Italy

Whichever side of Sardinia you visit, you’ll likely find yourself hiding in a cave away from the scorching heat

Amid strikes and sexism, the Venice Film Festival plays it safe

Italy’s prime minister has a new look, but have her politics changed?

Researchers have just added another piece to the jigsaw that is a body from the Copper Age

The city’s unloved museum of archaeology shines after a makeover that makes its treasure trove of objects sing

The “citizenship wage” created nightmares for the country’s productivity. Its abolishment was needed

Her live show, Medico, offers laughter as a medicine for life's troubles and has taken the Edinburgh Fringe Festival by storm

Italian writer Veronica Raimo’s remarkable Lost On Me is yet another example of why we need more translated European fiction

A brand new luxury toilet has sprung up in Naples, the last of all places it may have been expected

Migrants from north Africa are trying to walk across the Alps. And many are dying in the attempt

Give into your inner child and pay the unconventional Parco ai Pioppi a visit

Italians are breaking with the past and switching on air conditioning. That alone is a sign that environmental change is underway

Lina Stores has looked further afield – to America, essentially – than the Ligurian hills for inspiration

This “ancient pizza” is a phoney. The world media has – mistakenly – got excited over a large terracotta plate or flatbread

The mayor of Naples has decided to cap the number of sunbathers on Posillipo’s beaches. But, Neapolitans are good at finding loopholes

Meet Italy’s new Wonder Woman, Inspector Imma Tataranni

A 1988 report wrote off the relic as a medieval fake. But now the science seems to be turning. Could it have been a miracle all along?

The devastating bacteria Xylella has killed 21 million olive trees in Italy. Now it is threatening more species, in more countries

Silvio Berlusconi was a tax evader, a sleazebag, an enabler of tyrants and mafiosi – and he was adored by half a country

So significant was her contribution to Italian film that it led to the addition of a word to the Italian dictionary: borellismo

These atypical creatures are causing havoc and holding the city hostage

Pirelli’s vast Milan gallery is a temple of daring contemporary art

Does Rome’s first Starbucks threaten Italy’s coffee tradition?

London is embracing the European approach to socialising and hosting guests at home. Why? No one can afford to go out any more

Romans, in particular, become stressed when dishes are vandalised. Serve this to a Roman nonna and she may well try to conquer you again

Once the envy of Europe, the San Siro stadium shared by AC and Inter Milan is on its last legs – but still capable of stirring the soul.

Her piece is a nod to the cultural and intellectual links between Britain and Italy

Italy’s younger generations are swapping rush-hour in the city for country roads. Who can blame them?

Napoli’s joy at winning Serie A is about much more than their long wait – it is about a history of abuse from their northern rivals

JJ4, a 17-year-old brown bear, killed a human – and now her fate is being decided by a television phone-in

A meditative masterpiece explores rediscovered friendships and the art of finding simpler ways through our complex world

Fireworks go on through the night ad Naples celebrates