A 51-year-old Scottish tourist was charged with aggravated theft after stealing six pieces of stone during a tour of Pompeii archaeological park in Italy.

Dozens of firefighters have been battling around the clock to extinguish a major wildfire raging on Mount Vesuvius in the southern Campania region of Italy.

A recipe for cacio e pepe on the UK food website Good Food has sparked an outcry in Italy over the inclusion of a controversial fourth ingredient: butter.

Francis Ford Coppola, the acclaimed Italian-American director best known for The Godfather, was hospitalised in Rome on Tuesday for scheduled heart surgery.

The Italian government approved a controversial €13.5 billion plan to build a massive suspension bridge connecting the island of Sicily to mainland Italy.

Ponza is the largest of the Pontine Islands, the string of tiny islands located off the Southern coast of the Lazio region in Italy. Here is a list of things to do and see.

Siena holds Palio on two dates each summer. The historic Palio di Siena horse race returns on Wednesday 2 July, with bareback riders battling it out in the mediaeval heart of the Tuscan city. The ...

Rome is blessed with more than 2,500 drinking fountains, known as nasoni, which provide residents and visitors with free fresh running water all year round.

Rome has a centuries-old tradition of caring for its stray cats, in a special bond that stretches back to ancient Roman times and continues to this day.

A magnificent fresco cycle by the Italian Renaissance painter Luca Signorelli adorns the S. Brizio chapel in the Duomo cathedral of Orvieto, north of Rome.

When 25 December arrives, in Italy everyone starts wishing, from the cashier at the grocery store to your closest friends, a Buon Natale, but what does Buon Natale mean?

Italy's government unveils plans in light of increased seismic activity at the Campi Flegrei supervolcano near Naples, including a possible mass evacuation.