Are boat migrants a terrorism threat? Arrest rekindles Italy debate
The arrest of a presumed terrorist who arrived as a boat migrant is fuelling a public debate in Italy about what security risk arrivals from North Africa might pose. Looming…
Italy looks to Milan Expo for taste of recovery
Italy is having a party, the whole world is invited and, yes, there will be food; lots of it. Expo Milan 2015, the first world fair since Shanghai's groundbreaking event…
Eco storm clouds loom as Italy embarks on 1,000-day reform trip
The summer's over and Italy's baby-faced prime minister has got work to do, lots of it, as he seeks to deliver on his promise to transform a country teetering on…
Eco storm clouds loom as Italy embarks on 1,000-day reform trip
The summer's over and Italy's baby-faced prime minister has got work to do, lots of it, as he seeks to deliver on his promise to transform a country teetering on…
Italy cruise ship toxins threaten wildlife: activists
It's nursing season in Europe's biggest marine sanctuary and schools of whales have brought their young to Italian shores - but environmentalists warn they are at risk from toxins leaked…
Italy battles crescendo of corruption scandals
From a bribery racket in Venice to accusations of contract rigging in Milan and mafia infiltration of the judiciary, Italy is engulfed by a wave of corruption scandals which have…
Italy’s ‘Slow City’ goes global with mellow message
Even as city living booms around the world, the Slow City movement directed by an intrepid Italian is gaining a global following with a back to basics campaign to make…
Italy on the spot over treatment of boat migrants
The tough times are not over for migrants undertaking life-threatening voyages on the Mediterranean Sea to flee poverty, repression and civil war even as their boats near Italy's shores. If…
Hundreds missing after Italy migrant ship sinks
Italian boats unloaded dead bodies and survivors rescued from the wreckage of a ship that sank with 500 people on board, one of the deadliest accidents involving migrants who brave…
Italy red-faced over deportation of Kazakh dissident family
The Italian government has been embarrassed by allegations that police illegally arrested and hastily deported to Kazakhstan the wife of an opposition leader and critic of the oil-rich regime, along…
