An Italian teen was killed on Wednesday by a high-speed train in Milan.Photo: Manuel Paa/WikimediaAn aspiring teen model was killed by a high-speed train on Thursday mo ing as she crossed the tracks at a station in Milan. Lisa Digrisolo was hit by the Frecciarossa train, travelling between Turin and...

Rome metro's B line would be most affected by the absenteesim, Atac said. Photo: Matthew BlackRome’s bus and metro services were disrupted on Thursday mo ing thanks strike action, but the four-hour break wasn’t enough for many transport workers. According to chiefs at Atac, the company that manages ...

The council of Brescello was dissolved over mafia conce s on Wednesday. Photo: Friedrich Strasse/WikimediaThe Italian gove ment has decided to dissolve the town council of Brescello for fear that its local institutions have been infiltrated by the mafia. The decision was taken following a ministeria...

Florence's Museo Novecento is also infested with ticks. Photo: Sailko/WikimediaA museum in Florence was forced to call in pest control earlier this week after the building was found to be infested with ticks...and cockroaches. The €1,830 clean-up at Museo Novecento, on Piazza Santa Maria Novella, ca...

People march through Vienna during the 'Refugees Welcome! NO to Fortress Europe!' rally in March. Photo: Joe Klamar/AFPItalian police are planning to deploy 300 officers at a pro-refugee protest taking place this weekend at the Brenner border with Austria. The number of officers being deployed is th...

Oetzi, Italy's 5,000-year-old iceman, has been recontructed using a 3D printer. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPScientists presented on Wednesday a life-sized copy, made using a 3D printer, of Oetzi the mummified 5,000-year-old "iceman" found in the Alps 25 years ago. Pre-existing CT scans were used to mak...

An Italian boss gave his workers €200k in bonuses to celebrate his 80th birthday. Photo: Amythenurse/flickrThe boss of an Italian company celebrated his 80th birthday by giving all 200 employees in his company a cash bonus. The show of generosity was also a way for Innocente Fraschini to mark the an...

Thousands of jobs in the fast food sector are set to be created in Italy. Photo: Marco papale/FlickrLove them or loathe them, fast food chains are spreading their wings across Italy, and the thousands of new jobs they bring are likely to be fiercely contested by young Italians. Burger King alone is ...

The UN fears up to 500 people have died during a boat disaster in the Mediterranean. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPMigrants rescued from a small boat in the Mediterranean told the UN refugee agency they had witnessed a shipwreck that claimed 500 lives, a UNHCR spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The 41 su...

Police officers in Venaria Reale, a town in Turin province, are in a spot of bother after the "curtains" of the changing room at their station tu ed out to be pictures of naked women. By day, it looked as if the windows had been covered in blank paper - perhaps to protect the officers from the glare...

Always wanted to lea Italian but didn't know where to start? The huge number of language-lea ing apps now available means it's easier than ever, and The Local has rounded up five of the best. The best way to become fluent is to get out there and practice speaking to real Italians, but if that's not ...

Austria will step up controls at the Brenner pass with Italy, unless the number of arrivals falls drastically. Photo: Raul Alejandro RodriguezAustria will reintroduce controls along its border with Italy unless the migrant flow through the area is drastically reduced, Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz...

At least 413 people were killed in an earthquake in Ecuador on Saturday. Photo: Juan Cevallos/AFPAn Italian restaurant owner was among the 413 people known to have been killed when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador’s Pacific coast on Saturday night. Pasquale Kevin Bruzzese, originally from M...

Italian film director Marco Bellochio's "Fai Bei Sogni" will open the Director's Fortnight. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPAfter disappointment at being left out of the main competition at Cannes next month, three Italian films were included in the Director's Fortnight contest held alongside the prestigious...

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said earlier this month that the country would keep its pledge to reduce its debt ratio in 2016. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPThe European Commission is too lenient in applying its own budget rules to overspending member states such as France and Italy, the EU's offi...

Terrorist attacks at beaches in Italy, Spain and France have been dismissed as "groundless". Paolo MacorigA report in a German newspaper wa ing that terrorists were planning attacks on beaches in Italy, Spain and France has been dismissed by the Italian intelligence services as "groundless". In a se...

The conce ed friend contacted police in Verona, US, instead of Verona, Italy, by mistake. Photo: Brad Scruse/FlickrPolice in Verona, in the US state of New Jersey, managed to stop a student in Verona, Italy, from committing suicide after they were mistakenly contacted by one of the girl's friends. I...

A German politician has said the introduction of border controls at the Italy-Austria border could result in a 'second Idomeni'. Photo: A ulf Zu Linde /WikimediaThe introduction of border controls at the Brenner pass between Austria and Italy could result in a “second Idomeni” being created, a Germa...

Italy will soon raise a migrant ship that sank in the mediterranean with 800 people on board. Photo: Aris Messinis/AFPItaly's navy said Monday that work to salvage a sunken trawler stuffed with the corpses of migrants was progressing but that the wreck would not be brought to port before next month....

Italian police have found three Renaissance masterpieces stolen by Nazis during WWII. Photo: CaribinieriThree fifteenth-century paintings which were stolen from the Prince of Luxembourg's Tuscan villa by Nazi forces in 1944 have been found in Italy. The paintings were smuggled out of Prince Felix of...