Italy

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, leading the race to become Italy's next prime minister, was accused on Monday of shameful electioneering by her rivals after posting a video of a Ukrainian woman being raped by a migrant in an Italian city.

The body of 51-year-old Aran Chada, who drowned in Lake Garda in Italy after saving his 14-year-old son, has been found after weeks of search operations.

Italy's conservative bloc will cut taxes, crack down on immigration and scrap the current system of welfare benefits if it wins next month's election as expected, the group said in a joint manifesto.

Fascism is history, Italy's far-right leader Giorgia Meloni declared Wednesday in a video message aimed at international critics.

Britain's accounting watchdog said on Monday it had fined auditor PwC 1.75 million pounds ($2.12 million) after it failed to properly challenge UK telecoms group BT once a half-a-billion pound fraud was discovered in BT's Italian operations.

Heatwaves sweeping Europe this summer have brought not just record high temperatures and scorched fields: the drought-stricken waters of Italy's River Po are running so low they revealed a previously submerged World War Two bomb.

State-owned Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) said four more banks had agreed to back its upcoming 2.5 billion euro ($2.6 billion) cash call.

The 40-year-old former British rugby star, Ricky Bibey, died while brutally beating his girlfriend in their hotel room in Florence in the early hours of July 16

Farmers in Tuscany are battling to salvage as much as they can of this year's crop from the ravages of drought and heatwave.

Italian drinks companies are facing a shortage of the carbon dioxide they need to put the fizz into their cans and bottles this summer.

The unprecedented heatwave in Europe has pushed the freezing point in Switzerland way above its highest summits.

The Italian capital, Rome, has been romanticised for decades, but what the movies choose to not show has been revealed by a poll by Times Out magazine.

Debt-laden Italy finds itself in markets' crosshairs again, as the prospect of a collapse in its national unity government coincides with the European Central Bank preparing to deliver its first interest rate rise in 11 years.

Three unfinished sketches by celebrated 20th-century artist Amedeo Modigliani were found hidden in one of his paintings by curators.

When farmer Rita Tolu saw "a big black wave storming across the horizon and taking over the fields" in April, she knew that little of her dried fodder and alfalfa crops would be left in the following days.

Italy has declared a state of emergency in its five northern regions as it faces its worst drought in 70 years.

Families' pain still raw ahead of Italy bridge trial

Rescue teams resumed the search on Tuesday for 13 climbers who were missing after part of a glacier gave way high in the Italian Alps on Sunday, killing at least seven people.

The head of Telecom Italia (TIM) will set out his plans for Italy's biggest telecoms company on Thursday, pinning his hopes on a break-up of the business to turn the page on years of turmoil.

'Slim' chance of finding survivors after Italy glacier collapse

The drought in Italy has become so intense that a World War II-era shipwreck that had submerged in the Po River decades ago has now resurfaced.

Innovative incentives for people to green up their homes revived Italy's construction sector last year, boosted its economy and drew international praise.

At the opening of a new museum in the picturesque Italian town of San Severino Marche, the guests of honour did not dress up.

An Italian woman who claimed that her four-year-old daughter was snatched from her by three masked men has now confessed to killing the child.

A 36-year-old woman fell to her death from the balcony of her apartment in Athens while her children were waiting for her in their car downstairs.

Italy is studying measures to cut taxes on low- and middle-income workers and help families and firms cope with surging energy costs exacerbated by the Ukraine war, two government officials said.

A 33-year-old British base jumper, Dylan Morris Roberts, died after his parachute failed to open during a jump in the Italian Alps on Friday.

Charles Leclerc spun in the closing stages of the race to go from 3rd to 6th place

An Italian fighter pilot who was dismissed from the country's air force after she complained of being "bullied," by her seniors, has now joined Ukrainian resistance forces against Russia.

Italy as predicted dominated the play but as has been the case in recent matches struggled to break down a resolute away side