you're enjoying the day off, or because you've been disrupted by changes to public transport and the closure of many public services. But what's Repu...