Some in the small, medieval town famed for St Francis worry too many people will come because of ‘Millennial saint’ Carlo Acutis Inside a souvenir shop in Assisi, the face of a boy with thick black curly hair smiles out from wall...
Workers in family-run businesses earn less on average and have fewer opportunities to progress into senior jobs Santa has a great reputation. Generous, jolly, snazzily dressed. But he’s obviously a terrible employer. The elves are...
Charges of kidnapping and dereliction of duty were brought against Matteo Salvini after he blocked a rescue boat in 2019 Judges in Sicily have acquitted Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini of charges of kidnapping and...
Tourists can now use 16th-century passageway over the Arno, whose windows were enlarged when Hitler visited Over history, dukes, dictators and Europe’s illustrious elite have walked through the Vasari corridor, a narrow, 750-metre-long...
More than 150 experts worked to save Ottavia Piana, who fell while charting Bueno Fonteno cave near Bergamo An injured woman trapped in a cave in northern Italy has been lifted to safety, ending her four-day ordeal. Ottavia Piana, a...
Ottavia Piana fell during an expedition to map an uncharted branch of the Bueno Fonteno cave near Bergamo A huge rescue operation was under way north-east of the Italian city of Bergamo to free a caving instructor who became trapped...
Art defines the space in an apartment in an iconic building whose Brutalist architecture once led to protests Some people buy their dream home for the location, others for the space it affords them; for Italian fashion designer Massimo...
Some angry that politician with Italian roots easily obtained citizenship while on trip to meet PM Giorgia Meloni Italy ’s government has granted citizenship to Argentina’s president, Javier Milei , on account of his Italian family...
Joint-venture hailed as a ‘pivotal moment’ for the international aerospace and defence industry Plans to develop a sixth-generation British fighter jet to rival America’s have taken a step forward with a deal to form a new company...
Amid Italian island’s worst drought, towns such as Troina are fighting for survival as supplies run dry and tensions rise An ancient Sicilian proverb goes like this: “When water to two fountains flows, one will stay dry – that’s how it...