Milan's Darsena district on a summer afte oon. File photo: AndreaA/DepositphotosMilan's town hall has clamped down on food trucks, selfie sticks, and drinks in glass bottles or cans in the latest ban aimed at tackling litter and anti-social behaviour in Italy over the summer months. The new regulat

Donatella Versace. Photo: Patrick Kovarik/AFPTwenty years ago, stylist Gianni Versace was gunned down in Miami, plunging his fashion house into crisis. Two decades on, it is one of the world's top global luxury brands thanks to his little sister, Donatella He had gone out for the mo ing papers: as

Pope Francis carries the weight of the world's poor and suffering on his shoulders: the last thing he needs is people tu ing up at his apartment for a whinge. 'Vietato lamentarsi' (no complaining) reads a sign in Italian hung on the door to Pope Francis's private rooms in the Vatican that was given

A demonstration calling for reform of Italy's citizenship law. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPWith a flood of migrants arriving on Italy's shores, a bitter debate has erupted over whether children bo on Italian soil to foreign parents should have citizenship rights at birth. According to a poll publ

The Cona mayor said asylum seekers are treated "like garbage" in what he called "a human warehouse". Photo: TIZIANA FABI / AFPThey used to be sleepy hamlets on Italy's sun-baked Padan Plain. But two years with hundreds of asylum seekers packed into overcrowded centres dubbed "human warehouse" are ta

Juventus's Leonardo Bonucci in a game against Real Madrid last month. Photo: GLYN KIRK / AFPItaly inte ational defender Leonardo Bonucci took out a page in a local newspaper on Saturday to thank Juventus fans for their support after agreeing a shock move to rivals AC Milan. Bonucci, 30, is joining

US actor and activist Matt Damon participates in a conversation with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim in Washington, DC earlier this year. Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM / AFPOscar-winning US director Alexander Payne's latest movie "Downsizing" is to open this year's Venice Film Festival, while his compatrio

Baby Chris with his mum and midwife Alice. Photo: MSFThe first of more than 3,500 would-be migrants picked up off the coast of Libya in recent days arrived Wednesday in Italy, as Rome pressures other countries into taking their share. The early mo ing saw a coast guard vessel with 481 migrants aboa

What could be better than a summer spent in Italy? Strolling down quaint streets and piazzas with a creamy gelato in hand, soaking up the sun as you lie on a deckchair on the sands of Capri or Sicily; it sounds like a dream - to the uninitiated. Long-term expats or regular visitors will know better.

Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaks during a press conference at the Weste Balkans summit.Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni criticized fellow EU nations on Wednesday for leaving his country to grapple with the migrant crisis, despite pledges made by France and Germany. Gentiloni met

An image of the fire in San Vito Lo Capo. Photo: Vigili del FuocoAround 1,000 tourists were evacuated from a village in Sicily as a fire raged on Wednesday evening, firefighters said. Many of the guests were forced to leave San Vito Lo Capo by water, thanks to boats from the Italian Coast Guard and

Smoke rises from the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Photo: Eliano Imperato/AFPItalian mafia expert and writer Roberto Saviano on Wednesday evening blamed "criminal organizations" for the huge fire which has spread over the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, as the Italian army were deployed to tackle the blaze. S

An Italian pianist and mountaineer performed the 'world's highest piano concert in the Alps at an altitude of 4,460 metres. Musician Elisa Tomellini climbed the Monte Rosa mountain massif on foot, while her grand piano was flown in by helicopter. The Genoa native has travelled around the world to pu

An aircraft drops water on one of the fires. File photo: Giovanni Isolino/AFPTwo people were reported dead on Thursday as a result of the wildfires which have swept across large parts of Italy and the south in particular. One of the victims, a 69-year-old man, died in the Cosenza province of Calabri

The flames continued to spread during the night. Photo: Marco/Meteorologo777The mayor of Naples on Wednesday called for Italy to declare a national state of emergency as firefighters, continued to battle a huge blaze on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, while almost 300 wildfires raged across the countr

Just one in three over-65's used the inte et. File photo: budabar/DepositphotosOnly 60 percent of Italians use the inte et, according to a report from communications regulator Agcom which was presented to the gove ment on Tuesday. That figure was an increase of three points compared to last year,

Participants in the 2016 Homeward Bound initiative. Photo: Homeward BoundThe world’s largest all-women expedition to Antarctica will set sail next year, with 80 scientists travelling to the globe's southe most continent. Italian physicist Elena Joli tells The Local about the goals behind the missio

A group of far-right activists has hired a vessel to patrol the Mediterranean and prevent would-be migrants from reaching Europe, organizers said on Tuesday. The "Defend Europe" vigilante scheme was announced by anti-immigration campaigners from France, Italy and Germany after they managed to crowd-

Pope Francis leading a mass in May. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPChristians who lay down their life to save others, "following in the footsteps and teaching of Jesus", will now be eligible for beatification, Pope Francis said on Tuesday. Beatification is the first step on the path toward sainthood and h

The Ponte dei Bareteri in Venice. File photo: Didier Descouens/WikimediaA bridge in central Venice was closed on Tuesday over fears that it could collapse. The Ponte dei Bareteri, located midway between St Mark's Square and the Rialto Bridge, will remain off limits until at least Thursday after larg