Anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone was murdered in 1992. Photo: Gerard Fouet/AFPMonday marked the 24th anniversary since the Sicilian judge and anti-mafia campaigner, Giovanni Falcone, was assassinated after a bomb was placed under his car on a highway near the town of Capaci. The bomb, placed there ...

Producers of Grana Padano cheese have filed a complaint against the US soap opera, 'The Bold and the Beautiful'. Photo: Annabelle Orozco/FlickrProducers of Italian hard cheese Grana Padano have told those behind the long-running US soap-opera, The Bold and the Beautiful, to pay damages after their p...

Antonio Conte has cut cut several Euro 2016 hopefuls from a preliminary squad. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell/AFPItaly coach Antonio Conte cut several Euro 2016 hopefuls from a preliminary squad on Monday as he unveiled a 30-man squad for the Azzurri's second pre-competition training camp. Italy will head ...

Sabaudia. Photo: Dorli PhotographyRome had its first taste of summer this weekend, with temperatures reaching up to 28 degrees Celsius, paving the way for what is forecast to be another hot summer. Rome’s a great location for access to the rest of Italy, whether that be Tuscany, Umbria or the Amalfi...

Rome mayor candidate, Giorgia Meloni, has promised to name a Roman road after a noted fascist if she is elected. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPRome mayor candidate, Georgia Meloni, has angered the city's Jewish community by promising to rename a road after a famous Italian fascist if elected. Meloni, fro...

Lake Bolsena where the tragic incident happened. Hans Peter Schaefer/WikimediaA young Austrian mother who had gone missing while on holiday in Italy has been found dead along with her five-month-old baby, having committed suicide after killing the child. The 22-year-old mother had reportedly been su...

Italian marines Massimiliano Latorre (R) and Salvatore Girone (L) pictured in Kochi, India, in December 2012. Photo: Strdel/AFPItaly has asked India’s Supreme Court to swiftly implement a UN tribunal ruling allowing Salvatore Girone, an Italian marine who is being held in India over the 2012 shootin...

Two people were stabbed in Rome after the Italian Cup final on Saturday. Photo: Raffaele Espoito/FlickrPolice have charged a 19-year-old AC Milan supporter with attempted murder after two people were stabbed in a central Rome bar on Saturday night. The attack happened as travelling AC Milan fans mad...

Monday's meeting will be the first between the leader of the world's Catholics and one of Islam's most important clerics. Photo: AFPThe deputy of Al-Azhar's grand imam in Egypt said on Sunday the top Muslim cleric will bear a message of tolerance when he meets Pope Francis in Rome. Monday's meeting ...

AC Milan's coach Cristian Bronchi during yesterday's Italian Cup final. Photo: AFPAC Milan coach Cristian Brocchi admits his job is on the line after an Italian Cup final defeat by Juventus ended the Serie A giants’ hopes of European football next season. An inspired Milan dominated the Stadio Olimp...

British expats who have been registered to vote in the UK within the last 15 years have until Tuesday June 7th to apply for a proxy vote in the EU referendum. That is the final deadline for registering to take part in one of the most historic decisions that the British people will make for a generat...

Interior Minister Angelino Alfano issued the deportation orders on Friday. Photo: AFPA couple whose son was killed fighting for Isis in Syria are to be deported from Italy. Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Friday that he has issued a decree for the husband and wife, aged 59 and 50, to be de...

Some 2.2 million Italian families are without an income from employment. Photo: AFPSome 2.2 million families were without an employment income in 2015, Istat, the national statistics agency said on Friday, as it slammed Italy for having “one of the least efficient” social security systems in Europe....

Migrants are teaching English to police in Caltanissetta. Photo: Fe anda BellomoRefugees waiting for asylum claims to be processed in Caltanissetta, Sicily, have been put to work teaching the town's local police officers English. The move comes after local officers complained to local police chief, ...

The fugitive mafia boss was arrested in the seaside town of Scheveningen. Photo: Pascal Maramis/FlickrDutch police have arrested a fugitive Italian mafia boss known in the Netherlands more for his lip-smacking pizzas than his links to organised crime, local media and prosecutors said on Thursday. Pr...

The signs went up before Christmas. Photo: Comune di PontoglioItaly’s Ministry of Infrastructure has told the authorities of a town in Lombardy to remove road signs advising those entering to respect Christian values. The signs, put up before Christmas, inform drivers approaching Pontoglio, a town o...

Polls suggest almost half of Italians want to leave the EU. Photo: David Baxendale/FlickrAlmost half of all Italians would like to leave the EU, a figure which makes EU-founder member Italy one of the most euro-skeptic countries in the 28 nation bloc. At least, that's according to figures released e...

American filmmaker William Friedkin. Photo: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFPWilliam Friedkin, the director of the horror classic "The Exorcist", has revealed that he was allowed to film a real exorcism at the Vatican earlier this month. The 80-year-old American filmmaker told a masterclass at the Cannes...

Marco Pannella, the founder of Italy's Radical Party, has died. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPMarco Pannella, the founder of the Radical Party and one of Italy’s longest-standing politicians has died, aged 86. In a career that spanned over 65 years, Pannella was one of the first European federalists who ...

The Italy we know and love. Photo: 3BMeteo/The LocalThe whole of Italy will be drenched in sunshine this weekend as temperatures creep up to as high as 29 degrees Celsius. After more than a week of inclement weather, which brought heavy rain and wind to most of the peninsular – even forcing Naples t...