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Expert tips for eating like a local in Rome

Our palates slightly jaded, we craved feeling at home rather than like tourists...

Cinque Terre hiking route to reopen at last

For hikers wanting to get in among the Italian vistas there is good news at last.

The Italian region loved by Hugh Jackman, Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren

It's a laid-back world away from busier destinations like Rome, Florence and Venice.

Man's brain 'turned to glass' by ancient volcanic eruption

The shocking discovery remained undisturbed for two thousand years.

Make yourself at homeo, Romeo: Win a night in Verona

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. . .

All the world toasts this Mediterranean jewel

For centuries, everyone has wanted a piece of Sicily, including modern wine lovers

Why socialism became a dirty word in 2019

Socialism has faced a sharp decline across Europe.

How Russian propaganda showed up in an Italian murder trial

New York Times: The evidence raised alarms about fake news is penetrating courts.

One brother stabbed the other. The journalist who wrote about it paid a price

New York Times: The use of Europe's "right to be forgotten" privacy law has broadened.

Italy: Finding paradise in the imperfections

Cortona is the perfect Tuscan town from which to visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The real spaghetti western

The New York Times: On the late summer trail with 300 podolica cows from Puglia.

Watch: Tourist head-butts Venice gondolier

A tourist has attacked one of Venice's gondoliers and was filmed in appalling video.

In Italy, racist abuse is dismissed (again) as part of the game

New York Times: Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku subjected to monkey chants.

Schwarzenneger's 'right hand man' dead

Franco Columbu, a former Mr Olympia champion, has died in Italy aged 78.

Italy's political crisis: Giuseppe Conte to form new government

The populist 5-Star Movement and centre-left Democrats have banded together.

Italy's Stromboli volcano erupts, again

This explosion was very similar to the one which killed a hiker this year.