File photo of tourists by a fountain in Piazza Navona: vvoennyy/DepositphotosRome mayor Virginia Raggi on Monday approved an order banning eating and drinking by the city's historic fountains. The new rules also prohibit climbing on the landmarks, washing pets, or swimming in the water during the su

Juventus supporters evacuate the Piazza San Carlo fanzone during a moment of panic on Sunday. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFPTurin mayor Chiara Appendino on Thursday introduced a measure clamping down on the sale of takeaway alcoholic drinks in the evening, after a stampede in one of the city's main squ

Ordinary household objects become art in the Ettore Guatelli museum. Photo: Leo Orlandini/Wikimedia Creative CommonsItaly's museums are home to some of the world's best-loved cultural treasures, and there's no shortage of art or artefacts to admire. But sometimes you want a change from the usual Rom

Men disembark from an Italian coastguard vessel following a rescue operation at sea. File photo: Giovanni Isolino/AFPEuropean police and naval chiefs on Thursday called for migrant trafficking of the kind currently taking place in Libya to be declared a crime against humanity. At talks in Rome, seni

Theresa May speaks in Maidenhead after being re-elected. Photo: AFPAs Europe woke up to the news that the UK's snap election had led to a hung parliament, Italian politicians and members of the public had been watching the vote closely. Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni had not reacted to the result on

Dancing violinist Chiara Conte (L) and Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber. Photos: Chiara Conte and Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images/AFPAn Italian musician's cover of Justin Bieber hit Despacito has gone viral in Italy, thanks to the performer's ability to multitask by playing the violin while singing and

File photo of former PM Matteo Renzi. Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/AFPA deal on a new Italian electoral law unravelled on Thursday as a pact between the country's four major parties broke down. Democratic Party MP Emanuele Fiano, who had put the bill forward, on Thursday declared the deal "dead" after 60

The blue flag is awarded to the cleanest and most eco-friendly beaches in the country. Photo: Carmen Fiano/FlickrThere's good news for beachgoers in Italy as a total of 342 of the country's beaches have been awarded the prestigious 'blue flag' award, given out each year to beaches which meet strict

Muslim men praying near Rome's Colosseum in 2016. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFPItaly's Muslims fear a backlash from the London attacks could undermine their already fragile position in the country after one of the attackers was identified as half-Italian. Youssef Zaghba, 22, was one of three men shot dea

Italian cross-border workers in the canton of Ticino will no longer be obliged to systematically provide a copy of their police record in order to secure a work or residence permit. The requirement, which was imposed by the Italian-speaking canton in 2015, will be lifted as part of a new tax agreeme

One of the beaches in Orosei, Sardinia. Photo: webpictureblog/DepositphotosFifteen people were hurt on Wednesday when a whirlwind hit a beach in north-easte Sardinia, according to local media reports. Five of the injured were taken to hospital after being hit by deckchairs and parasols thrown by t

An Italian company was right to sack an employee who slept on the job, Italy's highest court has ruled, after an appeals court overtu ed the dismissal. A worker for highways company Autostrade was sacked after bosses found him asleep in his car when he was meant to be working a shift in the souther

Police in Geneva on Friday arrested a member of the ‘Ndrangheta mafia group in a pizza restaurant in the city’s Italianate district of Carouge. The 39-year-old man, considered the brains behind an inte ational drug trafficking ring, had been on the run for the past two years after being sentenced t

The Ilva steel plant in Taranto. File photo: Donato Fasano/AFPA consortium led by global steel giant ArcelorMittal has been chosen to take over Italy's huge but struggling steel producer Ilva, the Italian gove ment said on Monday. Economic development minister Carlo Calenda said in a statement that

A man stands near flowers laid down after a vigil to commemorate the victims of the terror attack on London Bridge and at Borough Market. Photo: Chris J Ratcliffe/AFPA third man arrested for carrying out Saturday's deadly attack in London is an Italian-Moroccan who was arrested last year on suspicio

The Italian police said on Tuesday that they had broken a smuggling ring between Tunisia and Sicily which was preparing to bring migrants with suspected jihadist links to Europe. The "Scorpionfish" operation had been shadowing the group since January, targeting 15 Italian or Tunisian citizens sought

Rowing on Venice's canals. Photo: Nan McElroyThe gondola is an Italian icon, and tourists around the world dream of taking a trip on one of the traditional Venetian boats, courtesy of a gondolier dressed in a striped shirt and straw hat. For years, rowing was the only way to get around the lagoon ci

Flowers south of London Bridge left in memory of the attack victims. Photo: Odd Andersen/AFPThe Italian mother of London attacker Youssef Zaghba says she tried to prevent him being radicalized, "but he had inte et" and fell in with the wrong crowd in the British capital. Zaghba, 22, has been identi

Rome authorities called in animal control experts on Tuesday after a swarm of bees chose an unusual spot for their colony: a busy square in the city centre. Hundreds of the insects swarmed in Piazza Fiume, a square located close to the Corso d'Italia. Transport workers and local police cordoned off

A recently passed law making vaccinations compulsory for school starters provoked fierce debate in Italy. Alberto Giubilini, an Italian expert on infectious diseases currently working at the University of Oxford, explains why he thinks other countries should copy Italy's vaccine law. In the first fo