The works were stolen from Verona's Castelvecchio museum. Photo: XiquinhosilvaItalian authorities said on Wednesday they have pinned last year's theft of Rubens and Tintoretto masterpieces in Verona on a Moldovan gang they believe was helped by a museum security guard. But despite ordering 12 arrest...

War veteran Harry Shindler has fought to reclaim his right to vote for more than 12 years. Photo: Rosie ScammellA legal challenge will be launched on Wednesday, which could see voting rights in the Brexit referendum granted to British expats in Italy who have lived abroad for over 15 years. Currentl...

An Italian man has been charged for making offensive comments about Italy's southe ers on Facebook. Photo: ChristopherA 40-year-old man from northe Italy has been charged with defamation and inciting ethnic hatred after writing a post on Facebook insulting the inhabitants of Italy's south. The man, ...

Egypt has promised to solve the murder of Giulio Regeni. Photo: Diego Petrussi/AFPEgypt's president on Wednesday vowed to do everything he could to shed light on the death of a young Italian student whose badly mutilated body was found in Cairo. Cambridge University PhD student Giulio Regeni, 28, wa...

An Albanian police officer patrols at the Albanian-Greek border in Carshove near the city of Permet on Tuesday. Photo: Gent Shkullaku/AFPAlbania is asking for Italy's help to prevent it from becoming swamped by migrants desperate to reach northe Europe, Albanian Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri said ...

Some 150,000 refugees could land on Italy's shores as a result of the 'Balkan route' closure, the region's president, Michele Emiliano, said last week. Photo: Pug GirlHoteliers in Puglia, the sun-kissed region on the heel of Italy’s boot, fear the potential surge in refugees after the closure of the...

A team of surgeons in Rome removed a tumour weighing 15kg from the breast of a 60-year-old woman. The gigantic growth was extracted during a three-hour operation late last week by the team led by Professor Riccardo Masetti at the Policlinico Agostini Gemelli hospital. A histological exam is being ca...

Italy coach Antonio Conte will give up his post after Euro 2016. Photo: Olivier MorinItaly coach Antonio Conte, who has been linked to Chelsea, will give up his post after Euro 2016, the Italian Football Federation announced on Tuesday. The 46-year-old former Juventus coach took over the national te...

People hold placards reading 'Truth about Giulio Regeni ', an Italian student who was found dead in Egypt, bearing signs of torture. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPItaly's chief prosecutor Giuseppe Pignatone on Monday offered Rome's assistance in the Egyptian investigation into the murder of an Italia...

Campari's purchase of Grand Ma ier is worth €684 million. Photo: Filippo GiunchediItalian drinks company Campari said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy the French company that owns Grand Ma ier, the orange-flavoured liqueur much-used in cocktails and desserts, especially crepes. Gruppo Campari said it...

The Italian Navy will begin removing tonnes of explosives from beneath a busy Ligurian port. Photo: Marina MilitareAn operation to remove tonnes of Second World War-era explosives from the seabed off the coast of Liguria got underway on Monday, after an amateur diver discovered two sunken gunboats l...

The woman was killed as she walked along a motorway in northe Italy. Photo: GailA 37-year-old woman was hit by a car and killed after being abandoned by her husband on a motorway in northe Italy. Claudia Tolu, a Romanian who lived with her Italian husband in Aosta, was hit by a car as she walked alo...

Italy is set to become the second country in Europe to pass laws combatting food waste - a problem which costs the economy €12 billion each year. The bill on food waste has been met with bipartisan support and is set to pass in Italy's lower house on Monday, before heading for final approval in the ...

Hundreds of thousands of migrants enter Europe each year via Italy. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPAs border checks cause traffic chaos between Austria and Germany, Austria's Foreign Minister calls for further controls to shut down the Italian Mediterranean route for refugees. There were 90 minute tra...

The Italian father and son were killed were shot dead by a wildlife ranger while on an anti-poaching patrol in Mana Pools, Zimbabwe. Photo: Peter GlandayAn Italian father and son who lived in Zimbabwe were shot dead by a wildlife ranger while on an anti-poaching patrol in an apparent case of mistake...

As border checks cause traffic chaos between Austria and Germany, Austria's Foreign Minister calls for further controls to shut down the Italian Mediterranean route for refugees. There were 90 minute traffic jams at Austria’s border with Germany over the weekend as a result of continuous border chec...

Primark will open its first Italy store in Milan on April 14th. Photo: Britta Pedersen/DPA/AFPFrom Giorgio Armani to Muccia Prada, Milan is home to some of the world's most famous fashion designers. And now the Dublin-founded bargain clothes chain, Primark, is planning its first foray in the city. T...

Skiiers in the South Tyrol region, where the avalanche took place. Photo: AFP.Six climbers were killed in an Alpine avalanche Saturday that struck a group of a dozen people in the area of Monte Nevoso, close to Italy's border with Austria, rescuers said. "Rescue operations are ongoing. The assessmen...

The Italian region of Liguria is considering hunting its rampant wolf population. Photo: WikimediaThe northeaste Italian region of Liguria is considering hunting its wolves due to a lack of funds available to reimburse farmers for the damage the animals wreak on livestock. In 2014, conservationists ...

The Italian contact centre association has banned cold calling on Sundays and holidays. Photo: PlantronicsGermanyOnce upon a time, a ringing landline or call from an unknown number would stir some excitement. But chances are that nowadays, with most of our chats taking place on social media, receivi...