The European Union reacted sharply on Wednesday to US visa sanctions imposed on five European figures involved in regulating tech companies, including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton.
Italy has modified its national anthem for the first time in decades, dropping a single word that Italians have been singing for generations but which never appeared in the original 1847 text.
Italian senators on Tuesday gave the green light to the latest version of the government's 2026 draft budget, including an income tax cut and extended renovation grants.
After the European Union significantly tightened its immigration policy earlier this month, 19 EU countries on Wednesday urged the European Commission to finance "return hubs" outside the bloc for failed asylum-seekers.
Italy's Senate was set to vote on next year's budget on December 23rd as the government made a last-minute amendment worth €3.5 billion, with significant changes to infrastructure spending and pensions.
Journalists working for one of Italy's leading dailies, La Repubblica, went on strike on Friday over the possible sale of their newspaper to a Greek company.
Italy's ruling Brothers of Italy party is looking to downplay its neo-Fascist roots with an annual fair that attracts tourists, families with young children, and those with no interest in politics.
Residency and citizenship crackdowns, repatriation grants, caps on foreign population, elections and all amid an expected and continued rise in the polls for the right... how will immigration trends change around Europe in 2026?
Italy's President Sergio Mattarella on Friday called for an Olympic truce to be respected during the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games as conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip continue.
The European Central Bank on Wednesday said Giorgia Meloni's party should "reconsider" a proposed addition to the budget declaring the country’s gold reserves the property of the Italian people.
A controversial project to build a bridge connecting Sicily to the Italian mainland could break EU environmental rules, Italy’s Court of Auditors warned on Thursday.
Journalists in Italy launched strike action on Friday over pay and conditions in an ailing media landscape, as workers in education, health and transport also downed tools in protest over the government's budget.
A court decision to remove three children from their British-Australian family's home in the woods has become a political flashpoint in Italy, as the government accuses judges of overreach.
After the UK government recently unveiled immigration plans inspired by another centre-left government in Copenhagen, The Local looks to Spain and considers how the hardline Danish model isn't the only way to respond to Europe's surge in anti-immigration sentiment.
Italian MPs voted on Wednesday to broaden the definition of sexual violence to include non-consensual acts, in a rare collaboration between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and opposition leader Elly Schlein.
UNESCO gave the first green light to a bid for Italian cuisine to be added to the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, bringing Italy closer to formal recognition for its food traditions.
Italy's visa scheme for non-EU workers is being abused by fake employers, leaving foreigners in legal limbo, the country’s largest trade union said on Wednesday.
The rise of anti-immigration parties in Europe shows that the far-right doesn't have to be in power to push its agenda and influence policy making. The Local's Conor Faulkner takes a look around the far-right parties shaping debate across the continent and looks at which party is the most extremist.
Gennaro Sangiuliano, who resigned as Italy's culture minister last year amid a scandal, has adopted Donald Trump's signature campaign style for his bid to win a regional council seat in southern Italy.
