Italy

Migrants wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 sit at a pier as Italian police officers stand by.
Migration
Some migrants crossing the Mediterranean say they prefer death to being returned
People walk near the former street sign for ''Via dell'Amba Aradam''
Italians divided over whether Black man’s beating death was motivated by racism
Venice’s Grand Canal was for centuries a thoroughfare for the global shipping trade on the ancient Silk Road.
On China's New Silk Road
Italy is caught in the middle of the EU’s tussle with its ‘systemic rival,’ China
A man with a mask walks in a flooded street during a period of seasonal high water
Climate Change
Venice floods: Historical myths may attract the aid the city needs
Carola Rackete speaks to reporters on her ship
Refugees
German captain becomes anti-populist heroine in Italy migrant standoff
Young man crawls through fence with bicycle
Business, Economics and Jobs
Italy’s mafia gets richer as ‘security decree’ strips migrant rights
Carlo Cottarelli arrives for a meeting with the Italian President Sergio Mattarella walk next to each other
Global Politics
Has the Italian establishment gone too far in its bid to stop the populists from taking Rome?
Arts, Culture & Media
Kurt Goes to Venice
Arts, Culture & Media
La Musica Della Mafia
Arts, Culture & Media
La Musica Della Mafia
Arts, Culture & Media
Arcosanti
Arts, Culture & Media
Perfection Across Time
Man on a boat lifting a young child to hand to rescuers
Economics
A year after the Italy-Libya migrant deal: Fewer deaths at sea but persistent abuse on land
"Saint Catherine in Prayer," by the 16th century painter Plautilla Nelli, was restored in 2008. Nelli was featured in 2017 as part of the Uffizi's new focus on women artists of the past.
Arts
In Florence, they’re bringing the works of women artists out of the basement
Street scene, colorized old photo, vendors, people in top hats, carriages
Global Politics
Another time in history that the US created travel bans — against Italians
A rescue worker and a dog search among debris following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, August 27, 2016.
Arts
Italy’s art historians, firefighters and special police scamble to rescue quake-stricken Amatrice’s heritage
A couple kiss in front of the Pantheon during a demonstration of supporters of same-sex civil union in Rome.
Justice
Protesters in Italy tell lawmakers it’s time to ‘wake up’ and recognize same-sex unions
A migrant boat from North Africa off the coast of Sicily. More than 1,700 people have drowned this year attempting to make the crossing into Europe.
Global Politics
Kids go free: How to advertise a Libyan people trafficking business
The Italian Navy has launched a recruitment campaign not in Italian, but in English.
Culture
Some Italians are demanding their English-speaking leaders ‘say it in Italian’
The author's mother celebrates her 93rd birthday in Kenya
Culture
This mom let her daughter skip the dishes so she could read Tolstoy
Emergency workers inspect the earthquake damaged buildings in L'Aquila Italy in April, 2009.
Justice
An Italian appeals court overturns the convictions of six scientists accused of not warning people about an earthquake
Estella and her four-month-old inside their squat house, which is also the headquarters of CasaPound, Italy's largest neo-Fascist movement. The walls are covered in ultra-nationalist posters.
Global Politics
In job-hungry Italy, neo-Fascists await young migrants
Global Politics
Judgment Day for Italian PM Berlusconi
Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and members of his cabinet pose with President Giorgio Napolitano.
Global Politics
Lawmakers in this European country are considering a ‘pink quota’ to achieve gender parity in politics
Matteo Renzi looks set to become Italy's new Prime Minister
Global Politics
The Italian government collapses. Again.
Rescued migrants on board a coastguard vessel arrive at the harbor of Lampedusa.
Conflict & Justice
Tragedy strikes African migrants headed to Italy seeking asylum
Global Politics
Italy’s PM says he’s stuck in Groundhog Day as his government also grinds to a halt
Global Politics
Former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi hopes to come back
Italy turns to shoe company billionaire to pay for Colosseum rennovations
Environment
Costa Concordia set to be salvaged of the coast of Italy
VIDEO: As cruise ship search stops, U.S. officials say such a situation here is unlikely
Business, Economics and Jobs
VIDEO: 11 dead, 24 still missing from cruise ship crashed off Italy
Global Politics
Italy moves closer to bringing in new government
Global Politics
VIDEO: Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi announces he’s willing to resign
Italian Prime Minister’s behavior condemned by Catholic Church
Business, Economics and Jobs
Global economy enters ‘dangerous new phase,’ says IMF
Environment
Facebook fanatics in Italy
VOTE: What Type of Community Service Should Silvio Berlusconi Do?
The World in Words
Elite Italian University Meets Resistance As It Tries To Go All-English
Arts, Culture & Media
Medici Children Suffered from Malnutrition During Italian Renaissance
Global Politics
Beppe Grillo, The Man at the Heart of Italy’s Political Gridlock
Conflict & Justice
Italy’s New Political Power Just Says ‘No’
Global Politics
Politics Takes A Funny Turn in Italy with Comedian Beppe Grillo
Arts, Culture & Media
Italian Adaptation of ‘The Full Monty’ Features Real-Life Unemployed Workers as Cast Members
Global Politics
Former Communist Pier Luigi Bersani Leads Polls in Italy’s Election
Global Politics
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti Resigns, Silvio Berlusconi to Run Again
Berlusconi Seeks a Return to Power
Conflict & Justice
Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi Found Guilty of Tax Fraud
Global Politics
Removal of Capsized Costa Concordia to Begin in Italy
Survivor Recalls the Costa Concordia Crash
Global Politics
Kentucky Woman Recounts Cruise Ship Disaster
Top of the Hour: Deadly Cruise Ship Accident, Morning Headlines
Musical Politicians: From Berlusconi to Clinton
Global Politics
Monti Starts Forming New Italian Government
Italy Crisis: Mario Monti Moves to Form New Government
Mario Monti To Form New Government in Italy
Top of the Hour: European Markets Steady, Morning Headlines
Investors Fear Contagion From Euro Crisis
Arts, Culture & Media
Saving Teatro Valle, Rome’s Oldest Theatre
Top of the Hour: Italy’s Borrowing Hits 7 Percent, Morning Headlines