Italy

Business Series

Glasses maker Luxottica to merge with lens manufacturer Essilor

Italy's Luxottica and France's Essilor see a merger in their future to create a global eyewear powerhouse worth 46 billion euros.

16/01/2017

Italy

Quake survivors in central Italy protest over lack of help

Residents gathered in Accumoli to complain that not enough has been done to help them with cleaning up operations and reconstruction

15/01/2017

Italy

Clashes between police and refugees in Florence

There have been scuffles between Somali refugees and police outside the office of regional authorities in Florence.

14/01/2017

Italy

Football players in Turin respond to call to help the homeless

A show of solidarity from two football stars in Turin in Italy.

14/01/2017

Cinema

'Rocco' - a documentary charting the life of porn star Rocco Siffredi

“Rocco”.

13/01/2017

Italy

See Italy's first capsule hotel

Rooms are 4 metres square and cost 8 euros an hour - or 25 for a whole night.

12/01/2017

Italy

Italian PM Paolo Gentiloni recovering after heart surgery

Italy’s new prime minister Paolo Gentiloni has undergone emergency heart surgery.

11/01/2017

Italy

Italian police arrest siblings for 'hacking online accounts of Renzi, Draghi and others'

The Italian postal police claim to have broken up a cyber-espionage ring that has allegedly been collecting sensitive data for years.

10/01/2017

Italy

Bawling babies get breastfed in the Sistine Chapel

Pope Francis has baptised 28 infants in the Sistine Chapel, telling their mothers to feel free to breastfeed them if they cried.

09/01/2017

Italy

Pope comforts survivors of Italy's earthquakes

During an audience of 800, the Pope listened attentively to survivor accounts and promised a fresh visit, as the region continues to be battered by aftershocks

05/01/2017

Italy

Quake-damaged Norcia Basilica is made safe

Fireman have erected a second protective metal cage to support the facade of Norcia Basilica in central Italy.

05/01/2017

Cinema

The Italian laboratory restoring the films of Charlie Chaplin

Eighty years after Charlie Chaplin made the movie classic ‘Modern Times’, the great clown’s movies are being restored at a laboratory in northern Italy.

04/01/2017

Italy

Calm restored after riot at migrant reception centre in Italy

The unrest in Conetta comes amid signs that Italy is toughening its stance on migrants, with more deportations and an increased number of reception centres.

03/01/2017

Sport

People 'don't trust' Italian football, says corruption-tainted former Juventus chief

Welcome to The Corner.

02/01/2017

Italy

Police officer loses hand and eye in Florence bomb blast

A police officer has been seriously injured while trying to defuse a bomb in the Italian city of Florence.

02/01/2017

Sport

Diving me mad: the New Year plunges into Rome's Tiber

Making a New Year splash in Rome's Tiber

01/01/2017

Italy

Kinder Surprise creator William Salice an eggsample to us all

Kinder Surprise creator William Salice an eggsample to us all

30/12/2016

Italy

Berlin attack: Anis Amri 'probably radicalised after entering Italy in 2011'

Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni says Berlin market attacker Anis Amri was most likely radicalised after his arrival in Italy in 2011.

30/12/2016

Italy

Three dead as yacht catches fire in Italy

Three Germans have died after a yacht moored in Italy caught fire.

29/12/2016

Sport

Alpine skiing: Jansrud continues perfect super-G start with Santa Caterina win

There have been three men’s super-G races so far this World Cup season and Norwegian star Kjetil Jansrud has now won them all.

27/12/2016

Sci-Tech

Making plastics from natural products, not oil

Italian chemists have found a way to make a widely-used industrial chemical from natural, not oil-based products.

24/12/2016

Italy

Berlin truck attack: body of Italian victim returns home

The body of Fabrizia di Lorenzo, the Italian victim of the Berlin Christmas market attack, has arrived in Rome.

24/12/2016

Italy

Fake prosecco: put a cork in it!

‘Tis the season to be jolly and bottles of fizz are being bought and popped by many of those who celebrate Christmas across Europe.

24/12/2016

Italy

Shot dead in Milan, but there are more questions than answers over Anis Amri

Four days after killing 12 people in Berlin, Anis Amri was shot dead by police in Milan on Friday morning.

24/12/2016

Italy

Berlin suspect's EU journey heaps pressure on open borders

The fact the main suspect in the Berlin attack ended up in Milan while an international manhunt for him was underway is bound to fuel more criticism over Europe's open borders and police cooperation.

23/12/2016

Italy

Berlin truck attack: Suspect Anis Amri shot dead by police in Milan

The chief suspect in the Berlin Christmas Market truck attack has been shot dead by police in a suburb of Milan in northern Italy.

23/12/2016