Ten Italian universities have been recognized among the top 200 'young' universities world wide - with one attaining ninth place overall. According to the rankings from Times Higher Education, which judged universities under 50 years old across 48 countries, the Scuola Sant'Anna in Pisa is

Europe's refugee crisis is moving from newsprint to the pages of children's books, as writers try to help parents help their kids understand an often disturbing drama shaping their world. Distressing images of African migrants being plucked from heaving seas or the coffin-strewn aftermath o

Italian mafia expert Roberto Saviano. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP The UK is "the most corrupt country in the world," Italian mafia jou alist and author Roberto Saviano said in a TV interview on Tuesday. "The UK is already the most, without doubt, the most corrupt country in the world, not in te

Italy on Friday voiced alarm over Donald Trump's plans to target imports responsible for the US trade deficit, amid fears products like Vespa scooters could be hit by punitive duties. "Trump declares war on the Vespa", said a headline in national daily Il Messaggero, reflecting the tone of

Forget the touristy chaos of Rome and Florence, and smoggy Milan. There’s a hilltop gem within Italy’s ‘green heart’ which is, quite possibly, the best place in the country to live. I was never such a prolific user of Instagram. That was until I moved to Orvieto, in the central Umbria regio

South African artist William Kentridge. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP A giant frieze depicting the history of Rome on the walls lining the River Tiber has been damaged by graffiti writers, to the dismay of its creator, William Kentridge. The South African artist said he was at a loss to underst

A boy looks at a 125C sports car from 1947 in front of an Enzo Ferrari's portrait in Maranello's Ferrari Gallery. Photo: Gabriel Bouys/AFP Italian police said they caught a criminal gang on Tuesday that had been plotting to steal the body of Formula One racing pioneer Enzo Ferrari for ransom.

Protesters during a demonstration in Italy in 2008 to protect the country's abortion law. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP The United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged Italy to ensure women have access to free and safe abortion services amid conce s over the high number of doctors who refuse to

Prince Charles and wife Camilla arrive in Italy on Friday. Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP Britain’s Prince Charles will visit Amatrice, the Lazio town devastated by an earthquake last August, on April 2nd as part of a tour of Italy. The prince and his wife Camilla arrive in Florence on Friday

Quake-destroyed houses. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP "Our little valley spoke to us like nowhere else had before and we both said together 'this is it!'" said Sarah Fopps, who set up a holiday rental business in Le Marche in 2007. Together with her husband, Topps spent six years renovating

Passengers board an Alitalia plane. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP Troubled airline Alitalia is planning to make 2,400 staff redundant and cut some salaries by almost a third, trade union sources said on Friday. The envisaged job cuts are equivalent to one fifth of the company's workforce of aro

Corleone, the town made famous by film 'The Godfather'. Photo: AFP A bishop in Sicily has banned known mafia criminals from acting as godfathers at baptisms in churches in his diocese. Michele Pennisi, bishop of Monreale, near Palermo, said Friday he had issued a decree to that effect in a

Artist Bill Viola in front of one of his creations. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP He calls it a homecoming. Bill Viola, the acclaimed contemporary artist, is back in Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance masters who inspired some of his most famous works, powerful, immersive video installations dealing ...

A photo of former Italian premier and billionaire businessman Silvio Berlusconi eating at a McDonald's restaurant has gone viral in Italy. Andrea Zucchiatti took the photo of Berlusconi as he perused the fast food chain's menu, before sharing the snapshot with the football fan Facebook page Calciato...

A man and young girl in a centre for refugees. Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP Italy needs to improve conditions in its migrant centres to avoid health problems, corruption, and an increase in illegal immigration, the Council of Europe has wa ed. Thexa0report, which was published on Wednesday, singled ou...

Italy will host a meeting of culture ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised countries in Florence in March, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini announced on Wednesday. Billing the talks as a first for the G7 grouping, Franceschini said the March 30th-31st meeting would focus on the pr...

Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri seen at Turin's Porta Nuova train station on Thursday. Photo: Italian policeItalian police have released an image of the Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri at Turin's Porta Nuova train station on Thursday night. The 24-year-old Tunisian was seen on surveillance camera wa...

Four people are missing after a two-storey building exploded in Acilia, an area in southwest Rome, on Wednesday afte oon. A man and a 68-year-old woman were pulled alive from the rubble of the collapsed building. Both are seriously injured and were transported by air ambulance to hospitals in the ca...

A priest in Bari province has stirred controversy after inviting churchgoers to a mass dedicated to Rocco Sollecito, a mafia boss shot dead in Canada in May. Father Michele Delle Foglie pinned the mass notices to walls around the town of Grumo Appula, where Sollecito was bo , inviting people to atte...

Fabrizia Di Lorenzo was among the 12 victims in the Berlin attack. Photo: John MacDougall/AFPPresident Sergio Mattarella and Interior Minister Marco Minniti attended the funeral of Fabrizia Di Lorenzo, the 32-year-old killed in last week's terrorist attack at a Christmas market in Berlin. The funera...