The clouds of smoke were visible from several kilometres away. Photo: Comune di VeneziaNine teams of firefighters were on Wednesday tackling a huge fire which broke out at a waste depot in Venice. "For the moment, there is no danger to the population," the city council said, citing experts who had a

Franco Gabrielli (R), the chief of Italy's State Police, is pictured with Interior Minister Marco Minniti in December. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPItaly's top policeman on Wednesday played down accusations that one of the London attackers had slipped through the net of intelligence services. Zaghba, 22,

Three people, including a 7-year-old boy, were in critical condition after a bomb scare triggered a stampede among Juventus fans watching the Champions League final in Turin on Saturday. In an update on Saturday's dramatic events in a square packed with supporters watching the Cardiff match on a gia

Juventus supporters look for personal belongings at Piazza San Carlo after the panic movement. Photo: Massimo Pinca/AFPAt least 1,000 people were injured, seven seriously, after a bomb scare triggered a stampede among Juventus fans assembled to watch the Champions League final in Turin, police said

AcciaItalia, a consortium built around the Indian company Jindal South West Steel, has improved its offer to take over Italy's giant but struggling Ilva steel producer, media reports said on Saturday. Nationalised and under special administration, Ilva's main facility at Taranto is notorious as one

The Juventus supporters in the photograph are not connected to the story. Photo: Oli Scarff/AFPItalian police said on Saturday they had seized more than 250,000 counterfeit t-shirts and other merchandise bearing the logos of Champions League finalists Juventus and Real Madrid. The haul was announced

Italy's four major parties have agreed on a new electoral law for the country, which would introduce a rule meaning that only parties receiving more than five percent of the vote would be represented in parliament. The bill will be debated in Italy's Lower House on Tuesday, and is expected to be pas

Members of the Italian Red Cross help migrants disembark from a rescue ship. File photo: Carlo Hermann.AFPWhy are migrants arriving at Italy's ports in their thousands? Academic Vicki Squires has spoken to hundreds of refugees and migrants to find out what brings them to Europe, as part of a researc

Designer Maurizio Montalti poses with some of the everyday objects he has made from mushrooms. Photo: Sophie Mignon/AFPWhat is nicer after a long day than sinking your feet into comfortable slippers? But one Italian designer is hoping to show that shoes made from mushrooms can be just as cosy. A pai

Travellers will soon be able to fly between Rome and New York for under €200. Photo: masterlu/DepositphotosTravellers flying between the US and Rome will soon be able to take advantage of three new low-cost routes announced this week. Norwegian, Europe's third-largest low-cost carrier, has announced

File photo of a Primark storefront. Photo: Remko de Waal / ANP / AFPItaly is famed for trend-setting designers from Gucci to Prada and the effortless chic of the locals, but the latest addition to Florence's high street proves there's still a market for cheap and cheerful fashion. Budget clothes sto

The logo of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank is seen on the window of a branch in downtown Rome. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFPThe EU anti-trust authority approved Italy's massive rescue of the country's troubled third-largest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS), a statement said on Thursday. Fo

Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano (L) and Democratic Party leader Matteo Renzi, pictured when they were Interior Minister and Prime Minister. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFPAfter three of Italy's major political parties reached an agreement on the country's electoral law, some of the smaller parties have

Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaking to US President Trump during a working lunch at the G7. Photo: Jonathan E st/Pool/AFPItalian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni joined other world leaders on Thursday in criticizing US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement.

Juventus players training in their Turin stadium. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFPSix years after its inauguration, Champions League finalists Juventus's home stadium in Turin has finally been given a name: the Allianz Stadium. As of July 1st, the German insurance firm's name - which already ado s a num

A view over popular tourist destination Venice. File photo: vitormarigo/DepositphotosIn its latest move aimed at cutting down on excessive visitor numbers, Venice's mayor's office on Thursday gave the green light to a ban on new tourist accommodation in the city's historic centre. Venetian councillo

Firefighters tackling the blaze at the scrapyard. Photo: Vigili del FuocoThree residential buildings were evacuated on Thursday evening as a "precautionary measure" after a huge fire at a Rome scrapyard. Firefighters described the fire as "vast and violent" and said it had also caused "numerous expl

US President Donald Trump appeared to make an embarrassing geography gaffe when he shared a map showing the locations of his first foreign trip since taking office. On the map, the countries which Trump is visiting over this week were outlined in white - but there was a surprising addition within It

The two leaders shook hands before a 20-minute meeting. Photo: Alessandra Tarantini/Pool/AFPDonald Trump vowed Wednesday to use his US presidency to promote peace around the world after what he depicted as an inspirational meeting with an initially grim-faced Pope Francis. Meeting face-to-face for t

File photo of a coastguard boat arriving at Lampedusa. The man is accused of organizing the packing of migrants onto a boat that sank off the island in 2013, killing 360. Photo: AFPOne year ago an Eritrean was arrested in Sudan on charges of heading a major people-smuggling network and extradited to