It was already 30C at 9:30 am as New Zealander Olivia Ansari waited with other tourists outside Rome's Catacombs of Saint ...

Italian authorities on Friday sought to identify the bodies of 27 people who died when two crowded boats sank off the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.

Tens of thousands of scans of passports and other IDs from guests have been stolen from Italian hotel servers and put on sale ...

British nationals living abroad were urged to send their MPs postcards this summer as part of a campaign for dedicated MPs ...

Italy continues to swelter in a scorching heatwave, with cities including Bologna, Florence and Rome under a red heat warning ...

Disruptive transport strikes are in the Italian news throughout summer  - except in August, when they’re banned.

It's a hard 'ch' sound, so "gratta-kekka" - you can hear an example here. But the simplest explanation is that the name is ...

A migrant boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and leaving many others ...

Anyone throwing rubbish out of their car now faces fines of up to €18,000, as Italy says it is cracking down on littering and ...

Wildfires continue to ravage Italy this summer, with more alerts issued in hard-hit areas of the south on Wednesday amid ...

For many new arrivals to Italy, the questura will become a familiar sight. So what exactly is it and why will you need to ...

Grattachecca may not be easy to pronounce, but this traditional Roman summer treat has become a social media sensation among ...