From Roman ruins to grand Gothic palaces, Italy’s most popular tourist attractions welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors every year – but not everyone leaves satisfied.

From the start of tax filing season to a nationwide taxi drivers' strike, here's what to expect in Italy this week.

In this week's Inside Italy we see why no amount of positive employment figures mean the Italian job market is really thriving, and how Silvio Berlusconi continues to dominate Italian politics from beyond the grave…

What are the steps to apply for a baby's US passport from Italy? How long does it take? Here’s all the experience-based information and tips American parents in Italy should know before beginning the process.

A lot has changed since Italy's 'one-euro' home offers first made international headlines, so are they still available - or worth considering?

Media freedom in Italy has come increasingly under pressure since Giorgia Meloni's hard-right government took office, a group of European NGOs warned on Friday following an urgent fact-finding summit.

The Vatican updated its rules for supernatural events on Friday, such as visions of Christ or the Virgin Mary, including the acknowledgement that overactive imaginations and outright "lying" risked harming the faithful.

Italy is known for being a particularly religious country, so why isn't Pentecost Monday a public holiday here?

Former British member of the European Parliament Sir Graham Watson is now an Italian candidate with a strongly pro-European message.

Italy is one of 15 EU member states who have sent a joint letter to the European Commission demanding a further tightening of the bloc's asylum policy, which will make it easier to transfer undocumented migrants to third countries, such ...

When is a piano not a piano?

Italian Transport Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday issued an injunction postponing a national rail strike planned for Sunday, May 19th, citing public order concerns due an overlap with the Emilia Romagna F1 Grand Prix.

From the cleanest beaches in Italy to some distinctively Italian superstitions, our weekly newsletter La Bella Vita offers you an essential starting point for eating, talking, drinking and living like an Italian.

Rai cancels Meloni-Schlein TV debate, Veneto on maximum alert for flood risk, Italy has three million fewer young people than 20 years ago, and more news from around Italy on Friday.

The number of people aged 18-34 still living at home is now as high as 75 percent in some parts of Italy, new official data shows, as wages shrink and youth unemployment grows.

You'll be licking your chops over this word.

With climate protests by young Italians and talk of clean energy policy, will Italy finally change its ways and catch up with other European countries? Silvia Marchetti argues a much bigger cultural shift is needed before Italy could tru...

Milan hit by flooding, PM Meloni slams 'cowardly' assassination attempt on Slovak premier, Swedish tourist dies after falling from Tiber embankment in Rome, and more news from around Italy on Thursday.

Friday 17th is considered an unlucky date in Italy. But that's not the only surprising Italian superstition you'll need to know about.

Italy's flat tax rate of just seven percent for people who choose to retire in the sunny south of the country has garnered a lot of interest worldwide - but how many people are really able to take advantage of it?