Italy

It is eternally imperilled and eternally inspiring. A new book celebrates the great art made in and about the city that makes spirits float

A new documentary delves into the life of the woman who outstoned the Stones

Bologna is at risk of being turned into a tourist’s vending machine

Rising tensions over the Mediterranean migrant crisis threaten to sour the special relationship between Germany and Italy

Golf gave Romans something to cheer for. But, the culture around the sport still perplexes Italians

The Vajont dam was hailed as an engineering miracle. Then, 60 years ago, it was the cause of one of Italy’s deadliest disasters

Berlusconi may have gone, but his TV legacy – and his influence – lives on

This tourist charge will not address the city's declining population, rising prices and lack of housing

The country's ghost villages deserve to be reinvented for modern use

Patti soared to fame pre-radio and pre-gramophone, making her stardom all the more impressive

The creatures were accidentally introduced in 2012 and haven’t exactly gained favour with the locals

The problem with Italy’s transport isn’t its bridges, but its roads, trains and green infrastructure – or rather lack of

Whichever side of Sardinia you visit, you’ll likely find yourself hiding in a cave away from the scorching heat

Amid strikes and sexism, the Venice Film Festival plays it safe

Italy’s prime minister has a new look, but have her politics changed?

Researchers have just added another piece to the jigsaw that is a body from the Copper Age

The city’s unloved museum of archaeology shines after a makeover that makes its treasure trove of objects sing

The “citizenship wage” created nightmares for the country’s productivity. Its abolishment was needed

Her live show, Medico, offers laughter as a medicine for life's troubles and has taken the Edinburgh Fringe Festival by storm

Italian writer Veronica Raimo’s remarkable Lost On Me is yet another example of why we need more translated European fiction

A brand new luxury toilet has sprung up in Naples, the last of all places it may have been expected

Migrants from north Africa are trying to walk across the Alps. And many are dying in the attempt

Give into your inner child and pay the unconventional Parco ai Pioppi a visit

Italians are breaking with the past and switching on air conditioning. That alone is a sign that environmental change is underway

Lina Stores has looked further afield – to America, essentially – than the Ligurian hills for inspiration

This “ancient pizza” is a phoney. The world media has – mistakenly – got excited over a large terracotta plate or flatbread

The mayor of Naples has decided to cap the number of sunbathers on Posillipo’s beaches. But, Neapolitans are good at finding loopholes

Meet Italy’s new Wonder Woman, Inspector Imma Tataranni

A 1988 report wrote off the relic as a medieval fake. But now the science seems to be turning. Could it have been a miracle all along?

The devastating bacteria Xylella has killed 21 million olive trees in Italy. Now it is threatening more species, in more countries

Silvio Berlusconi was a tax evader, a sleazebag, an enabler of tyrants and mafiosi – and he was adored by half a country

So significant was her contribution to Italian film that it led to the addition of a word to the Italian dictionary: borellismo