Tourists cool off in a Milan fountain on a hot summer's day. Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFPIf you're already sweltering in the Italian summer temperatures, we've got some bad news: the heatwave is just getting started. After a mid-June heatwave which saw temperatures reaching up to 36C, the start of the

A jar of pesto. Photo: poppet with a camera/FlickrTravellers to Italy often choose to take a taste of the country home with them by filling their suitcases with local food and drinks - only to be thwarted by airports' strict regulations on carrying liquids. One airport, however, is making an excepti

Florence's Uffizi art gallery will this year play host to an outdoor cinema, for the first time in its history. There will be seats for up to 285 people to watch the films screened as part of a summer festival in the Renaissance city. And best of all, the whole thing is free of charge. Florence mayo

File photo of a rescue vessel arriving to the port of Sale o. Photo: Carlo Hermann/AFPNearly 2,000 people are believed to have drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, the UN's refugee agency said Tuesday on World Refugee Day, as it reported fresh deaths. "This is among the world's most

File photo of migrants waiting to be rescued from a sinking dinghy: Abdullah Elgamoudi/AFPTwo sociology professors analyse the question of whether NGOs bear responsibility for the migration crisis which has seen thousands perish en route to Italy. 2016 was an extraordinarily deadly year for migrants

Pope Francis speaking in Tuscany on Tuesday. Photo: AFPFour conservative cardinals who have publicly challenged Pope Francis over his reforms of Catholic Church teaching have published a letter escalating the row. The red-hatted "Princes of the Church" had sent a first letter to the Argentine pontif

Pope Francis pictured in St Peter's Square. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFPThe Vatican's auditor general has resigned without explanation, throwing a question mark over Pope Francis's reform efforts for the Holy See's finances. Auditing whizz Libero Milone, 68, handed in his notice Monday and the pope acc

Beautiful Sperlonga is only a short train jou ey from Rome.For centuries, tourists have flocked to Italy in their droves, spellbound by Roman ruins, Venetian canals, and coastal scenery. But much of the country remains little known to those outside Italy, despite being just as beautiful. In recent

An Italian fugitive who spent five years on the run has been caught hiding in a wardrobe after giving himself away to police by visiting his elderly mum. The 49-year-old Sicilian had been serving a two-year sentence under house arrest for illegally carrying a weapon in public when he escaped in 2012

At least 126 migrants were feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of Libya while trying to make the perilous crossing to Europe, the Inte ational Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. xa0According to four survivors, the migrants left Thursday from Libya but their inflatable boat ...

A woman has escaped from a detention facility in Turin, abandoning her baby daughter, the Italian prison guards' trade union said on Monday. The woman was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide after a fatal hit-and-run accident in May this year.xa0 A 58-year-old motorcyclist died after the wo...

Carla Fendi (centre) pictured with family at a Rome film festival. Photo: Damien Meyer/AFPCarla Fendi, who along with four sisters helped build her parents' leather and fur goods shop in Rome into a global fashion powerhouse, has died aged 80, Italian press reports said on Tuesday. Her death on Mond

Pope Francis makes the pilgrimage. Photo: AFP Photo/Osservatore RomanoPope Francis made a pilgrimage on Tuesday to the tombs of two Italian priests known for their progressive social views and works during Italy's postwar years. The pontiff began with an early visit to Bozzolo, a village in the coun

A man who deliberately caused a gas explosion in his home, killing his wife and two neighbours, was sentenced on Monday to life imprisonment. The defendant, Giuseppe Pellicanò, unhooked his apartment's stove from the gas main in June 2016, causing an explosion which left three people dead and his tw

For six years, a herd of cows has been roaming freely in two Italian mountain villages. In that time, they have re-lea ed to live as their ancestors did thousands of years ago, before being domesticated - and we could lea a lot from them, says the photographer behind a new documentary telling the

Paolo Maldini during his time as defender and captain for AC Milan. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPOver a glorious quarter of a century he starred for AC Milan on the football pitch, now at 49 years of age Paolo Maldini has qualified for a tennis tou ament in Milan. Maldini, now working as a director

Italian police have arrested a 29-year-old asylum seeker on terror-related charges, the interior ministry said on Monday mo ing. "The man is believed guilty of criminal association with the aim of inte ational terrorism and incitement to crime," the ministry said in a statement. Police described t

Scientists have discovered a new antibiotic that is highly effective against bacteria resistant to known antimicrobials, which was found in a soil sample taken in Italy. Named "pseudouridimycin," or PUM, the new antibiotic is produced by a microbe found in the soil.It has killed a wide range of bact

The cats keep a lookout over the harbour. Photo: NerdBisceglie, Puglia is a seaside town, located in the upper heel of Italy's boot and home to around 55,000 people. And an army of toy cats. The 50 fluffy felines first appeared on the streets, parks, and beaches of the town last week, prompting some

The Vinitaly Italian wine exhibition in Verona in autumn 2016. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFPAs Brexit negotiations got underway in Brussels on Monday, Italy was already feeling the effect of the UK's vote to leave the European Union, with wine exports particularly hard hit. Food exports to the UK saw a