Culture
Italy finish fifth in Eurovision
A Neapolitan love song, a bridal tricolour, and five million Italians watching at home. Italy had plenty to celebrate at a 70th-anniversary Eurovision final shadowed by boycotts and political controversy.
Life in Italy
Italian Strikes: A survival guide for residents and visitors
With strikes called seemingly weekly, it is worth understanding how Italy’s sciopero culture works — the rules and the rights you have when your train doesn’t arrive or the school is shut.
Environment
Wolf death toll rises to 18 in Abruzzo Park
Laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of agricultural pesticides in wolf carcasses recovered from one of Italy’s oldest and most celebrated national parks. Conservationists and opposition politicians demand urgent government action and call for a planned parliamentary bill to cull wolves to be shelved.
Damaged Russian tanker may explode Italy warns
A damaged Russian tanker carrying liquefied natural gas is drifting unmanned in the Mediterranean, raising fears of a potential environmental disaster off the southern coast of Italy.
Storms and heavy snow sweep Italian peninsula
A low-pressure system sweeping across Italy has brought heavy rain, strong winds and heavy snow to large parts of the country, with the worst conditions reported in the north-west and further storms forecast for the south.
