An effigy of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg strung up under a bridge in Rome has prompted Italian authorities to open an investigation for "aggravated threats", media reported on Monday.
Many people visiting or moving to rural Italy dream of a simpler life. But if you really want to get back to basics, a self-styled “caveman” is offering Neanderthal-style survival courses in the Italian Alps.
Freak storms and flash flooding following last week's heatwave in Italy claimed three lives over the weekend, including a young woman caught up in a mini-tornado near Rome's Fiumicino airport.
After a short spell of mild weather, Italy's summer of extremes is set to continue with another heatwave expected in the coming days. But will it be as bad as the last one?
Millions of locusts have devastated at least 2,000 hectares of crops in Sardinia, Italian farmers union Coldiretti said on Monday, with experts calling the invasion the worst in six decades.
Hundreds of thousands of young climate activists rallied across Europe Friday ahead of EU Parliament elections as part of protests worldwide demanding action against global warming.
Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) made the environment one of its main campaign themes in 2018. But eight months after coming to power in a populist coalition with the hard-right League, it has little to show for it, say environmental activists.
