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Filling the floor at the Colosseum
Italian Government commits over $30 million to restoring historic Rome arena.
Italy: Training day
Why hire a car in Italy when you can travel like the locals? asks Venetia Sherson.
Deaths of migrants genocide - mayor
The mayor of Palermo has urged European Union leaders to respond to "a genocide caused by European selfishness".
Hundreds feared dead in capsize
A wooden fishing boat packed with at least 600 migrants overturned in the Mediterranean Sea and hundreds are feared dead.
Kiwi takes on 330km alpine run challenge
Pint-sized Kiwi Kim Allan intends to run Tor des Geants next month - a 330km non-stop race through the Italian Alps that she must complete in under 150 hours.
Eight drinks then drive - okay in Italy
Italian drivers who drink a bottle of wine before getting behind the wheel could face a fine of just a few hundred euros.
Rome near collapse
Eternal City is in chronic decline as a result of a toxic mix of corruption, debt, poor administration and shabby infrastructure.
Business with Mafia costs pensioners
More than 1.6 billion ($2.6 billion) worth of assets have been seized from a family of five Sicilian pensioners in one of Italy's largest anti-Mafia operations in 20 years, say Italian police.
Own an Italian castle
Italy is to offer a portfolio of publicly owned castles, monasteries, palaces and lighthouses to the highest bidder in an attempt to improve its finances.
Colosseum rebuilds wild animal cage in arena
They hoisted up tens of thousands of terrified wild animals to the blood-soaked sands of the Colosseum.
Italy: Leisurely Tuscan ramble
Scenery, great food, no packing and not too much exercise... that all suits Roger Hall.
Irish vote reverberates across Italy
Italy is now the only western European country that does not recognise either same-sex marriage or civil unions.
Venice: Thrills on the Grand Canal
All Italy stops to watch a spectacular boat race that's been contested for more than 700 years, writes Carol Smith.
Single image captures migrants' plight
A picture of a young boy who drowned off of the coast of the Greek island of Rhodes has come to represent the tragedy in the Mediterranean sea.
Faulty toilet unearths history
A cafe owner found so much archaeological treasure buried beneath his property that he now has a museum. Michael Day hears his story ...
Coasting through Italy
Bev Wood experiences the Italian capacity for both wild frenzy and languid indolence.
Compensation for Knox
For most of their adult lives they have been entangled in one of Europe's most intriguing murder mysteries, prime suspects in the near-inexplicable murder of a young Englishwoman in Italy.
Italy: Bar-hopping in Sicily
A bar atop a hill in Sicily's Taormina has plenty to seduce eyes, ears and palate, finds Kevin Pilley.
Italy is Europe's ticking time bomb
Italy has only grown 4 per cent - in total - since the euro was created 16 years ago.
Lamb wool in demand
New Zealand lamb wool prices jumped to their highest level in almost four years this week.
Mafia's wall of silence cracking
The wall of silence that has protected the Mafia for decades is finally cracking, even in its Sicilian heartland.
Italians save 970 Syrian refugees
Nearly 1000 refugees were safely brought ashore in Italy yesterday after being abandoned by suspected smugglers on a merchant ship.
Rock star Pope's year of general awesomeness
In 2013 Pope Francis had a lot to celebrate. Not only was he named Time magazine person of the year, but was also awarded the title of Esquire's best-dressed man.
Italy looks for help with heritage
Italy's leading tourist attractions including the Colosseum could soon be in foreign hands as the country seeks new directors from around the world to make its museums more profitable.
Circus busted for fake pandas
Chow Chow dogs, painted and dyed to look like panda bears, have been seized from an Italian circus.