City officials have felled more than 100 trees so that a colony of lizards can get enough sun, it has emerged. The lizards - common wall lizards, or Podarcis muralis…
Italian police have dug up an astonishing EUR 8 million in cash buried in a couple's garden as part of a suspected complicated tax scam. Investigators unearthered bundles of banknotes…
A 27-year-old Italian holidaymaker has been killed in France after she was hit by a falling shutter while going to a restaurant with a friend. Carlotta Grippaldi, 27, from Turin,…
A mysterious ancient sun temple dating back 4,500 years has been unearthed by archeologists in an Egyptian cemetery for the pharaohs. Sun temples were built to honour the most powerful…
A British tourist who cooled his feet in an iconic fountain in central Rome has been fined EUR 500 by local officials. The 42-year-old holidaymaker had used the centuries-old Fontana…
A brave woman who refused to accept that she had to speak Italian when Austria lost South Tyrol to the fascists after the First World War has said she wants…
A painting by famous Renaissance artist Titian which was considered lost for over 150 years will be auctioned at one of the world's oldest auction houses after it was recently…
A wild boar has turned the tables on an Italian hunter after attacking him and severing his femoral artery, causing him to bleed to death in the woods in front…
The Italian Supreme Court has ruled that neighbours who were disturbed by a noisy toilet for years must now be compensated by the lavatory's owner. The row over the noisy…
A top Italian surgeon has died of a heart attack after 12 hours of non-stop work dealing with COVID-19 patients. Doctor Raffaele Sebastiani, 61, who worked as a surgeon in…