Italy

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former Prime Minister, has died after being admitted to a Milan hospital on Friday. He was 86. The billionaire businessman created Italy’s largest media company before transforming the political landscape – while fending off multiple legal and...

Authorities in Venice are investigating what caused water in the city's famous Grand Canal to turn fluorescent green. Venetians woke up on Sunday morning to this unusual sight, while speculation is rife as to what might have caused the water...

Water in the Trevi Fountain turned black when climate change activists released "vegetable charcoal" into Rome's famous landmark. Protesters from Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) standing in the water unfurled anti-fossil fuel banners. The group's website says it is campaigning against...

A subsea cable connecting Greece and Italy through the deep waters of the Ionian Sea is now fully operational. The system called IONIAN connects Crotone, Italy, with Preveza, Greece. It is complemented with two terrestrial fiber rings to the cities...

Archaeologists discovered the remains of two people who were most likely victims of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD in the ancient city of Pompeii. The skeletons were found in the Insula dei Casti Amanti, an area of Pompeii...

Scientists are reviving the ancient Greek Papyri that were burned in 79 AD following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. There are more than 1,800 papyri, sometimes referred to as the Herculaneum scrolls, with texts hidden on the back. These were...

Advanced technology has been used to discover fascinating history deep beneath the streets of Naples, Italy. The findings reveal the remains of the Greeks who originally settled the area and the catacombs of Christians who lived there during the...

A small town in Italy is celebrating after it was claimed that the bridge painted in the backdrop of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa belongs to the town. The bridge in the background of the most famous portrait in the...

Bulgari, also known as BVLGARI within fashion circles, is an iconic luxury brand thanks to its high quality jewelry, watches, and accessories

Italian authorities have found cocaine worth $164m hidden inside ventilation ducts on a Greek ship in Venice. Helicopter footage shows a number of customs vessels surrounding the Greek-owned, Atlas bulk carrier. Officials are then shown studying plans of the Liberia flag...