One of Tuscany’s finest red wines is now a lot harder to find after vandals broke into the producer’s cellar and emptied 80 000 litres on the floor.

Political refugees who risk their lives to sail from Africa to Italy are being abandoned to a life of poverty and isolation, according to a report.

Naples gave birth to the margherita, but now passions are running high over the addition of stilton, port or even liquorice.

Researchers say they have found evidence that a lost fresco by Leonardo da Vinci is painted on a hidden wall in a cavity in the town hall in Florence.

Berlusconi’s resignation has become a question of when, not if, after he was deserted by allies who say crippling debt isn’t Italy’s problem: he is.

Headlines in Italy have focused on pizza after it was this year voted by Italians as one of the dishes that best sums up their nation.

Groups representing victims of clerical abuse expressed outrage this week after the pope criticised raids on the Catholic church by Belgian police.

Pope Benedict has appointed controversial retired archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor in sex abuse scandal case.

Italian police have impounded an entire neighbourhood built illegally on the outskirts of Naples, part of an operation magistrates hope will uproot the mafia wealth hidden behind…

Sandwiched between temperate Europe and African heat, Italy is on the front line of climate change and is witnessing a rise in tropical diseases such as malaria and tick-borne…