Venice imposed new rules for boats riding through its famous canals on Monday following a crash between a gondola and a ferry in August in which a German tourist was killed on the Grand Canal.
Milan will ban cars from driving within the city on Sunday, a measure aimed at tackling high pollution levels, and is considering new measures such as banning smoking at bus stops.
Northern cities including Brescia, Lodi, Monza and Venice topped the pollution chart as Italy's environmental agency warned of a pollution "red alert".
A British man in his 70s on Sunday became the latest victim of Rome's infamous traffic, as the capital saw four deadly collisions between vehicles and pedestrians in just over a week.
Amnesty International on Tuesday accused European governments of "complicity" in the detention under horrific conditions of migrants in Libya, especially through their assistance to the Libyan coastguard implicated in people trafficking.
Do you feel like you spend an unreasonable amount of time stuck behind the wheel of your car? If you're commuting in Italy, you're not imagining it - a new study reveals exactly how much time Italian drivers lose to traffic jams each year, and it's not pretty.
An endangered brown bear died on Tuesday following a traffic accident in Italy's biggest national park - the only place in the country where Marsican bears can still be found.
Thousands of migrants are "racing against the clock" to make the perilous crossing from Libya to Europe before summer ends, with authorities in the conflict-torn country at a loss to stem the flow.
Air travellers are in for an afternoon of chaos in Italy as air traffic controllers down tools for a national strike that will see up to 500 flights cancelled nationwide.
The centre of picturesque Florence has been plunged into chaos after part of the embankment of the River Arno collapsed on Wednesday, causing an estimated €5 million of damage and thought to be down to "human error".
A new project hopes to "give back the sea" to Bari's residents, by making it more accessible to pedestrians and cyclists, and adding extra facilities to the waterfront.
Cars were partially banished from the streets of Milan and Rome on Monday as Italy battled a buildup of health-threatening pollution caused by freakishly dry and warm winter weather.
Italy was cut in two this morning as an unexploded WWII bomb was removed from a field in Umbria, stopping traffic on Italy's busy A1 motorway that joins Milan to Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples .
A 30-year-old woman sparked panic on Milan's Metro when she stared walking along the track - simply because she wanted to see "the ancient underground city".
The historic square at the foot of Rome's monumental Spanish Steps closed to traffic on Monday, the latest in a series
of new pedestrian-only zones in the Eternal City.
Italy will on Thursday ask EU competition ministers to evaluate the effects a UK food labelling system, designed to fight obesity, is having on its famed food products such as olive oil, cheese and salami.
