A 107-year-old Italian World War II veteran who fought the Nazis as a resistance fighter and ended up in a Nazi concentration camp has died. Pasquale Gissi, known to locals…
A Kazakh tourist is in trouble after he was caught carving his name, 'Ali,' on an ancient wall in Pompeii. The man was reportedly caught red-handed damaging one of the…
The devastated parents of a seven-year-old girl are gathering donations to grant her final wish to have pizza in Italy. The parents of Emily, from the town of Dueren, in…
A killer bear that disembowelled a jogger in Italy is to get a new home - in Germany. The problematic bear, named Gaia by animal rights activists and JJ4 by…
An endangered northern bald Ibis being used in a programme to revive the vanishingly rare breed in Europe has been killed by poachers, police in Italy believe. Wildlife experts are…
A 44-year-old politician has been killed in an avalanche during a ski-ing trip in Italy. Simone Rossi was swept away by tonnes of snow as his party of six skiers…
A woman reportedly drowned in an avalanche after she was swept into a lake when she and her male companion were hit by a wall of snow at a height…
It's the purrfect ending that amazed Marisa Grossi never thought would happen. When her pet tomcat Garfield disappeared from home in Riccione near Rimini in the Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy, four…
A claim by energy drink giants Red Bull that an Italian winemaker pinched their logo has been slung out by copyright officials in Italy. The USD 18 billion Austrian drinks…
Italy's other leaning tower is at risk of collapse after scientists listening for cracking sounds in the stonework declared it potentially unsafe. Bologna's Garisenda Tower, one of a pair built…