People gather at a memorial outside the stock exchange in Brussels on Saturday. Photo: Patrik Stollarz/AFPAn Algerian held in Italy as part of a probe into fake ID documents used by the Paris and Brussels attackers was interrogated Sunday but refused to answer questions, a judicial source said. The ...

Khalid El-Bakraoui detonated explosives at Maelbeek metro station in Brussels. Photo: Laurie Deiffembacq/Belga/AFPKhalid el-Bakraoui, one of the suicide bombers who carried out attacks in Brussels last Tuesday, used the identity card of a former Inter Milan footballer to rent an apartment, Italian m...

An Algerian national wanted by Belgium over a probe into fake ID documents used by the Paris and Brussels attackers was arrested in Italy on Saturday, local media reported, citing police sources. The suspect, named as Djamal Eddine Ouali, 40, was detained under axa0European arrest warrant in the sou...

Dr. Paolo Macchiarini in 2010. File photo: Lorenzo Galassi/Ap/TT/NTB ScanpixThe scientific community has expressed relief at the sacking of an Italian surgeon who compared himself to Doctor Frankenstein and now stands accused of using patients as guinea pigs. Sweden's Karolinska Institute (KI), whic...

48-year-old Italian Patricia Rizzo was among the 31 citizens of almost a dozen countries that were killed in the Brussels attacks. Rizzo, who had been working in Brussels for several months for the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA), was killed in the metro during Tuesday's attacks. ...

The "crossing season" for migrant boats from Libya to Italy has not yet begun, yet arrivals are already up on last year's count, raising questions about where the new wave of tens of thousands will be housed. Amid unseasonably fine weather and calm seas, wa ings have been sounded inxa0recent days ov...

People hold placards reading "Truth about Giulio Regeni" on February 25, 2016. File photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPEgyptian prosecutors ordered on Saturday the detention of four people in relation to the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, a prosecution official said. Two of them are the wife and...

Italian police on Friday arrested a Syrian fugitive wanted under an inte ational arrest warrant after his prison guard lover in Switzerland helped him break out of jail. Officers tracked both the 27-year-old Syrian man and the 32-year-old femalexa0Swiss guard to a building in Romano di Lombardia in ...

Conor O'Shea has been named the new coach of Italy's national rugby team. Photo: Mitchell Leff/Getty Images North America/AFPFormer Ireland full-back Conor O'Shea was on Friday named as the new Italy coach, taking over from Frenchman Jacques Brunel. Coach of Harlequins since 2010, the 45-year-old O'...

All new restaurants and food shops in Florence's historic centre must now ensure that at least 70 percent of their produce is local. Photo: Frank KovalchekAll new restaurants and food shops in Florence's historic centre must now ensure that at least 70 percent of their produce is local. But how are ...

People hold an Italian flag with photos of Giulio Regeni, who was found dead bearing signs of torture after disappearing in Cairo in January. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPEgyptian police said on Thursday they had identified people linked to the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, after killing ...

Twelve people died and two Italians were injured in the crash in Allier, France. Photo: Mehdi Fedouch/AFP file pictureTwelve people were killed when the minibus they were travelling in collided with a heavy truck late Thursday in Allier, central France, local authorities said. The minibus was travel...

Florence's 'bu ing of the cart'. Photo: David DurranYou might imagine that an Italian Easter revolves around simply going to mass, exchanging chocolate eggs and sitting down to roast lamb with your family. But there's more to it than that. In some towns and city's across the country, Easter celebrat...

Doge's Palace in Venice was evacuated due to a bombscare on Thursday. Photo: GaspaTwo small packages wrapped in rags sparked a bomb scare on Thursday mo ing, causing one of Venice's most popular tourist attractions to be evacuated. Security staff inside Doge's Palace discovered two strange, tennis b...

Caravaggio's 'The Calling of St Matthew' at San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. Photo: DvdBramhallHis depiction of Judith slitting Holofe es's throat, blood gushing from the wound, has enthralled art lovers for centuries: now Caravaggio's portrayal of seduction and betrayal can be "relived" at a high-te...

Germany's top consumer rights organization Stiftung Warentest revealed that 16 of 21 chocolate spreads they tested contain potentially cancer-causing toxins. An all-clear for Nutella though - the beloved Italian brand is fungus-free and flavourful as ever. The association revealed in test results pu...

The Italian gove ment is removing powers from those who safeguard Italy's heritage. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFPThe Italian gove ment is increasingly tu ing a blind eye to its heritage in order to push ahead with building work. Take a spade in Italy and dig, chances are you'll find something old. Depend...

Thousands of farmers took their tractors to a rally in southe Italy on Wednesday. Photo: Gaetano Lo Porto/AFPThousands of farmers took their tractors to a rally in southe Italy on Wednesday to sound the alarm over plummeting prices of prized Italian goods and demand mandatory origin labelling. "We a...

BPM's tie-up with Banco Popolare will create Italy's third-largest bank. Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFPItalian banks Banco Popolare and Banca Popolare di Milano announced on Wednesday they would merge, in a long-awaited deal that will create the country's third-largest bank by assets. The deal will crea...

Security in Rome has been stepped up in the wake of the Brussels attacks. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPEaster bookings at hotels in Rome are already down almost five percent on last year, and hoteliers are anticipating more cancellations in the wake of the Brussels attacks on Tuesday. It’s a city that t...