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The Italian health ministry has issued maximum red alert heat warnings for 16 cities around Italy as a new heatwave gains in intensity ahead of Ferragosto.

Controversy breaks out in Italy over a video of a 13-year-old girl on the catwalk, wearing a bikini and high heels, at a Miss Italia Mascotte beauty pageant.

Italy's foreign minister signs a joint appeal to Israel to grant unrestricted aid into Gaza where the humanitarian crisis has reached 'unimaginable levels'.

The Strait of Messina was shaken by a 2.6-magnitude earthquake on Monday, days after Italy's government greenlit a plan for a €13.5 billion bridge to Sicily.

Dozens of firefighters have been battling around the clock to extinguish a major wildfire raging on Mount Vesuvius in the southern Campania region of Italy.

Jazz under the stars with panoramic views of the Colosseum by night: a music festival will take place in Rome again this summer from July to October 2025.

A recipe for cacio e pepe on the UK food website Good Food has sparked an outcry in Italy over the inclusion of a controversial fourth ingredient: butter.

Several cities in northern and central Italy, including Bergamo, Florence and Milan, record major blackouts as the nation grapples with an intense heatwave.

Italy's Uffizi Galleries has pledged new selfie limits after a clumsy tourist damaged an 18th-century painting while posing in front of it for a photograph.

A police investigation is underway in Rome after the bodies of a baby girl and a woman were found in bushes in the city's Villa Pamphilj park on Saturday.

Italy is holding a referendum on Sunday and Monday in which the nation's voters will be asked if they wish to ease citizenship rules and reform labour laws.