Italy

Travel News

This new luxury train route links the French and Italian Rivieras

Italy is also running special train services for white truffle season, the olive harvest and Christmas.

21/10/2025

Europe News

Bus driver killed in attack on basketball fan coach in Italy

Confrontations following a basketball game turns deadly, as Rieti club ultras threw bricks and stones at the opposing fans of Pistoia's bus, killing one of the bus drivers. Investigation is under way to identify and apprehend the attackers.

20/10/2025

Europe News

Italy's anti-Mafia police investigate after journalist's car explodes

Sigfrido Ranucci works for Report, one of the few investigative programmes on Italian television that regularly breaks news involving prominent Italian figures.

17/10/2025

Economy

Feeling the strain: Italian pasta makers boil over Trump tariffs

Faced with the threat of exorbitant US tariffs, Italian pasta producers are hoping for political support — and that they will not have to wait for a legal resolution to their case.

16/10/2025

Economy

Rome clears EU-bound budget draft with healthcare trims

With the EU’s filing deadline looming, Rome approved its draft budget plan on Tuesday and will reconvene this Friday to lock in the tax cuts and funding. That's before sending the full budget bill to parliament by 20 October.

15/10/2025

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Thousands protest in Udine ahead of Italy–Israel World Cup qualifier

Thousands of protesters filled the streets of Udine on Tuesday ahead of the FIFA World Cup qualifier between Italy and Israel, prompting tight security measures across the northeastern Italian city.

15/10/2025

Italy

Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police before Italy-Israel match

Thousands of Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched in Udine ahead of the match between Italy and Israel in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

15/10/2025

Europe News

Pope urges Italy to stay open to migrants on first visit to president

Pope Leo XIV completed the rite of passage for every new pope by travelling across Rome to the Qurinale Palace for a meeting with President Sergio Mattarella.

14/10/2025

Europe News

Three Italian police killed in apparently deliberate house explosion

The two-storey farmhouse had been filled with gas and the explosion was set off when authorities opened the door, regional governor Luca Zaia told Sky TG24.

14/10/2025

Culture news

'America's original hero': Trump makes Columbus Day a national holiday

The US president has reinstated Columbus Day as a national holiday to honour the explorer's legacy but the move has also reignited the debate about the origins of Columbus and the importance of Indigenous Peoples' Day.

13/10/2025

Travel News

Why this famous Italian ski resort could soon turn tourists away

Following a summer of severe overcrowding, one Italian resort is curbing the number of skiers on the slopes during peak seasons.

09/10/2025

Green News

This German city has been crowned Europe’s greenest capital

The city came top thanks to its scores for air quality, water, noise, climate change adaptation and its circular economy.

06/10/2025

World News

From Rome to Barcelona: Thousands attend pro-Palestinian demos

Tens of thousands took to the streets in cities across Europe after Israel intercepted a flotilla of more than 40 ships carrying aid to Gaza.

04/10/2025

Europe News

Italian Foreign Ministry calls for deportation of flotilla activists

At least four Italian citizens have been deported from Israel after the Global Sumud Flotilla's boats were intercepted by Israeli authorities.

04/10/2025

Italy

Italy paralysed by strikes in solidarity with seized Gaza flotilla

By Friday, Israeli forces had intercepted all of the 43 ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza and arrested most of the 450 activists on board.

03/10/2025

Economy

Italy eyes 3% EU deficit target this year, ahead of schedule

According to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government, the public deficit is at 3% already this year, bringing the Italian budget back on track with the European Union's finance rules.

03/10/2025

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Thousands protest in Italian cities after Israel intercepts Gaza-bound

Thousands of people filled the streets of Rome, Naples and Turin on Wednesday to protest against Israel’s interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla carrying international activists.

02/10/2025

Art

Italy's art police seize 21 suspected forged Salvador Dalí artworks

Italy’s art police say they seized 21 artworks purportedly by Salvador Dalí on suspicion they were forgeries. The investigation is ongoing.

01/10/2025

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Paris bids farewell to iconic actress Claudia Cardinale

A ceremony at the Saint-Roch church in Paris honoured the late actress Claudia Cardinale. Hundreds gathered to pay their respects, among them leading figures from the world of cinema.

30/09/2025

Italy

San Siro set for demolition after sale to AC Milan and Inter approved

The iconic Italian football stadium is on track to be torn down and replaced by a new arena after Milan's city council approved its sale to the two clubs.

30/09/2025