Italian problems: Driving seven hours (in a heatwave) to sign a form

What do you do when you find yourself in the kind of infuriating situation that could only ever happen in Italy?

Five years on from migrant tragedy, Italian island of Lampedusa seeks to lure back tourists

Italy doubles down on anti-migrant stance ahead of EU summit

In ‘Calais of Italy’ tension soars over migrant crisis

Spain, not Italy, will take in stranded migrants ‘to avoid catastrophe’

Italy or Malta must let stranded migrants land ‘immediately’: UN

Italy calls for tougher reforms of EU’s asylum rules

Italian journalist arrested in Turkey has been freed

Italy asks Turkey to release reporter jailed while reporting on refugee crisis

How music is keeping one southern Italian dialect alive

Italian Muslims sign anti-extremism pact

Why women need to keep marching in Italy

London-based Italians arrested for cyber-spying on top politicians

Italy to step up deportations after migrant death protest

Italy’s president starts quest to form new government

Italy imam defends burqinis with beach-going nuns photo

Shakespeare first to mark 500 years of Venice ghetto

Florence’s secret passage may soon be open to all

EU approves Turkey refugee fund after Italy row solved

Falling drone ‘almost kills’ ski champ in Italy

Vatican letting fraudsters get away: report

Century-old Sissi cake on show at Italian castle

Balotelli undergoes groin operation

Sweden to take Italy’s Eritrean refugees

Old pals Berlusconi and Putin reunite in Crimea

Over 550 migrants saved off Italy, five found dead

Six probed in Italian cyber crime investigation

Italy ‘out of firing line’ of Greek crisis fallout: PM

Italy migrant arrivals near record 68k in six months

Legend Rossi seeks world title in Mugello

First civil unions celebrated in Rome

Federer and Murray roll on in Rome

UN Security Council to meet on migrant crisis

Italy approves radical new electoral law

Italy PM in emergency helicopter landing

No capes at Armani show after Madonna tumble

Statues may be last left by Michelangelo

Italy’s Senate green-lights new electoral law

Bid to keep marine in Italy after heart op

Banned doping doctor denies Astana link

Why tourists to Italy shouldn’t skip Turin

Italy’s Bonomi trumps Chinese bid for Club Med

Sharp drop in Italy growth forecast

Matteo Renzi denies Italy ‘flunked’ 2015 budget

Four mountaineers killed in Italian Alps

US tourists outraged over €42 ice cream bill

Sex scandal mayor fights to be called ‘Honourable’

‘Italian justice has let us down in every way’

Polish student raped in Milan

‘The Madonna does not bow to gangsters’

Foreigners welcome in social sector revamp

Italian woman plunges through apartment floor

Berlusconi mastermind jailed for mafia ties

Sperm donor services to start in Italy

Italian climber found dead in Peruvian Andes

Headless body washed up on Italian beach

Business chief wants crisis-busting leaders

Iranian woman’s body dumped in Venice canal

Boat survivors banned from memorial service

Viagra sales shoot up in Italy as price slashed

Pope holds mass for perished migrants

Sentence boost for Swiss tycoon in asbestos trial