"Free the lidos!" Who will come out on top in the battle over Italy's private beaches?
Walking along Italian beaches feels like walking through a rainbow. For about 50 meters at a time, the perfectly spaced…
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Milan tram drivers were reportedly using WhatsApp to send sexist messages about female passengers.
A group of tram drivers in Milan have been suspended from their jobs while authorities investigate a WhatsApp group where…
Four migrant workers were reportedly burned alive in their car during an attack in Italy.
The exploitation of farm workers in Italy has come under renewed scrutiny after four men—three Afghans and one Pakistani—were allegedly…
Tour groups, pop-up routes, and portable toilets: Rome is being reshaped – a photo essay.
By mid-morning, it’s already hard to move around the Trevi Fountain. Visitors suddenly stop to take photos, tour groups gather…
The Pope has condemned "unscrupulous" polluters at a deadly dumping site linked to the mafia.
Pope Leo has met with Italian families whose loved ones have died or are battling cancer due to illegal toxic…
Carlo Petrini, the founder of the Slow Food movement, has died at the age of 76.
Carlo Petrini, the journalist who founded the Slow Food movement in protest against the arrival of Italy’s first McDonald’s, has…
Seven people were injured after a man drove a car into pedestrians in northern Italy.
Eight people were injured, two of them seriously, after a car drove into a group of pedestrians in the northern…
'We've lost everything': A Sicilian town faces anger and despair as it crumbles following a landslide.
For days, the 25,000 residents of Niscemi in Sicily have been living on the edge of a 25-meter-deep chasm. On…
My friends in Italy are using AI therapists. But is that really so bad, when there's still such a stigma around mental health?
On a sunny afternoon in a Roman park, my friend Clarissa and I share a confession that feels distinctly modern.…
A child is born: Italians celebrate their village's first newborn in three decades.
In Pagliara dei Marsi, an ancient rural village on the slopes of Mount Girifalco in Italy’s Abruzzo region, cats vastly…