A remote Sardinian beach home to 60 cats, has been named one of Sardinia's best tourist attractions. Photo: I Gatti Su PallosuA cat sanctuary on a remote Sardinian beach, where visitors can play with kitties in the surf or watch them lounging on the sand, has been named one of the island's best tour...

The centre of picturesque Florence has been plunged into chaos after part of the embankment of the River A o collapsed on Wednesday, causing an estimated €5 million of damage and thought to be down to "human error". Twenty cars were swallowed up by the sinkhole and two residential buildings by the f...

Dramatic images released by the Italian navy on Wednesday captured the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overtu ed in a shipwreck off Libya which left at least five people dead. The blue fishing vessel, its deck heaving with people, tipped over afterxa0the migrants rushed to one side on spotting a r...

Italian marines Salvatore Girone (L) and Massimiliano Latorre (R) pictured in Kochi, India, in December 2012. Photo: Strdel/AFPIndia's top court Thursday allowed an Italian marine accused of killing two fishermen to retu home pending arbitration, the latest twist in a long-running case that has sour...

The threats were accompanied by photos of the monuments and written in Italian, French and Arabic. Photo: Jason Howie/FlickrA Milan court on Wednesday sentenced a Pakistani and a Tunisian to six years in prison for threatening terror attacks in Italy via social media. Tunisian Lassad Briki, 35, and ...

Some call it home: the island of Budelli, Sardinia. Photo: Luca GiudicattiA petition has been launched to stop a Sardinian island from evicting a 77-year-old hermit who has lived there alone for 27 years while working to keep its footpaths and beaches clean. Former sports teacher Mauro Morandi becam...

If you want to work inte ationally, why would you waste your time at a domestic job fair? Bilingual People tells The Local about their inte ational (and even virtual) recruitment fairs – and why job-seekers travel across Europe to attend. When was the last time you went to a job fair? If you answere...

500 people were pulled to safety and seven bodies recovered after a heavily crowded boat overtu ed off the Libyan coast. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFP AFP · 25 May 2016, 13:11 Published: 25 May 2016 13:11 GMT+02:00 At least seven migrants have drowned off the Libyan coast after the heavily overcrowded bo...

Italian divers have located the wreck of a T-class Second World War submarine. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.The sunken wreck of a long-lost Second World War submarine, thought to contain the bodies of 71 servicemen sealed inside its airtight chambers, has been found by divers off the coast of Sardinia. ...

The Brenner crossing point. Photo: The Local ItalyAustria has sent 50 extra police officers to its border with Italy to check passing vehicles in a bid to stop migrants from crossing over. The move, which sees the officers carrying out checks on the motorway and on trains at the Brenner pass crossin...

A man dressed as Julius Caesare takes part in an event to mark the anniversary of the legendary foundation of the Ete al City in 753 BC, on April 19th, 2015. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPRome on Tuesday issued a €500 million SOS to companies, wealthy philanthropists and its own citizens to help rest...

Florence's Ponte Vecchio. Photo: Colby Blaisdell/FlickrPonte Vecchio is one of the world’s most famous bridges. Rebuilt after a flood in 1345, it was the only bridge across the A o that the escaping Germans did not destroy during the Second World War. Many put the bridge’s survival down to a Nazi of...

Harrods has been told it cannot open in Sardinia this year. Photo: Rick Payette/Tony Sheng/Hl_1001/FlickrSardinia's millionaires' playground, Porto Cervo, has served British luxury department store Harrods with an eviction notice that looks set to close the brand's only outlet outside of its iconic ...

This Italian town is a 'must see' this year. Photo: Gatnau/FlickrIt’s crowded, seagulls are wreaking havoc, and from June tourists will have to wait longer for a water bus than locals, but that hasn’t stopped Venice ea ing a coveted place in this year’s Lonely Planet list of top ten destinations in ...

The classic board game is getting an Italian makeover - and you can have a say in how the finished board looks. Rather than naming each square on the Monopoly board after a street, the new version will dedicate a spot to each of the capitals of Italy's 20 regions - with their location decided by a p...

Daniele De Santis has been found guilty of killing a Napoli fan ahead of the Italian Cup final in 2014. Photos: Rome police/AFPOne of Italy’s most notorious football hooligans has been handed a 26 year jail term over the fatal shooting of a rival fan before the 2014 Italian Cup final. Daniele De San...

Rudy Guede has been granted 36 hours temporary release from prison. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/The LocalRudy Guede, the man currently serving a 16-year jail sentence for the 2008 murder of 21 year old British exchange student Meredith Kercher, has been given 36 hours of temporary release from prison as a r...

An exhibition featuring 120 works by Banksy has opened in Rome. Photo: Thomas Coex/AFPA major exhibition of Banksy's works opens in Rome on Tuesday and, as ever with the secretive British street artist, there is mystery attached. What will he make of a project he has not been involved in? Will he sh...

A senior Portuguese intelligence officer has been arrested in Rome along with a Russian. Photo: Raffaele EspositoA senior Portuguese intelligence officer has been arrested in Rome along with a Russian at the request of Lisbon which suspects them of spying, the Lusa news agency reported on Monday. Po...

More than 2,000 people have been rescued in the Mediterranean. Photo: Ricardo Garcia Vilanova/AFP AFP · 24 May 2016, 08:33 Published: 24 May 2016 08:33 GMT+02:00 Around 2,000 migrants seeking to reach Europe were plucked to safety from unseaworthy boats in the Mediterranean in 15 operations off the ...