Italy

Six years after the referendum, predictions of a mass exodus from the EU have proved – like so many other things they claimed – wide of the mark

Ex-bartender Giorgia Meloni has taken a party with historic links to Mussolini to the top of Italy’s opinion polls

A new exhibition celebrates Pompeii’s erotic art and artefacts, many hidden from public view since their excavation in the 19th century

Zlatan Ibrahimović could be forced to draw the curtain on an epic career. Meanwhile Italian football more generally is finding its place in Europe's ecosystem

Procida is Italy's Capital of Culture 2022. It's not sure it wants to be

Tiny sculptures made by an 85-year-old tell an epic tale at the Venice Biennale

Russia is absent from this year’s edition of the world’s biggest international art exhibition. But the main talking point is a decisive move away from domination by white men

An exhibition highlights the wonders of the Venice serenaded by Canaletto and the dangers faced by the glorious city in the sea

A company is offering the ultimate symbol of wealth - a 52-metre luxury yacht tethered to a 200-metre helium airship

But, we also need art that exposes us to different ways of thinking about them

The city had always been kind to stray cats. The mayor said they had never gone hungry, but asks if they really need to house them now as well?

A definitive, exhaustive exhibition of the Renaissance artist is a once-in-a-lifetime blockbuster of a show

The 72-year-old took what she thought was an unwanted jacket from the Paris museum. Her newly acquired coat was actually a work aimed to recreate the garment worn by Picasso

Pope Francis’s credentials as a reformer and the future of the Vatican’s finances are being laid bare as a financial crimes mega-trial unfolds in Rome

The National Gallery’s new Raphael exhibition hints at where the artist’s talent might have led him had he not died young

Missing the country's second World Cup in a row, Italy's European Championship victory last summer now appears like a blue mirage

The horse, who has been put down after contracting skin cancer, gained fame for her daily strolls while wearing a halter that read, “My name is Jenny. I’ve not escaped, just taking a walk”

In a reclaimed tobacco warehouse in Umbria once used to squirrel away his favourite paintings, Alberto Burri’s work now reaches out to a wider audience

News from across Europe you might have missed, including reality hitting Italian TV contestants and a surprising find in a mop bucket

Celebrating a lost modernist pioneer

The ‘Corvid Cleaning’ trial in Södertälje will determine whether the project will be rolled out across the rest of the nation

According to newspaper Il Giornale, the case symbolises a giant clogging of the country's judicial system.

A legal bid by McDonald’s to build a drive-through in close proximity to some ruins in Rome has been ended by Italy's highest court.

A Norwegian Christmas advert depicting Santa falling in love with a man called Harry has been widely shared on social media.

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest movie is an ode to his home city and to the football genius who once graced it.

Italy’s Mafia is older than the country itself and, despite the cyclical efforts to stamp out its influence, the rise of the Calabrian ’Ndrangheta clan to displace the Sicilian Cosa Nostra underscores its intrinsic place in Italian society.

Umberto Bombana secured the product known locally as Truffle of the White Madonna.

News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.

Composer and academic Mary Ann Tedstone Glover has brought the music of the Roman empire back to life.

News that you might have missed from around the continent, selected by Steve Anglesey.

Il Duce's granddaughter was the star of Rome's recent elections, and his spiritual ancestors are thriving in Italy too.

Food writer JOSH BARRIE brings readers a recipe from Italy, rooted in tradition's from both the north and south of the country.