Two brothers were arrested on Monday on suspicion of robbing around 20 cash machines near the northe Italian city of Turin while donning masks of US President Donald Trump. The brothers, aged 27 and 31, managed to raid the machines of €100,000 during the heists, La Stampa reported. In footage belo

Some 100 fountains within Vatican City have been switched off. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPAll fountains within Vatican City have been switched off in a show of solidarity with Italy as the country endures a prolonged drought. Some 100 fountains, including two Baroque masterpieces in St Peter’s Square

Italy’s Culture Ministry has won a legal battle that will allow it to go ahead with a plan to create an archaeological park around the Colosseum. The ruling by the Council of State, Italy’s top administration court, overtu s the earlier verdict of a lower court, Lazio TAR, and also paves the way fo

Italy’s top court has ruled against a claim for damages from a father who argued his son’s autism was caused by the polio vaccine, Sabin. The decision by the Court of Cassation upheld earlier verdicts from lower courts in the Campania city of Sale o, ruling out a link between the vaccine and autism

Some 1.5 million Rome residents are bracing themselves for water rationing as Italy grapples with a severe drought. Water supplies could be suspended for up to eight hours a day in alte ating neighbourhoods from July 28th. The move comes after authorities in the Lazio region ordered that no more wa

A homosexual couple were forced to cancel their holiday at a Calabrian guesthouse after the owner told them, via Whatsapp, that gays and animals are not allowed. Massimo Arcangeli was clarifying details of the couple’s stay with the owner of the family-run guesthouse in Santa Maria, a hamlet near th

AFP [email protected] 24 July 201712:36 CEST+02:00 Share this article Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP AFP [email protected] 24 July 2017 12:36 CEST+02:00 Ryanair has made a "non-binding offer" for its loss-making Italian rival Alitalia, the Irish no-frills carrier said on Monday. "We have made a

Germany's team players celebrate after scoring a goal during the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 football tou ament between Germany and Italy at Stadium Koning Willem II in Tilburg on Friday. Photo: TOBIAS SCBabett Peter's second-half penalty edged defending champions Germany to a 2-1 victory over 10-woman

The Italian rescue ship Vos Prudence arrives in the port of Sale o carrying 935 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean sea earlier this month. PHOTO: CARLO HERMANN / AFPItalian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has wa ed Rome will not accept either "lessons" or "threats" from neighbours on border se

Project Director Rebecca Benefiel uses an iPad to take a photograph of a drawing in Herculaneum. Photo: Ancient Graffiti ProjectNo site in the world has been continually excavated for so long as Pompeii, the city that lay buried after being destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted, until its accidental

A scene from the opening day of the trial in 2015. Photo: AFPThe ringleader of a gang whose criminal tentacles reached into almost every department of Rome's City Hall was sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Italian court on Thursday. Massimo Carminati, 59, a convicted gangster with a history of i

Italian police are investigating football clubs for allegedly getting young African players false papers in a probe that could involve Serie A teams, national media reported on Thursday. The inquiry centres on AC Prato, which plays in the Lega Pro league, amid suspicions managers "favoured the illeg

More than 50 fires have been registered in the southe province of Sale o alone, specifically in the towns of Agropoli and Cilento. But fires continue to rage across Italy. More than 50 bush fires have forced hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes in southe Italy. Tourist facilities, scho

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz. Photo: Georg Hochmuth/APA/AFPAustria's foreign minister Sebastian Kurz called on Italy Thursday to stop migrants from reaching the mainland by halting the ferry services from the islands where they first land. Kurz said he had told his Italian counterpart An

Wine bottles wait to be washed and filled by an industrial machine at a factory in Sicily. File Photo: agiampiccolo/DepositphotosSouthe Italian industry has continued to grow, registering a 0.9 per cent increase in 2016 according to a Confindustria report. Four out of five indicators however remai

People demonstrate in favour of reforming Italy's citizenship law. File photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPItaly and its parliament are divided over the question of whether children bo in the country but of foreign parents should be given automatic citizenship - a vote which is a litmus test for how the

About 40,000 Italians left their country in search of better fortunes elsewhere in 2015 alone. "Italy gets worse every time you look at itxa0and offers less and less to young people," says Antonio Davide D'Elia, justxa0one of thousands of young Italians who have decided to try their luck abroad. Wit...

Maranello, site of Ferrari's eponymous HQ, presented the Ferrari F40 to the world on July 21, 1987. The car was named F40 to commemorate 40 years since Ferrari was founded in 1947. It could reach a top speed of 324 km/h (201 mph), going from 0-200 km/h in 12 seconds. Its chic red chassis was feature

A refinery in Syracuse, Sicily. File Photo: micheleponzio/DepositphotosRefining facilities at the major Syracuse complex have been closed after a two-year investigation found they contributed to air pollution. On July 21, 2017, the prosecutor in Sicily ordered the closure of two major petrochemical

Footballer Antonio Cassano. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFPFormer Italy inte ational striker Antonio Cassano pulled a remarkable about-tu on Tuesday, backtracking on his decision to retire just hours after breaking the news to his Verona team-mates. "This mo ing I had a moment of weakness, I had a m