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...

Inclement weather is predicted across much of Italy for Thursday's bank holiday. Photo: Jody Sticca/FlickrStormy weather is forecast as the Italy gears up to celebrate Republic Day on Thursday. Cyclone Valchirie is set to bring strong storms and sudden downpours across northe and central Italy.The i...

Some 46,473 people have landed on Italy’s shores since the start of the year. Photo: Giovanni Isolino/AFPInterior Minister Angelino Alfano on Wednesday rejected a call to take in all migrants and refugees, saying that even though Italy has a big heart, “we can’t take them all” Alfano was speaking at...

It's difficult to find reasonably-priced rental properties in Italy. Photo: Elvert Ba es/FlickrThought you couldn't put a price on living the Italian dream? You thought wrong. Luckily, a new website is here to show you if you've been ripped off or found a rare bargain. If you've been renting in Ital...

Civita di Bagnoreggio, Lazio, a town of 100 people which is trying to become a tourist attraction. Photo: Angela Giuffrida/The LocalItaly is famous for the small, picturesque towns which dot the landscape, but a recent report suggests almost 2,500 risk becoming ghost-towns. The data came from a doss...

Northe League leader Matteo Salvini (L) has been snubbed by Donald Trump. Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/Jewel Samad/AFPMatteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s far-right Northe League, has for months trumpeted a flourishing friendship with Donald Trump, the man hoping to become the next US President. But Salv...

The man tried to hide from his lover's husband on a balcony in Barletta, Puglia. Photo: Aiden McMichaelA sneaky afte oon tryst left a 36-year-old man in hospital after he fell from a balcony while trying to hide from his lover’s husband, who retu ed home unexpected. Passersby saw the man clinging to...

Pisa's luminara is not to be missed this month. Photo: Marco Sox/FlickrJune is jam-packed with all manner of fun things to keep you busy as summer rushes in: from discovering rose-based snacks to dancing at silent discos. Festa Della Repubblica, June 2nd – nationwideThe Frecce Tricolari make their f...

Florence's appeals court on Tuesday upheld the 16-year jail term for Francesco Schettino. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPFlorence's appeals court on Tuesday upheld the 16-year jail term for Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank off Italy in 2012 leaving 32 people d...

Daniele De Rossi has made the Italy squad for Euro 2016. Photo: Marcello Pate ostro/AFPMidfielders Thiago Motta and Daniele De Rossi were on Tuesday given the all clear and included in Italy coach Antonio Conte's 23-man squad for Euro 2016. With midfield stalwarts Claudio Marchisio and Marco Verratt...

An image of a migrant boat wreck taking by the Italian navy last week. Photo: Marina MilitareAt least 1,000 people are thought to have drowned or are missing in nine migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean over the last six days, the Inte ational Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. The...

Finding accommodation in Rome can be a challenge, but travelling on a budget doesn't have to mean sacrificing comfort, style or personal space. Airbnb is becoming increasingly popular with visitors to the Ete al City, and it's easy to see why. Here's our pick of the ten best apartments you can rent ...

Fourteen people were injured in a fire at a paint factory on Monday night. Photo: YouReporterFourteen people, seven of them firefighters, were injured in an explosion which also completely destroyed a paints factory near Turin on Monday night. The explosion happened at the Darkem paints factory, in ...

Francesco Schettino during his first instance trial last year. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPDiscraced former captain, Francesco Schettino, will on Tuesday hear the verdict of an appeal against the 16-year jail sentence he was handed last February for his part in the Costa Concordia shipwreck which kill...

Rome Flying Squad chief Luigi Silipo and prosecutor Maria Monteleone during a press conference on Monday. Screengrab: RepTV/La RepubblicaA 27-year-old man has admitted bu ing his ex-girlfriend alive because he “couldn’t accept that she abandoned him”. Vincenzo Paduano was arrested for pre-meditated ...

Antoine Laurent, one of the merchant seamen aboard MS Aquarius. Photo: Gabriel Bouys/AFPThey are unlikely members of the same crew: career seamen for whom it was initially just another job and landlubber humanitarian workers trying to make the world a better place. But together, aboard the MS Aquari...

Severe storms caused flash floods in Milan on Monday. Photo: YouReporterFlash floods wreaked havoc in Milan on Monday mo ing after a violent storm caused 90 litres of water to fall per each square metre of ground in just three hours. Immediately after the storm began at around 10am some 200 calls we...

The 80-year-old was heading home after going for pizza in Alghero, Sardinia. Photo: Cost of Living/FlickrAn 80-year-old woman drove along a 7km stretch of highway in Sardinia – in the wrong direction. The woman was retu ing home – in pouring rain - to Sassari after spending the evening with friends ...

An overflowing bin in front of the Pantheon, Rome. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPRubbish began piling up on the streets of Rome on Monday, after workers with the city's waste management authority, Ama, downed tools as part of a national strike. Unions called the 24-hour strike over longstanding contractu...

A report this month said there were around 800,000 migrants in Libya waiting to attempt the jou ey across the Mediterranean. Photo: Gabriel Bouys/AFPWith 13,000 people rescued in one week and hundreds presumed drowned, what do we know about migrant flows across the Mediterranean to Italy? Is there a...