Italy

Culture news

Venice Immersive explores the Metaverse as a new Artistic Medium

Venice film festivalgoers now have the chance to escape further via media with the new Venice Immersive expanded reality Island

02/09/2022

Culture news

Catherine Deneuve receives lifetime achievement award in Venice

The French actress was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the opening of the Venice Film Festival.

01/09/2022

Culture news

Venice Film Festival: the films tipped for awards glory

The 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival kicks off this week and we've selected the 10 films that have us excited, titles that will dominate awards chat in the second half of this year.

30/08/2022

Culture news

Renowned director Abel Ferrara returns with 'Padre Pio'

Abel Ferrara, renowned for his gritty New York films from the 1980s and 90s returns to the big screen with "Padre Pio", premiering at the Venice Film Festival this week. Depicting the life of Italy's beloved saint at the end of WWI, the film stars award-winning actor Shia LeBeouf.

29/08/2022

Travel News

Sardinia might pay you €15,000 to move there. Here's the full details.

The Italian government has set aside €45 million for the relocation grant - enough for 3,000 grants.

25/08/2022

Italy

Watch: Yacht sinks off Italy coast after crew and passengers rescued

Bad weather meant the vessel could not be towed into port at Crotone and it disappeared under the waves.

23/08/2022

Italy

Italy's Giorgia Meloni criticised for posting video of woman's rape

Meloni shared the controversial video on Twitter, promising to "restore security" if elected next month.

22/08/2022

Europe

The Afro-Italians shaking up Italy's rigid national identity

African Italians are frequently cast as outsiders in Italian society even though their history goes back decades.

22/08/2022

Italy

Fears grow over Russian interference in Italy's election

Medvedev had called on Europeans to "punish" their "stupid" governments for opposing Moscow over its war in Ukraine.

19/08/2022

Culture news

Khaby Lame: most followed TikTok star obtains Italian citizenship

Khaby Lame, the world's most followed TikTokker, has become an Italian citizen.

19/08/2022

Europe

'Unfathomable tragedy': Girls, 4 and 8, among a dozen killed by storms

The girls were killed when sudden strong winds toppled trees late on Thursday at a lake in Lavant Valley near the southern city of Graz.

18/08/2022

Food and Drink

Would you try a cheese infested with live maggots?

Outlawed around the world, Casu Marzu makes stomachs turn at the sight of the still living maggots inside it. TikTok has gotten a hold of it recently. We find out why it's Sardinia's greatest delicacy.

18/08/2022

Italy

Surfers fined for speeding down Venice's Grand Canal

The city's mayor previously said he would offer dinner to anyone who could locate the duo for making a "mockery" of his city.

17/08/2022

Italy

Italy election: Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni rides wave of support

Giorgia Meloni could become Italy's first female prime minister, but has had to fight against criticism that her party hasn't moved far enough away from its fascist roots.

16/08/2022

Moments

We set up Italy's first digital nomad village. Here's what we learned

Start-up KINO brings communities of digital nomads to hidden parts of Italy. Here's how their first project went.

14/08/2022

Travel News

Lake Garda, Italy: Tourists shocked by drought devastation

Italy's largest lake is losing 2 cm of water a day as an unprecedented drought grips the country and much of Europe.

13/08/2022

Travel News

'Barbarian!' Aussie tourist charged after moped ride through Pompeii

The tourist from Down Under sped through the site for 1.5km before he was stopped by police.

12/08/2022

Italy

Poop in the pool: Italy closes 10 water parks in hygiene crackdown

Tests by authorities uncovered a 'huge presence' of fecal bacteria in water parks, exposing thousands of visitors across the country to infection risks.

12/08/2022

Italy

Suspected bank robber rescued in Rome after tunnel collapse

Police say the man was buried under the rubble for several hours.

12/08/2022

Ecotech

These Italian villages cut their bills by producing their own energy

With energy bills set to double in the next year, people are looking for new ways to reclaim power.

12/08/2022

Health news

What we know about Italy's rising West Nile virus death toll and cases

Some 144 cases have been reported in Italy since the beginning of the year, 50 of which in the last week alone. There have been 10 deaths so far.

11/08/2022

Europe

How a black man's murder put racism in the spotlight ahead of election

The murder of Alika Ogorchukwu, a Nigerian man living in Italy, was filmed by onlookers but none of them directly intervened.

10/08/2022

Italy

Right-wing coalition on course to win Italy election, says study

The conservative bloc includes Giorgia Meloni's far-right Fratelli d'Italia, Matteo Salvini's right-wing League, Silvio Berlusconi's conservative Forza Italia and several minor centrist allies.

10/08/2022

Tech News

Can robots trick us by acting like humans?

The researchers have found that subtle behaviours could potentially help robots interact better with humans in the future.

09/08/2022

Culture news

Ghetto President: singer Bobi Wine fights Uganda's political elite

A new documentary premiering at the Venice Film Festival, titled ‘Bobi Wine: Ghetto President’, follows the life of Ugandan reggae star Bobi Wine and his attempt to oust Uganda’s authoritarian president, Yoweri Museveni.

09/08/2022

The Cube

Misleading beer festival video claims to show Italian farmers' protest

The footage actually shows an organised tractor beer festival that celebrates the local agriculture industry.

08/08/2022