The Local has been shortlisted in the 'Best Use of Online Media' category in the Native Advertising Awards 2018 for its work on the ongoing initiative 'A Woman's Place'.
Can a forest be fascist? This may seem a facetious question, but it is one that Italians have been discussing of late due to a fire that occurred at the end of August.
Italy's government has disbanded the local council in Corleone because of suspected mafia infiltration of the Sicilian
town which helped inspire Francis Coppola's "Godfather" series.
Dutch police have arrested a fugitive Italian mafia boss known in the Netherlands more for his lip-smacking pizzas
than his links to organised crime, local media and prosecutors said on Thursday.
Hundreds of mourners flocked to Milan's Sforza Castle on Tuesday to pay their respects to Italian literary giant Umberto Eco, the intellectual phenomenon behind the best-selling "The Name of the Rose".
Fresh evidence supporting the theory that Dante Alighieri's musings were inspired by narcolepsy is to be published in the medical journal Lancet Neurology later this month.
Frances Mayes’ bestseller, which was later made into a film, was instrumental in putting the Tuscan town of Cortona on the map. She talks to Oonagh Stransky about life in the town ever since.
The moment of truth has arrived for thousands of Italian Star Wars fans. Today is the big day: 'The Force Awakens', the latest film in the sci-fi saga, finally hits Italian cinemas.
Italy is the 12th best place in the world to be a mother, according to Save the Children’s annual scorecard, ahead of Switzerland, Singapore, the UK and the US.
An Italian prosecutor on Tuesday described
Silvio Berlusconi as having a "dragon's passion" for teenage girls as the country's top court considered whether to confirm the former prime minister's acquittal in his "bunga bunga" sex case.
Pop star Madonna has pledged lifelong sisterhood with an Italian nun who released a remake of her provocative 1984 hit, Like A Virgin, earlier this week.
Italy comes under scrutiny in this week's edition of the British political magazine, The Spectator, with a front front cover saying "Arrivederci, Italy" and an article that speaks about a "very European tragedy".
Italy's former prime minister Sivlio Berlusconi did have sex with an exotic dancer nicknamed "Ruby the Heart Stealer", but did not know she was underage at the time, an appeal court said on Thursday.
A charismatic Italian nun who won a television singing contest after wowing viewers with her lively dance act and soulful renditions of 80s classics is now working on her debut album.
