Mauro Felicori directs the 18th-century palace in Reggia di Casertahoto: Tom HapgoodItaly's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has defended the director of a Unesco World Heritage Site after unions filed an official complaint accusing the man charged with revitalising a Versailles-style palace of working t...

The Italian prime minister says the situation in Libya is “increasingly delicate”. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPPrime Minister Matteo Renzi cautioned Saturday that any military intervention in Libya by Italy would first need the approval of parliament, and that Rome would not be rushed into action. Any ...

Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Naples on Saturday in a bid to prevent the Catholic Church gaining any control over the treasure of a local saint that is reputedly worth more than British crown jewels. “We’re protecting a centuries-old institution, we will not stand for interference from eit...

Gino Pollicardo (centre) and Filippo Calcagno (right), arrived at the Ciampino airport in Rome on Sunday. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPTwo Italians kidnapped last July in Libya retu ed to Italy on Sunday to a mute homecoming, amid questions over why two others snatched with them were killed. Gino Pollicar...

Now recruiting: San Remo. Photo:Daniel70ml Falciola/FlickrHopeful applicants from all over Italy have sent their CVs to the town council of San Remo in Liguria after dozens of staff were sacked amid an absenteeism scandal. The council has so far let 32 workers go and suspended a further 66 after an ...

The Olympic champion shared her number with all her followers by accident. Photo: Christophe Simon/AFPItalian former Olympic swimming champion Federica Pellegrini accidentally left her address and mobile phone number for all to see when she posted a photograph on Twitter on Friday. The 27-year-old P...

Clubs in Italy's Serie A registered combined losses of €365 million ($398m, £282m) for the 2014/15 season, sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Friday. Under the headline 'Red Alert', the newspaper said the financial situationxa0of the 20 elite clubs had significantly worsened from the prev...

The men were released from an Isis group hideout in a city close to the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Photo: Mahmud Turkia/AFPTwo Italians kidnapped last July in Libya were freed on Friday in a raid by security forces on the Isis jihadist group hideouts in a city near the capital, an official said. "Two ...

Italian pizza maker masterchef Gennaro Cervone gives a lesson of homemade pizza during the pizza festival in Naples in 2014. Photo: Mario Laporta/AFPItaly has finally prepared a dossier, ready to be sent to Unesco, as part of its bid to get Neopolitan pizza listed on the Intangible Cultural Heritage...

An Italian teen reportedly traded his dad's lamb for drugs. Photo: Noel Reynolds/FlickrA local drug dealer in San Benedetto dei Marzi, Lazio was busted after swapping two bags of cocaine for a live lamb. A local teenager reportedly approached the dealer, offering him the five kilogram animal, which ...

R-L: Liz Knight, Jose Salgado, John Gilbert, Francesco De Carlo and Marsha De Salvatore. Photo: The Local ItalyOnce you’re done with Rome’s numerous historical sites, take yourself off to the Rome Comedy Club for some laughter. It takes a lot of courage to stand on stage and try to make people laugh...

The incident happened at Christiansborg, Denmark's parliament building. Photo: Eugene PhoenPolice in Copenhagen on Thursday arrested an Italian tourist wearing a "suspicious belt bag" at the Danish parliament building. The man was stopped shortly after 1pm, police wrote on Twitter.xa0 In a previous ...

Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" has been one of the most influential works in mode art history. Photo: WikimediaFrom Ursula Andress emerging from the sea in a James Bond film to fashion by Dolce & Gabbana, Sandro Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" has been one of the most influential works in mode art hist...

Two Italians have likely been killed in clashes between Islamic State jihadists and local militia. Photo: Mahmud Turkia/AFPItaly said on Thursday that two of its nationals had likely been killed in clashes between Islamic State jihadists and local militia fighters near the Libyan city of Sabratha. A...

Simone Moro was among the first climbers to ever scale Pakistan's Nanga Parbat in winter. Photo: Aamir Quereshi/AFPSimone Moro stood atop Pakistan's "Killer Mountain" last week and observed the curve of the Earth - a view which had never been seen by anyone in winter until the climber and his team c...

If you're one of over 2 million British people living elsewhere in Europe, June's referendum might be making you anxious. You should make your voice heard, says George Cunningham. Alex is a bright ambitious 26-year-old British-Asian student studying in Germany. A former flight attendant for a major ...

La Repubblica and La Stampa have merged together. Photo: Searchenginepeopleblog/FlickrFiat Chrysler and CIR Holding announced on Wednesday they were merging their editorial groups, bringing top Italian dailies La Repubblica and La Stampa under one roof. The deal would create "a leading European grou...

The Italian town of Gurro still celebrates its Scottish heritage. Photo: Screengrab/YouTubeGurro was populated by Scottish soldiers 500 years ago, who left traces of their culture everywhere. When Italy played Scotland in a Six Nations rugby game on Saturday, the residents of Gurro, a tiny town perc...

Italy has upped security in the wake of November's Paris attacks. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPThe Italian intelligence services have said Italy is “increasingly exposed” to the risk of a terrorist attack. Even though there is no specific evidence of a planned attack, there were numerous references ...

Italy is now the world's biggest producer and exporter of wine. Photo: Torbak HopperItaly was the biggest exporter and producer of wine in the world in 2015, while the United States consumed the most of the Mediterranean country's prized nectar, a study published on Wednesday showed. "Today, one bot...