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Famed linguist Tullio De Mauro died in Rome on Thursday aged 84. A university professor and education minister in the government of Giuliano Amato from 2000 to 2001, De Mauro was one of Italy's best-known public intellectuals and a regular presence on TV.
Archaeologists have found a Stonehenge-like "calendar rock" in Gela, on the southern coast of Sicily, that they say was used as a prehistoric sundial to measure seasons and years during the Bronze Age.
Naples is abuzz as the city's soccer idol Diego Maradona is set to appear in a show at the iconic San Carlo opera house.
There is something for everyone in the major art exhibitions planned for 2017, which present work by Picasso, Kandinsky, Depero, Modigliani, Mirò, Marino Marini, the Impressionists and contemporary masters in venues across Italy.
2016 has been a tumultuous year in Italy and around the world. But here are some of the 'good news stories' of the year, to remind us that it wasn't all bad.
Italian media reports say a 24-year-old Waterloo woman has died while hiking in the mountains near the Italian-Austrian border on New Year's Day.
Police in Florence say a bomb squad officer lost an eye and had to have a hand amputated after a suspicious package he was examining exploded before dawn Sunday.
Italy's investigators are ramping up their efforts to stop organised criminal gangs — including the mafia — from smuggling people into the country, in the face of record asylum seeker arrivals.
A bomb disposal officer who lost a hand in an explosion at a Florence bookshop linked to rightist group Casa Pound is responding positively to treatment, hospital sources said Tuesday.
A volcano in the south of Italy could be coming closer to erupting, putting the lives of more than half a million people in danger, an article from Nature Communications has warned.