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Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert | Italy

Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert | Italy
Franco Baresi, AC Milan defender, who died aged 66

Franco Baresi funeral to be held on Tuesday
EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting | European Union

EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting | European Union
Evacuated families unsure if they can return to their homes. Image shows woman and two officials examining damage from the earthquake. Photograph: Felice de Martino/EPA

Evacuated Campi Flegrei families fear they may never go home
albania migrant centres from which 49 asylum seekers were returned last night

Italy to propose EU migrant hubs modelled on Albania scheme
basilica of Assisi, on part of the Il Cammino Francesco

Il Cammino di Francesco creates a single 1,500km route
The Guardian view on events in Ceuta: chaos and tragedy are weaponised by the far right | Editorial

The Guardian view on events in Ceuta: chaos and tragedy are weaponised by the far right | Editorial
Peru Plane crash - firefighters attend the scene. Image credit: EPA

Seven Italians among 13 killed in Peru plane crash
Building collapse in Messina - three confirmed dead, four missing

Messina building collapse: death toll rises to three
earthquake in Campi Flegrei. Image: By Phil Robinson - The image appears on a website entitled, "Vesuvius's big daddy: The supervolcano that threatens all life in Europe" at url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1342820/Vesuviuss-big-daddy-supervolcano-Campi-Flegrei-near-Naples-threatens-Europe.html., Fair use, https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?curid=191753

Campi Flegrei quake: injury toll rises to 26
Franci Marion Crawford aged 23. Image credit: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

On this day: birth of author Francis Marion Crawford
Dozens injured as earthquake hits near Naples in seismic swarm | Earthquakes

Dozens injured as earthquake hits near Naples in seismic swarm | Earthquakes
drone weapons

Sicilian Mafia seeking drone weapons prosecutor warns
one of Tripadvisor's Best of the Best cities - Naples tremor felt across Naples 1626 earthquake and tsunami killed around 70,000 in Naples area

On this day: Devastating earthquake and tsunami strike Naples
Franco Baresi obituary | Milan

Franco Baresi obituary | Milan
Polymarket blocked in Italy again

Polymarket blocked in Italy – Italy News
Mother and baby. Motherhood aspiration controversy continues births at lowest number since WW2

Births at post-war low in 2025
NO TAV clashes

2 Germans to remain in custody over TAV clashes
Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola? | Italy

Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola? | Italy
Fencing gold puts Italy top of table

Italy golds at fencing World Championships
Mountain tourism Trentino Alto Adige Image by Enrico Pighetti via Flickr shared under Creative Commons License

Italian mountain tourism booms – Italy News
Teatro dell'Aquila, Fermo. One of the condominium theatres recognised by UNESCO. By Alberto Luccaroni (personal page) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2805397

Ten small-town theatres added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
Dawn raid targets ‘umbrella cheaters’ reserving beach spots in Naples | Italy

Dawn raid targets ‘umbrella cheaters’ reserving beach spots in Naples | Italy
San Marino castle

On this day: San Marino liberated from Fascism
Detail of the restored ceiling fresco Credit: Courtesy of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii

Pompeii restorers piece together painted ceiling
Forests are spreading across Italy. Gubbio in Umbria

Italy’s forests have quietly overtaken its farmland
Calabria wildfire may have been started by using cats with their tails alight

Calabria arsonists used cats to spread wildfires
Pool drain safety amendment passed by Lower House

Lower House passes tighter pool drain safety rules
Protests in Italy after death of Moroccan man under police restraint | Italy

Protests in Italy after death of Moroccan man under police restraint | Italy
Horrific animal cruelty as puppies left to die in 43º without shade or water

Four puppies die of heat exposure in Sicily
France records more than 5,700 excess deaths during June heatwave | France

France records more than 5,700 excess deaths during June heatwave | France
The Pope makes a private visit to Montecassino abbey

Pope Leo XIV makes surprise visit to Montecassino
Bologna riots

Bologna mayor rejects blame for riots
Leaning tower of Bologna and sister tower. The city's mayor accused the government of sending blackshirts in November 2024 to the city Man dies after being restrained by police in Bologna

Man dies during police intervention in Bologna
Youth crime crackdown across Italy

Nationwide police operation targets youth crime
Bad Bunny concert in Milan abandoned because of hailstorm | Bad Bunny

Bad Bunny concert in Milan abandoned because of hailstorm | Bad Bunny
Basilica di Santo Spirito in Florence, where a Michelangelo crucifix hangs. Lucarelli, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The Michelangelo crucifix most visitors never see
‘Liberate the lidos!’ Who will win the war over Italy’s private beaches? | Italy

‘Liberate the lidos!’ Who will win the war over Italy’s private beaches? | Italy
Emperors from the imperial dynasties of Rome. Created on Canva

A guide to the imperial dynasties of the Roman Empire
Readers reply: Why is there no rugby culture in Germany? | Life and style

Readers reply: Why is there no rugby culture in Germany? | Life and style
Mario Roggero - jeweller who killed two robbers, seeks pardon

Meloni wades into Roggero row
Caravaggio

On this day: The mysterious death of Caravaggio
Defamation law needs to be looked at says EU

EU tells Italy to reform defamation laws
Ink by Danny Boyle to open Venice Film Festival 2026

Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ to open 83rd Venice Film Festival
The italian President whose New Year address soke about the need for peace. Clarifies lines over pardons

Mattarella reasserts presidential authority over pardons
Flag of Nicaragua C records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Tajani stands firm as Nicaragua moves to break off ties
Former boss of Italian motorways sentenced to 12 years over Genoa bridge tragedy | Genoa bridge collapse

Former boss of Italian motorways sentenced to 12 years over Genoa bridge tragedy | Genoa bridge collapse
Girl not keen on doing maths

Italian primary pupils’ maths skills fall
Mafia law gives Italian families right to break free from life of crime | Mafia

Mafia law gives Italian families right to break free from life of crime | Mafia
Aerial view of Pietrabbondante https://molise.guideslow.it/

Pietrabbondante: A Samnite mountaintop sanctuary
Saint Paul outside the walls By StPaul.jpg - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=147623819

On this day: Fire destroys Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
Meloni government vows to press on with electoral reform after losing key vote | Italy

Meloni government vows to press on with electoral reform after losing key vote | Italy
Extreme heat across Italy sees workers threaten strike action. Image shows thermometer registering almost 50º

Italy braces for another week of intense heat
Po Delta clams and mussels (clams pictured) are dying due to heat

Heatwave kills off Po Delta’s clams and mussels
Tajani says US Israeli attacks are for European security too. Expelling Russian diplomats over espionage allegations Washington

Italy to send undersecretary to Washington
Giulio d'Este Por Desconocido - http://www.artivisive.sns.it/stampeditraduzione/incisioni.php?indice=CatIcon&&voce=Storico, Dominio público, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41872344

On this day: birth of Giulio d’Este of Ferrara
tourist tax revenues in Florence highest in Italy for 2024

Florence named best city in Europe by Travel + Leisure readers
Glovo and Deliveroo investigated by Antitrust Authority. Image shows two Deliveroo riders refilling water bottles in Italy.

Florence delivery riders to strike over pay and extreme heat
Rail sabotage in Calabria The Salvini verdict in the Open Arms trial is scheduled for Friday 20th December 2024

Salvini hints at political motives behind Calabria rail sabotage
The restored House of the Carbonised Furniture at herculaneum. Image credit: Herculaneum Archaeological Park

House of the Carbonised Furniture reopens at Herculaneum
Parking changes in Rome

Rome parking spot turns from free to paid overnight
Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Self Portrait - Google Art Project

On this day: death of artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Panino police: packed lunch bans enrage Italians at pricey beach clubs | Italy

Panino police: packed lunch bans enrage Italians at pricey beach clubs | Italy
Michele Mari wins Strega Prize with 'The Stone Guests'

Michele Mari wins 80th Strega Prize with ‘I Convitati di Pietra’
Homecoming parade channels art and power of Rome for Fendi | Maria Grazia Chiuri

Homecoming parade channels art and power of Rome for Fendi | Maria Grazia Chiuri
Adrian Lyttelton obituary | History

Adrian Lyttelton obituary | History
Italian investigative journalism TV host targeted in bomb attack near Rome | Italy

Italian businessman questioned over bombing at investigative reporter’s home | Italy
wimbledon sinner brooksby

Sinner battles past Brooksby to reach Wimbledon fourth round
Italy ordered to compensate woman after allegations of rape by partner dismissed as ‘normal’ | Italy

Italy ordered to compensate woman after allegations of rape by partner dismissed as ‘normal’ | Italy
Trump's latest social media attack on Giorgia Meloni

Trump renews social media attack on Meloni
Man kills ex-wife at versilia hospital

Elderly man kills hospitalised ex-wife on her birthday
WWF Italia celebrates 60 years

WWF Italy marks 60 years of conservation
Sinner beats Norrie at Hurlingham Club

Sinner says reason for French Open collapse understood
Pope praises US history of welcoming immigrants in implicit rebuke to Trump | Pope Leo XIV

Pope praises US history of welcoming immigrants in implicit rebuke to Trump | Pope Leo XIV
Tavolara Bay Sardinia

Government scraps Tavolara Bay luxury glamping project
Rai logo on building

Rai oversight commission collapses – Italy News
Storms follow heatwave Storms hit Lombardy region hard Storm warning

Storms sweep Italy as heatwave finally breaks
Vatican excommunicates all members of ultra-conservative rebel group SSPX | Catholicism

Vatican excommunicates all members of ultra-conservative rebel group SSPX | Catholicism
Luca parmitano receives tricolor ahead of Artemis III mission

Parmitano receives state flag to carry on Artemis III moon mission
Italian MEP suggests government wants to ‘hide truth’ about Albania migrant centre | Italy

Italian MEP suggests government wants to ‘hide truth’ about Albania migrant centre | Italy
Why Meloni has hit back hard against Trump and his ‘made up’ photo claim | Riccardo Alcaro

Why Meloni has hit back hard against Trump and his ‘made up’ photo claim | Riccardo Alcaro
Cerberus heatwave is burning Italy

Italy heatwave: 25 of 27 biggest cities on red alert
‘But we’re just 1% of emissions’: do smaller countries’ climate efforts matter? | Greenhouse gas emissions

‘But we’re just 1% of emissions’: do smaller countries’ climate efforts matter? | Greenhouse gas emissions
A World on the Verge - exhibition based around Mary Shelley's novel The Last Man

Mary Shelley’s ‘The Last Man’ honoured at exhibition
Done Quixote? Film archivists on quest to finish Orson Welles passion project | Orson Welles

Done Quixote? Film archivists on quest to finish Orson Welles passion project | Orson Welles
Police arrest mafia member for murder of three women in Rome Polie search for suspect in triple homicide in Rome

Triple homicide in Rome – manhunt underway
Lake Vico where the husband of Cabinet Minister Roccella went missing on Saturday

Husband of Cabinet Minister Roccella missing in lake
ongoing heatwave claims another life. Image credit: shutterstock

Worker dies of suspected heat stroke at Padua building site
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli in the Uffizi

Uffizi revamp: curation triumph or visitor nightmare?
Germany and Italy swelter in heatwave as records tumble across Europe | Europe

Germany and Italy swelter in heatwave as records tumble across Europe | Europe
Microsoft Headquarters Credits: Gerard Julien/AFP via Getty Images.

Antitrust Authority opens probe over Microsoft 365 price hike
Venice protest planned for US ambassador’s superyacht visit | Venice

Venice protest planned for US ambassador’s superyacht visit | Venice
Villa Certosa has been purchased by the Qatari Al Thani family

Qatar’s Al Thani dynasty acquires Berlusconi’s Sardinian villa
Palazzina dei Mulini

Napoleon’s Elba reopens after major renovation
‘Let the magic begin’: Ronaldinho signs for Serie C side Ravenna at age of 46 | Ronaldinho

‘Let the magic begin’: Ronaldinho signs for Serie C side Ravenna at age of 46 | Ronaldinho
Internal view of second loggia. Photo by A. Bracchetti, 2007. Copyright © SCV Governorate – Museums Directorate. All rights reserved

Vatican launches five-year restoration of Raphael’s Loggia
Rome airports threaten to suspend new EU passport system to avoid summer ‘disaster’ | Airline industry

Rome airports threaten to suspend new EU passport system to avoid summer ‘disaster’ | Airline industry
The Uffizi, Florence

Uffizi suspends new ticket sales due to extreme heat
AI helps read papyrus scroll burnt to crisp during Vesuvius eruption | AI (artificial intelligence)

AI helps read papyrus scroll burnt to crisp during Vesuvius eruption | AI (artificial intelligence)
No quorum reached in June 2025 referendum secret ballot underway for new Italian president. Electoral law overhaul

Meloni defends Electoral Reform as stability measure