The MPs bar at Palazzo Montecitorio. Photo: FacebookThe managers of the bar in Italy’s lower house of parliament have for years been left short-changed by politicians who neglected to pay their tabs. Most of those politicians had already left the chamber, after either failing to be re-elected or mov...

Maria Franca Fissola has been named Italy's richest woman. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFPMaria Franca Fissola, the widow of Italy's chocolate magnate Michele Ferrero, was named the richest Italian on the planet on Monday. In its annual billionaires list,xa0Forbes estimated her wealth at some €20 billio...

The Italian gove ment recovered nearly €15 billion in unpaid taxes last year. Photo: Images MoneyItaly recovered a record €14.9 billion in unpaid tax in 2015, helped by a new "no questions asked" appeal to suspected dodgers to put their affairs in order. The national tax agency said on Tuesday the t...

Housed in a stunning medieval building in Perugia's historic centre, the National Gallery of Umbria might not be the first museum that comes to mind when you think of Italy. But it might be the best. At least that's according to an in-depth analysis of the online reputation of 20 of Italy's largest ...

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi trumpeted his gove ment's achievements over the past two years. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPItalian gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.8 percent in volume last year after three years of negative growth, Istat, the national statistics agency said on Tuesday. That’s ...

As a week of the "Global Primaries" for expat Americans around the world kicks off, we look at how you can cast your ballot from Italy. Even if you’re living thousands of miles away from the US of A, don’t fret - you can still have your voice heard from abroad. The Local looks at the fairly simple s...

Newly elected Fifa President Gianni Infantino has been accused of 'buying' votes. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFPOutspoken Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has courted controversy by claiming Gianni Infantino "bought" votes on his way to being elected president of Fifa. Infantino was voted world foo...

A Syrian refugee girl arrives at Rome's Fiumicino airport. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPSyrian children saved from a perilous boat crossing to Europe grinned and blew kisses on Monday as they arrived in Italy, which is urging the EU to use airlifts to ease the migrant crisis. As several European countri...

Head to the Umbrian town of Panicale for La Pasquetta. Photo: G TravelsAs the year tu s to March, Italians look forward to an early Easter and the rebirth the holiday entails — both of the soul and of the world. Tipicità, the 'made in Le Marche' festival -xa0Fermo, March 5th-7th Photo: Elizabeth Bui...

The man was convicted for playing music too loudly in his car. Photo: Elrik SolheimItaly’s Court of Cassation has ruled that playing music too loudly in your car is a crime. The court said that a man from Sicily had “risked disturbing peoples’ sleep” when he was caught by police playing loud music i...

Chef Carlo Cracco has been reported to police for cooking pigeon during a Masterchef episode. Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFPCelebrated Italian chef, Carlo Cracco, has been reported to the police by an animal rights organization – for cooking a meal of pigeon and tu ip during an episode of Masterchef. Cr...

Donald Trump retweeted a quote from Mussolini on Sunday. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/Jim Watson/AFPDonald Trump, the Republican nominee for the US presidential elections, has created controversy by retweeting a quote from Italy's Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Trump's official Twitter account retweeted ...

Five people were killed and a train was derailed as storms hit Italy on Sunday night. Photo: Screengrab/YoureporterFive people were killed and many more rescued from perilous circumstances late on Sunday when storms and heavy rainfall battered much of the Italian peninsular. The storms were brought ...

Starbucks will open its first store in Milan in 2017. Photo: Leon Neal/AFPIt was Italy, and more pertinently, the country’s coffee culture, that inspired Howard Shultz to start his Starbucks empire 33 years ago. “Starbucks' history is directly linked to the way the Italians created and executed the ...

Ennio Morricone won the Oscar for Quentin Tarrantino's 'The Hateful Eight'. Photo: Eric J. Brown/AFPNobody could accuse Ennio Morricone of not having ea ed the best original score Oscar he collected on Sunday for his work on Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight". Still working at 87, the Italian c...

Insigne in happier times. Photo: Carlo Hermann/AFPNapoli star Lorenzo Insigne has become the latest in a long line of players from the Serie A club to be robbed at gunpoint, according to reports on Sunday. Insigne, who has hit 11 league goals for Maurizio Sarri's title-challengersxa0this season, was...

The pontiff used his address in St Peter's Square to hail the "generous help" offered by Greece and "other countries on the front line." Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFPPope Francis Sunday urged European countries struggling with the migrant crisis to "share the burden fairly", amid growing divisions on ho...

A Macedonian man suspected of recruiting jihadists for the Isis group was arrested on Friday in north-east Italy, police said. The suspect, detained near Venice, was "in charge of selecting andxa0recruiting aspiring jihadists... who were then to be passed on to a Bosnianxa0imam to be radicalized, en...

The toxic Pine Processionary Caterpillar is spreading across northe Italy. Photo: WikimediaPine forests across northe Italy are filling up with highly toxic cobwebs thanks to the rampant reproduction of the Pine Processionary Caterpillar. The furry caterpillars spend the winter living in funnel-shap...

Pakistan's "Killer Mountain" Nanga Parbat. Photo: Adeel AnwerClimbers from Italy, Spain and Pakistan have become the first mountaineers to scale Nanga Parbat, Pakistan's "Killer Mountain" and second highest peak after K2, in winter, a spokesman said on Friday. "Alex Txikon (Spain), Ali Sadpara (Paki...