Scientific police works on the site of the explosion of a rudimentary bomb. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP Emergency services were investigating after a device exploded in Rome outside one of the capital's largest post offices on Friday mo ing. N

Italian health minister Beatrice Lorenzin. Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP Italy's health minister Beatrice Lorenzin said on Friday that the gove ment planned to approve legislation banning non-vaccinated children from starting at state schools "by t

The front of a Gucci boutique. Photo: Eric Piermont/AFP One's a global fashion house; the other's a family-run bistro in northe Tuscany. But apparently Italy isn't big enough for the two Gucci's. The luxury fashion brand reportedly threaten

The accident took place off the coast of Calabria, pictured. Photo: BigDreamStudio/Depositphotos The Italian navy said on Thursday that one of its submarines had struck a cargo ship ove ight off the Calabrian coast, a rare accident that resulted

CEO of Italian bank UniCredit, Jean-Pierre Mustier. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP Italian bank UniCredit said on Thursday that its net profit more than doubled in the first quarter as the massive overhaul embarked upon by its new chief executive begi

With the Giro d'Italia well underway, perhaps you've been inspired to explore Italy on two wheels. The country has plenty to offer cyclists, with long stretches of coastline, mountain ranges to explore, and hilly countryside from north to so

Three Roma sisters bu ed to death in an arson attack on their camper van in the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday, sparking an outpouring of grief in Italy. The victims, aged four, eight and 20, were sleeping with their parents and eigh

Monica Bellucci pictured in Rome on Monday. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP Actress Monica Bellucci reopened the heated debate on the airbrushing of stars' photographs on Wednesday by declaring, "Thank heavens for retouching." The Italian beauty, the

Italy's Inte et users are among the most resistant to fake news, the results of a study carried out in seven countries suggest. While Italians place a higher level of trust in the inte et than survey respondents in other countries, they w

Five Star Movement mayor Virginia Raggi pictured earlier this month. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP Rome's mayor has vowed to clean up the capital by the end of the week after the city's trash crisis became a political battlefield. Mayor Virginia

On the volcanic island of Ischia, south-west of Naples, an ancient currency is being brought back to life. "The 'Pontese' will be the first real currency of the village itself," explained Giuseppe Lanfreschi,xa0the president of Ischia's consor

Venice's council has banned takeaway food shops in an effort to preserve the ancient city's "decorum and traditions". City authorities have banned any new takeaway food shops from opening in the historic centre, after new legislation ruled s

Eleven migrants have died and nearly 200 are missing after two boats sank off the coast of Libya, UN agencies said on Monday citing survivors, in the latest such tragedy. The first involved an inflatable craft which left Libya early on Frida

Swiss Guards at the swearing-in ceremony on May 6th. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP Forty new Swiss Guards were swo in at the Vatican on Saturday, the latest halberd-clutching soldiers of the pope to serve a tradition stretching back 500 years. A

The two leaders at the White House last October. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP Barack Obama will meet in Milan on Monday with Matteo Renzi, the former Italian prime minister who was recently elected as the new head of that country's gove ing Democratic

Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano (C-L) and Libyan Gove ment of National Accord's Foreign Minister Mohamed Taha Siala (C-R) in Tripoli. Photo: Mahmud Turkia/AFP Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano on Saturday held talks in Tripoli wi

The Greek amphitheatre of Taormina, host city of the upcoming G7 summit. Photo: Marie-Laure Messana/AFP Bewildered tourists step gingerly around roaring bulldozers in the picturesque Sicilian coastal city of Taormina, where preparations for an up

File photo of migrants being rescued from a sinking dinghy. Photo: AFP Rescuers in the Mediterranean raced Friday to the aid of more than 20 migrant dinghies in distress as the debate in Italy over privately-funded aid ships intensified and the d

Pescara's Sulley Muntari (left) during a previous Serie A match. File photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari's one-match ban for leaving the pitch in protest at racial abuse has been overtu ed, the Italian football feder

A member of the Maltese NGO MOAS helps a baby to board a rescue boat. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Thursday hailed NGOs striving to rescue migrants off the coast of Libya, shrugging off a prosecutor's claim