Italy

Italy

Italy's heritage under threat

Some of the world's most celebrated sites are at risk from a combination of manmade and natural threats.

04/10/2017

Italy

Courthouse café serves up a whole latte help to reform criminals

04/10/2017

Italy

The very short guide to why gravitational waves matter

The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded for research into gravitational waves.

03/10/2017

Next Series

Underwater robots monitor Venice lagoon

An international team of scientists has launched an unprecedented exploration project in the waterways beneath Venice with swarms of autonomous underwater…

02/10/2017

Next Series

Takeaway: The underwater swarm

Cute robot, isn´t it?

02/10/2017

Eco-Innovation

The £2m hypercar

McLaren hybrid hypercar worth £2 millions.

02/10/2017

Italy

Scientists home in on source of gravitational waves

Discovery could be step towards 'hearing' the Big Bang

28/09/2017

Italy

Italy: police arrest more than 20 people in anti-mafia crackdown in Lombardy

26/09/2017

Italy

Pilot dies in crash during Italian airshow

The accident happened as the aircraft's pilot attempted to pull out of a high-altitude loop

25/09/2017

Cult

Lucio Fontana, Master of Space and Light

Lucio Fontana, one of the most influent artists of the XX° century is on display in Milano for an unique exhibition

22/09/2017

Business Planet

Fighting space junk

This week in Business Planet we look at the problem posed by space debris and meet some of those who are developing solutions.

22/09/2017

Italy

Picasso exhibition in Rome celebrates centenary of artist's visit to Italy

The father of Cubism and collage travelled to Italy with Jean Cocteau for a 1917 production of the ballet 'Parade'.

22/09/2017

Italy

Theresa May to outline Brexit proposition in major Florence speech

The British prime minister is in the historic city in a bid to deliver what Downing Street has described as a major speech on Brexit.

21/09/2017

Italy

Document raises fresh questions over decades-old case of missing girl

Italian journalist claims to have uncovered documents linking the Vatican to girl's disappearance

18/09/2017

Italy

Robot conductor shares stage with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli

The musical machine made its opera debut at a charity concert in Pisa

13/09/2017

Italy

Ice cream artisans compete for world’s tastiest gelato

An international ice cream contest claims to have found the world's best gelato flavour

12/09/2017

Italy

Huge Cocaine Seizure in Italy

11/09/2017

Italy

Italy’s main opposition parties call for new currency to flank euro

Three of Italy's biggest parties are calling for a dual currency in a bid to appeal to growing anti-euro sentiment

11/09/2017

Italy

At least 6 dead as torrential rain triggers severe flooding in central Italy

Six people have died after torrential rain triggered severe flooding across parts of central Italy

10/09/2017

Italy

Del Toro wins Golden Lion at Venice for "The Shape of Water"

Guillermo del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' has won the Golden Lion award for best film at this year's Venice Film Festival.

09/09/2017

Italy

Ferrari celebrates 70 years

09/09/2017

Italy

Suspected migrant traffickers detained in Sicily

Italian police have detained two suspected people smugglers after a boat carrying 230 migrants docked in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo.

09/09/2017

Italy

Italian police officers accused of raping US students

Two Italian police officers have been placed under investigation, suspected of raping two American students while on duty in Florence.

08/09/2017

Cinema

"Loving Escobar" screens at Venice

The film is based on journalist Virginia Vallejo's book about her love affair with the Colombian drug lord.

07/09/2017

Cinema

"Mother!" & Michael Caine make Venice headlines

"Mother!" gets whistled at Venice Film Festival premiere, and Sir Michael Caine presents "My Generation".

06/09/2017

Cinema

Woody Harrelson and Thriller make splash in Venice

05/09/2017