Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. Photo: Mandel NganAs if emotions weren't running high enough among Leicester City fans, the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli flew to the UK over the weekend to give a moving performance in honour of the team miraculously winning the Premier League title. Standing alongside ...

The pope acknowledged that healthcare is still in many countries the privilege of the rich. Photo: AFPPope Francis, in the modest style he has become known for, spoke on Saturday to members of an Italian medical charity working in Africa and evoked his desire to show unity with the poor. "I ask you ...

Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano (R) meets his Austrian counterpart Wolfgang Sobotka last month. Photo: AFPAustria imposing controls on its border with Italy would be a "political catastrophe" for Europe, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Saturday. Vienna is threatening...

Italy's coastguard has coordinated the rescue of another 1,800 migrants, lifting the total plucked from stricken boats since the start of 2016 to more than 30,000, the navy announced on Friday. The migrants were rescued from waters off Libya on Thursday in tenxa0operations involving boats operated b...

Photo taken on May 17th 1976 of a nun showing a church destroyed by the Friuli-Venezia earthquake. Photo: AFPMay 6th marks the 40th anniversary since an earthquake struck Italy’s northeaste Friuli-Venezia region, killing 989 people and injuring 2,800. Most of the town of Gemona was completely destro...

The headquarters of Germany's Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt. Photo: Daniel Roland/AFPGerman banking giant Deutsche Bank is the target of a criminal probe into gove ment bond market manipulation, the bank and plaintiffs said on Friday. Five former Deutsche Bank top managers are being investigated by axa...

The 93-year-old Italian runner (not the one pictured) will be able to take part in competitions again. Photo: Stòlic Forlan/FlickrA record-breaking 93-year-old athlete has been given the green light to take part in competitions once more – two years after he was told he was 'too old' to compete. Doc...

Protesters in Bologna stormed a bookshop and destroyed copies of a book by Matteo Salvini, pictured above. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFPProtesters opposing Italy's far-right Northe League party stormed a bookshop in Bologna on Thursday, destroying copies of a new autobiography by party leader, Matteo Sal...

The woman was not put forward for a role at a shoe fair because she refused to remove her hijab. Photo: Cristian/FlickrAn appeals court in Milan has ruled that a company discriminated against an Italian woman of Egyptian origin when it refused to hire her because she wouldn’t take off her Islamic he...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in Rome on Thursday. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPItaly’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has taken another swipe at Austria over its plans to reinstate border controls at the Brenner pass, saying its position towards the refugee crisi...

Wa ing to all American travellers to Italy: be sure to check your passport expiration before you leave! It’s with no small amount of urgency that I’m posting today because it was only yesterday that I lea ed that Italy now requires that U.S. passports be valid for at least six months beyond your pla...

The German Chancellor with Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, in Rome on Thursday. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged European leaders to protect the EU's exte al borders or risk a "retu to nationalism." Border defence represents a "challenge for the futur...

The largest ever collection of artist Banksy's work is set to be exhibited in Rome. Salvatore Vastano/AFPSome 150 paintings by British graffiti artist Banksy will go on display in Rome later this month, in what is set to be the largest exhibition of the iconic artist's work to date. The paintings wi...

The current record is held by a 1595 metre pizza built in Milan, pictured above. Photo: AFP Photo / Olivier MorinNaples is gearing up to smash the world record for the longest pizza after announcing audacious plans to bake a 2km long monster-margherita later this month. If successful, the attempt wi...

Italy's Senate approved the civil unions bill in February. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPThe justice committee of Italy’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved the Senate version of a hotly-contested same-sex unions bill, paving the way for the lower house to begin examining the bill’s full...

Matteo Renzi fears Italy will become the new migrant frontline after the closure of the so-called Balkan route. Photo: Daniel Mihailescu/AFPEU president Donald Tusk travels to Rome on Thursday with fellow EU institution leaders and German Chancellor Angela Merkel for two days of talks likely to focu...

The Five Star Movement's Virginia Raggi is leading the race to become Rome's mayor. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPA month ahead of Italian local elections, the spotlight is tu ing increasingly on Rome - where the anti-establishment frontrunner is vowing to clean up a city long dogged by corruption and n...

Venice is contemplating spraying Saint Mark's square with gull repellent to stop the aggressive birds from attacking people. Photo: Bryce Edwards/FlickrSaint Mark's square in Venice has long been famous for its flocks of pigeons, but in recent years the square has been besieged by gangs of violent s...

Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini has defended himself in an interview with a Swedish magazine. Photo: Lorenzo Galassi/TT/APScandal-hit Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who is accused of using Swedish patients as guinea pigs, has told a medical magazine that he wasn't to blame for patients' compli...

Leicester City's manager Claudio Ranieri (C) is mobbed by fans as he leaves an Italian restaurant after having lunch with the team on Tuesday. Justin Tallis/AFPClaudio Ranieri's triumph with Leicester City in England has more than made amends for being sacked by Roma, according to the Italian's 96-y...