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Ideas and exploration at Venice Architecture Biennale

The subtitle this year is 'Freespace', but how that is interpreted is left wide open.

Cinema

75th Venice Film Festival announces line-up

75th Venice Film Festival announces line-up

World News

Is there an alternative to mass tourism?

11 European cities have created a network to fight the negative consequences of mass tourism.

Italy

Venice introduces turnstiles to manage crowds

Venice has introduced a system of turnstiles to prevent crowding in some parts of the city after UNESCO told the city it could lose its status as a world heritage site if it didn't control visitor numbers

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World News

Winter carnival celebrations around the world

From Venice to Copacabana Beach, the world is celebrating winter carnival.

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Venice festival kicks off

Venice festival opens

Italy

Venice’s mayor pledges action over €1,100 dinner bill

Four Japanese tourists say they were handed the bill for a dinner of steak, fish and water.

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Highest water levels reached in Venice in four years

Tourists are forced to wear boots to stay dry as water levels in Venice reach their highest in four years

Italy

Ban on cruise ships in central Venice planned

Authorities have come up with a new plan that would ban the largest cruise ships from passing in front of St Mark's Square

Italy

Water levels rise in Venice after heavy rainfall

Inclement weather in Italy causes water to rise by over a metre in the canal city while some regions see first snow of the season.

Italy

Lombards shrug, but Venetians embrace the possibility of more autonomy from Rome

Reactions differ in the wake of referenda on more autonomy in two northern Italian regions.

Italy

Leaders get lost during Venice marathon, local takes advantage

Local runner wins after motorcycle blunder.

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.

Cult

Stars gather at Venice Film Festival kicking-off Oscar race

The Academy Awards may be months away, but speculation has already started as a host of star-studded films are premiered at the Venice Film Festival

Italy

The dark side of tourism: Venice flooded by visitors

Venice is sinking under the weight of tourism and locals are suffering the consequences.

Italy

Venetians hold protest against tourist influx

Venetians rage against the tourists

Sci-Tech

Caractacus Potts and the mothers of invention in Venice

Europe acknowledges it inventors

Italy

Police in Italy foil alleged plot to blow up Venice's Rialto Bridge

Police in Italy have arrested three Kosovan men and a child on suspicion of trying to blow up Venice’s iconic Rialto Bridge.

Italy

The Armenian Island of Venice

The Armenian presence in Europe stretches from London to Larnaca, Lisbon to Lviv; the Armenian Catholic Mkhitarian Congregation is among the most impactful examples of that legacy and this year marks

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'Flight of the Angel' at Venice Carnival

Huge crowds have gathered in Saint Mark’s Square in Venice (February 19) to witness one of the Italian city’s carnival highlights – ‘The Flight of the Angel’.