Italy Italy likely to hold national elections on March 4. National elections in Italy look likely to be held on March 4th. The date is not yet official but Italian media say the country's president, Sergio Mattarella, is likely to dissolve parliament at the end of this month. 13/12/2017
Italy Severe floods in Italy continue Emergency services responded to residents stranded by the extreme weather 12/12/2017
Italy La Scala season opens with rare work that wows the crowd Umberto Giordano's "Andrea Chernier" unperfomed since 1985. 08/12/2017
Italy The story behind Silvio Berlusconi's comeback After falling from grace in Italian politics in 2013, the controversial former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is back in the spotlight and seeking a win in the general elections. 06/12/2017
Italy Neapolitan pizza makers gain World Heritage status The United Nations has granted Neapolitan pizza makers World heritage status. 06/12/2017
Eco-Innovation Lamborghini launches Urus as it enters SUV market Italian carmaker seeks to win over new customers with move away from traditional sports cars. 06/12/2017
Italy Goalkeeper's diving header gives struggling Benevento its first point Benevento, the Italian team that has lost every game of the season, gained their first point ever at a game against AC Milan thanks to the keeper's diving header in stoppage time. 04/12/2017
Italy Watch: Italian astronaut Paolo shares a pizza home with ISS crew Pizza was sent to the International Space Station after Nespoli said how much he was missing Italy’s most famous export. 03/12/2017
Italy "Don't Forget Me" wows Turin Film Festival The film, from Israeli director, Ram Nehari, depicts the blossoming relationship between Tom, a girl suffering from anorexia, and Neil, a socially-inept tuba player. It took best film, best actor and best actress. 03/12/2017
Italy Skinhead Gang Crash Pro-Migrant Meeting The Italian volunteers were having a meeting when an unwanted group showed up unannounced—skinheads from Veneto. 30/11/2017
Italy Street artist turns tree stumps into work of art After the council's chainsaws, Andrea Gandini moves in with his chisel. 29/11/2017
Sport Premier League: managerial merry-go round gathers pace Alan Pardew appointed West Brom coach as Sam Allardyce prepares to take over at Everton 29/11/2017
Cult World's largest mosaic underway in Italy Born of a desire to decorate an ordinary 1960s church, artists in this tiny Italian village are making the world's largest mosaic. 27/11/2017
Italy Mapping the mafia: Italy's web of criminal gangs explained In the last 20 years Calabrian's 'ndrangheta, of which one of the main bosses was arrested on Monday, has become Italian most powerful criminal syndicate 22/11/2017
Italy Italian Mafia Riina buried in Sicily Salvatore Riina, Italian Mafia’s ‘Boss of Bosses, has been buried in Sicily 22/11/2017
Living Three Stars in the Mountains Italian restaurant St. Hubertus is the first to win three Michelin stars in three years in Italy. 19/11/2017
Italy A new beginning for Cosa Nostra mafia? 'The boss is in charge until his death.' Italy's National Antimafia Prosecutor speaks to euronews about the death of Salvatore Riina. 17/11/2017
Italy Former Cosa Nostra 'boss of bosses' Toto Riina has died He was one of the most feared Godfathers in the history of the Sicilian Mafia. 17/11/2017
Italy Ikea trolls Italian football team Ikea mocked the Italian football team on Twitter after they failed to qualify for the World Cup 2018. 16/11/2017
Sport Buffon retires after failed World Cup bid A tearful Gianluigi Buffon has ended his 20-year goalkeeping career with Italy in the saddest possible way as they failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 60 years 14/11/2017
Italy Football: Italy fail to qualify for a World Cup for the first time in 60 years Italy miss World Cup for the first time since 1958 13/11/2017
Sport World Cup qualifiers: Italy under pressure The heat is on for Italy ahead of tonights's second-leg playoff against Sweden. 13/11/2017