One of the city's water buses. Photo: Luis Villa del CampoA report compiled by B2B supplier Expert Market has labelled Venice the "worst offender" when it comes to extortionate public transport costs. The report compared the cost of commuting in over 50 cities worldwide, giving Venice the dubious ho...

Silvio Berlusconi has converted to vegetarianism. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPFormer Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has adopted a vegetarian diet according to reports in the Italian media. Berlusconi, who will be 80 in September, allegedly converted to vegetarianism after reading up on the meat industr...

A US MQ-9 Reaper drone in flight. Photo:Issac Brekken/AFPItaly has agreed to allow armed US drones to carry out operations against Isis targets in Libya from an air base in Sicily. The drones are operating out of the US Navy Air Station Sigonella near Mount Etna – which was used regularly by Nato fo...

Abu Omar was abducted from a street in Milan. Photo: Khalen Desouki/AFPThe European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Italy over the 2003 kidnapping by the CIA of an Egyptian imam who had been granted political asylum by Italian authorities. Imam Abu Omar was "abducted" while walking down a...

Migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPItalian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday said he is planning to hand out copies of "Fire at Sea", a harrowing documentary about Europe's refugee crisis, to fellow EU leaders when they meet next month. The film, directed by R...

Anacapri is the first Italian town to ban slot machines. Photo: Rita WillaertSituated on the island of Capri, off the coast of Naples, the town of Anacapri - home to just over 6,000 people - is the first in Italy to ban slot machines. “I saw it was a growing phenomenon in the town and I didn't like ...

The Temple of Apollo, one of the areas most affected by heavy foot-fall. Photo: Ian Scott/FlickrTourists on cruises are being advised to change their itineraries and check out lesser-known archaeological sites. Last week, the five towns of Cinque Terre announced that they could no longer cope with t...

Matteo Renzi is now two years into his tenure as Prime Minister. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPItalian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday defended his score card after two years in power and said he was "hungry" to push on with reforms at home and in Europe. "Italy is no longer Europe's problem. Ital...

Meriem Rehaily. Photo: Screengrab - TwitterThe 19-year-old, who has been in Syria since last July, allegedly told her family: "I'm sorry. I want to come home." The family are now under police protection as security forces fear that the phone call could lead to miliants seeking revenge on her family....

Rome city council is looking to indroduce heavy fines for ticket dodgers. Photo: Martin AddisonItaly's capital is considering introducing fines of up to €200 for passengers caught on trains and buses without a valid ticket. The proposals have been put forward in a piece of draft legislation which al...

The late writer's new book is out on Friday. Photo: Francois Guillot/AFPThe last book from Italian literary giant Umberto Eco, who died last week, will be published on Friday, his publishers said. "Pape Satan Aleppe. Chronicles of a Liquid Society" is a collection ofxa0essays that have appeared in I...

Italy is packed with incredible ruins you might not have heard of. Photo: Nicola d'OrtaItaly has so much history that it's hard to know where to visit when the weekend arrives. Here are six uniquely, fascinating and downright spiffing Roman sites that are well worth a visit. Spartacus' TheatrePhoto:...

The only place Pope Francis's comments could have any significant bearing is in the United States. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPPope Francis on Sunday urged Catholic politicians in places which still have the death penalty to suspend executions during his ongoing Holy Year of Mercy. The specific req...

Renzi insists he is a Euro enthusiast but he often sounds like a sceptic. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPTo mark his second anniversary as premier, which falls on Monday, the Twitter-loving 41-year-old has posted a slideshow on his Facebook page vaunting his achievements since seizing power in an inte al ...

The Eritrean-bo Rosi, who spent several months on Italy's Lampedusa making the film, dedicated the prize to its residents. Photo: Be d von Jutrczenka/dpa/AFPThe Berlin film festival wraps up on Sunday after "Fire at Sea", a harrowing documentary about Europe's refugee crisis, clinched its Golden Bea...

Happy now? Is Mourinho on his way to troubled English club, Manchester United? Photo: Glyn Kirk/AFPA 'happy' Jose Mourinho will become Manchester United's next manager, according to reports in Italy Saturday citing Bedy Moratti, a director of Inter Milan and sister of former Inter Milan president Ma...

Eco at a book signing last year. Photo: Francois Guillot/AFPItalian author Umberto Eco, a philosopher who wrote best-selling novels including "The Name of the Rose", has died at 84, Italian media said on Saturday, quoting his family. Eco, who had been suffering from cancer, passed away at his home l...

A group of Italian school children want to buy the paradise isle of Budelli. Photo: Luca GiudicattiIt’s an unspoiled island that has been at the centre of legal wrangling for years, but now that a rich foreign banker has renounced his dream of buying it, Italian schoolchildren are taking the matter ...

Firemen rescued a two-year-old girl from a bank safe on Thursday. Photo: Vigili del FuocoFiremen were called to Vicenza's central branch of UniCredit on Thursday mo ing, after a two-year-old girl managed to lock herself inside a safe. The girl was visiting the bank with her mother but became bored a...

Sicily's Céfalu. Photo: Miguel Virkunnen CarvalhoEarlier this week, Italy's Cinque Terre National Park - which contains five of the country's most iconic seaside towns - announced its decision to reduce the number of visitors it welcomes each year. Whatever you make of the decision, one thing is for...