Her own coalition's MPs were among those to reject a key amendment by secret ballot on Tuesday, dealing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni her second parliamentary defeat this year.

Some Italian cities are trying to limit short-term rentals amid a housing crisis, creating a patchwork of rules for owners and guests. Here’s what to know if you’re planning to stay in one this summer.

An Italian court is set to rule on Thursday in the case of a bridge collapse eight years ago which killed 43 people and shone a spotlight on Italy's crumbling infrastructure.

Severe storms forecast for northern Italy, furious Meloni defeated in secret vote on electoral reform, and more news on Wednesday.

Italian cities are being pushed to take action as residents and visitors suffer in record-breaking heatwaves. But how much progress are they making?

The population of the 27-nation European Union will peak in 2029 before falling in the coming decades, according to a report published Tuesday that spotlights the major challenges the bloc faces from an ageing population.

When is an hour not an hour? When it's in Italy, of course.

There should be a "youth mode" for children on social media platforms in which addictive features and targeted advertising are turned off, EU lawmakers demanded on Tuesday.

A decade after the UK voted to leave the European Union. We want to hear how it's affected your life in Italy.

Whether you plan on watching the games from the comfort of your home or in the company of other fans, here’s how you can catch the World Cup semi-finals and finals on Italian TV.

With an increasing number of Italian regions taking emergency precautions due to wildfires, here’s how to find out where active blazes are happening.

With several parts of Italy under wildfire warnings this week as temperatures push 42C, here’s how to check the forest fire risk in your area.

The Italian government has temporarily taken hundreds of speed cameras out of service, deeming them non-compliant with new rules that came into force on Sunday.

Without natural drinking water, residents of Italy's Aeolian Islands are mulling whether to build more desalination plants that will also cater to the large number of tourists, or continue bringing in water by ship.

The time has come to use this very expressive word.

The EU's border agency Frontex developed an app allowing travellers to pre-register for its Entry/Exit System rollout. With the summer travel season upon us and queues expected at tourist hotspots, what happened to the app and which coun...

From a historic celebration of the end of the plague in Venice to public transport strikes, here's what to expect in Italy this week.

Hovering over the volcano, a buzzing drone pauses in front of a laser beam on the crater's edge, as researchers test whether the devices can measure gases to predict eruptions.

The Adriatic coast has the best climate in Italy, both in the short- and long-term, two recent climate livability studies found.

As Italy's government pushes to make it easier to strip citizenship from Italians who weren't born with it, we look at why this is happening and how it affects more dual nationals than you might think.