Firefighters at work on the scene. Photo: Vigili del FuocoUp to eight people belonging to two families were feared missing after a residential building collapsed near Naples on Friday mo ing. Italy's fire service said at around 3:15pm that there had at that point been no signs of life, but that res

File photo of Carabinieri police during an anti-mafia operation, not related to the story. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPHe faced jail for smuggling Kalashnikovs, but the teenage heir to a powerful mafia clan in Italy was instead removed from his family and given a chance to break free of the crimina

It is one of the most secretive organizations in the world, with power passed through blood ties and family loyalty. But Italy's ruthless 'Ndrangheta mafia may have met its match. Judges in the country's deep south have been placing the offspring from Italy's most powerful criminal organization into

Estonian minister of Home Affairs Andres Anvelt (L) welcomes his Italian counterpart Marco Minniti. Photo: Raigo Pajula/AFPEU interior ministers on Thursday pledged to back an urgent European Commission plan to help crisis-hit Italy, which has been overwhelmed by a wave of migrants arriving by sea f

Italian composer Ennio Morricone pictured during the interview. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPRemember the showdown in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?" Well Ennio Morricone, one of the world's greatest living composers, wants you to tear your eyes away from the film's gunslingers and listen instead. "In t

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Austria has sought to dampen a row with neighbour Italy after it prompted outrage from Rome by threatening to send troops to the border to stop migrants entering.

Photos: (L) Seldon Vestrit and (R) Umberto Salvagnini.Stretching from Valle d'Aosta and South Tyrol to Umbria and Lazio, Italy boasts some of Europe’s most beautiful lakes. Lake Como tends to dominate visitors’ itineraries when it comes to the country’s lakes, and especially since George Clooney mov

Activists hold placards against torture during a 2015 rally in Rome. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPItalian lawmakers on Wednesday finally passed a bill making torture a crime under national law, after years of parliamentary back-and-forth. Rome signed the UN Convention Against Torture in 1984 but had

File photo of British singer Morrissey during his concert in the Citibanamex arena in Monterrey Nuevo Leon. Photo: Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFPAlte ative rock icon Morrissey said on Wednesday that he was "terrorized" by a police officer in Rome who held him at gunpoint for half an hour on a busy street.

People cross central Rome's Piazza Venezia during a previous transport strike in Rome. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPSeveral nationwide transport strikes brought delays and disruptions to jou eys across Italy on Thursday. The strikes have been called by several unions, including one 24-hour strike a

[unable to retrieve full-text content]EU interior ministers met on Thursday to discuss plans to ease pressure on Italy, grappling with a rising wave of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa.

Accommodation rental site Airbnb on Wednesday launched a project in Milan allowing residents to offer their spare rooms or apartments to refugees. The Open Homes Refugees initiative, set up in collaboration withxa0Refugees Welcome Italy and Catholic organization thexa0Community of Sant'Egidio, allow...

File photo of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples. Photo: Daniel Slim/AFPFirefighters were on Thursday mo ing working to tackle a blaze on the road leading to Vesuvius, which caused homes, hotels and restaurants to be evacuated. The fire broke out on Via Vesuvio in an area known as 'La Siesta' close to

File photo of a baby in an incubator at the Bambino Gesu hospital. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFPBritain's Foreign Minister Boris Johnson told his Italian counterpart on Wednesday that legal reasons prevented the transfer to Rome of a critically-ill British baby due to be taken off life support. "Minister

File photo of migrants being helped aboard a rescue vessel. Photo: AFP Photo/Yara Nardi/Italian Red CrossPrivately-run aid organizations rescuing migrants off Libya have slammed the idea of creating a "code of conduct" for them to follow, saying European ministers tackling the crisis are bungling th

File photo of olive trees in Puglia. Photo: Marie Laure Messana/AFPProtesters clashed with police in Puglia over the removal of ancient olive trees to make way for a controversial pipeline. Around 200 environmentalists tried to stop the final 42 of 200 centuries-old trees being moved on Monday night

File photo of a rescue ship arriving to Sale o port. Photo: Carlo Hermann/AFPThe European Commission on Tuesday unveiled a new plan to help Italy cope with a massive fresh influx of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, mostly Africans setting sail from Libya. The plan presented at the European

The Italian Senate has proposed a more relaxed version of a controversial law on vaccines for school children, with fewer vaccinations considered compulsory and reduced penalties for those who don't comply. The number of compulsory vaccinations will be reduced from 12 to ten, while financial penalti

A view over Barcelona. Photo: Rodrigo Paredes/FlickrAt least 13 people were detained in Barcelona on Wednesday as part of a Europe-wide operation against members of Italy's Camorra crime syndicate, a Spanish police spokesman said. "For now there are a dozen detained although this figure may rise," s

Chief executive of Italian bank Monte Paschi di Siena (BMPS) Marco Morelli. Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFPItaly's troubled bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS) said on Wednesday that it would close nearly a third of its branches and axe around a fifth of its workforce just a day after the EU approved a