Italy

Matteo Manassero is a 19 year-old golfer from Verona, Italy and the youngest ever winner of a European Tour Open. In 2010, he won the Castelló

Corruption is thought to cost the EU 120 billion euros a year in lost revenue and it has helped fuel the economic crisis that has spiralled some

It is one of Europe’s richest regions, but growth is slowing. Formerly flourishing businesses in northern Italy are closing or outsourcing as the

The tragic story of Mimì and Rodolfo in early nineteenth century Paris, and the unforgettable arias which made La Bohème immortal, have drawn

Monza in Italy is one of the world’s oldest race tracks. Located inside a walled park just outside Milan, the circuit was built in 1922. For many

More excerpts from our interviews (in English and Italian) with bass-baritone Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, soprano Carmen Giannattasio and tenor Saimir

From the financial crisis and European integration to relations with Mediterranean countires and even the Arab uprisings, we met with the head of

Stefano Bollani is a popular Italian jazz pianist who also plays classical music. In Rome he performed Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, conducted

Leoluca Orlando is back as Mayor in the Sicilian city of Palermo. As a former MP for the centrist ‘Italy of Values​​’ party, he won the mayoral

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena was the best performer on the Milan stock exchange on Tuesday as investors anticipated a quick sale of 200 branches

Some children are learning very special skills, which they hope will help them build a career in the future. Glass-working in Italy, construction in

Fiat Industrial is moving to merge with its subsidiary CNH – Case New Holland – to simplify its structure in a move welcomed by investors. The plan

Comedian Beppe Grillo has shaken up Italian politics, with his 5 Star Movement party (Movimento 5 Stelle) winning local and administrative polls in

Former Italian Prime Minister and President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Massimo D’Alema is considered a prominent, Italian

In this edition of U-talk, Anthony Millery, from France asks: “I’m French but my family come from Italy. I’d like to know whether Italy entering

The glorious San Carlo opera house in Naples is staging Verdi’s ‘I Masnadieri’ (The Bandits), a story about tragic love, feuding brothers, and a gang

We look at the issue of class sizes, with reports from the UK and Italy, and talk to Matthew Chingos, an expert on education policy from the

If you want to see more excerpts from our interview (in Italian) with the Festival’s Artistic Director Alberto Batisti, please click on the following

The Requiem by Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria is a masterpiece of Renaissance vocal music. It brought the curtain down in glorious

Mount Etna erupted for the twelfth time since 2011. (filmed in Catania/Sicily by Andrew Azzopardi)

Election day in Rovigo, in eastern Italy (filmed by Andrea)

Here are some more extracts from our discussion between lifelong friends Daniel Barenboim and Zubin Mehta.

Springtime in Florence and that means the most prestigious classical music festival in Italy — the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. It is the 74th

Demonstration in Naples in Italy Francesco M. Cirillo

Lele Mora is one of the best-known casting agents in Italy, but this close friend of Silvio Berlusconi is also one of the central characters accused

Chris Burns hosts The Network, where a matrix of newsmakers get to the heart of an issue. And watch out – everyone has to answer in 25 seconds or