Dozens of suspicious deaths in a hospital in northern Italy may have been the work of a suspected "killer" nurse with a grudge against "annoying patients with pushy relatives".

George Clooney's wedding put Venice in the news. But Anne Hanley finds plenty for lesser mortals to do - for free.

When Rome's tourist traps got a little tiring, Josh Martin found a boisterous table with locals was only a few clicks away.

An Italian villa is the perfect setting for an exotic honeymoon, writes Alexia Santamaria.

Italy's economic crisis appears to have produced a boom in criminal deceptions that are testing the faith of the elderly.

Football Federation Australia boss David Gallop has received assurances Italian giant Juventus will bring their World Cup stars for next month's clash with an A-League All Stars side.

Sir Michael Caine and Julie Christie are among celebrities who have signed a petition calling for giant cruise ships to be banned from Venice.

A Catholic priest has been arrested in Italy on suspicion of dealing drugs at a party.

The good folk of Tuscany are offering lessons in manners to wealthy Russian tourists.

The former boyfriend of Amanda Knox has cast doubt on her innocence in the murder of the British student Merdeith Kercher.

A young New Zealander is rubbing shoulders with some of the stars of the World Cup - and living the life of training and discipline that took them there.

It was a clash that pitted one of the finest journalists of his generation against a now-disgraced former world leader, but this was no modern-day Frost-Nixon.

Prince Harry has paid tribute to the terrible price paid by Kiwis who fought at the Battle of Monte Cassino in the Second World War.

Paul Abercrombie gets to grips with Venice's watery warrens during a once-in-a-lifetime rowing lesson.

Amanda Knox's alibi for the murder of a British student could now be in doubt after CCTV footage was released which appears to show her on the night of the killing.

Chris Wiltshire feasts until he can feast no more in the region known as the bread basket of Italy.

For more than half a century it has been seen as one of the most potent landmarks of Italy's fascist era.

The number of migrants sailing from Africa to Italy resembles a "biblical exodus", the head of the Italian navy said yesterday.

Memories come flooding back when Susan Buckland revisits a city of grace and grandeur.

The combined turnover of Italy's Mafia groups has now overtaken that of the European Union's budget as the Mob spreads its tendrils overseas.

There has been much water under the Bridge of Sighs since Napoleon Bonaparte marched into Venice, ending 1100 years of independence in the city state.

Live like the royals did - if only for a night. Lynn O'Rourke Hayes scopes out cool castles.

Italy's head of state, President Giorgio Napolitano, has set in train his third prime ministerial appointment in less than three years.

Among the ruins, Russell Maclennan-Jones imagines life in ancient Ostia.

An Italian MP has “blacked up” to deliver a staggering anti-immigration rant in the country’s parliament.

Herald guest editor John Kirwan's guide to getting the best out of his old homeland.

Jared Savage enjoy a new view from his room each morning as he cruises the Mediterranean.