Latest from Italy

Cardiac tests to prevent athlete deaths

Italy: Venetian reflections

Paul Rush is beguiled by the magical maze of Venice and the fancy frills of Burano.

Now the trouble really begins for Berlusconi

Kisses and arm twisting to agree new EU treaties

Doubt swirls around age of Rome's cherished foundation symbol

Monti gets to work with Cabinet of the unelected

Fashion fortunes unravel for fallen knitwear king

Italy: From grit comes glistening art

Heather Whelan marvels at Carrara's famed marble, which has been quarried since Roman times.

Sicily: Grim gateway to Europe's largest collection of mummies

These dehydrated dead have not been laid lovingly to rest but made to stand like the soldiers of a ghoulish army.

Shaky friendship may be key to holding eurozone together

Fear and loathing in Verona

Mauricio and Charlotte brave crowds of 'Romeo and Juliet' aficionados in Italy, go tramping in Slovenia and find some fellow All Blacks fans in Croatia.

Charlotte Whale: Leaving London's Bellinis behind

Kiwi journalists Maurcio Olmedo-Perez and Charlotte Whale are taking the scenic route home from London.

Italy: Keeping up with the Doges in Venice

The magic and luxury of Venice is best appreciated when you arrive by boat, writes Raymond Whitaker.

Rawiri Taonui on the Rugby World Cup: Brown and out with unfair IRB

Book Review: Great Gardens Of Italy

When the sumptuous <i>Great Gardens of Italy</i> series recently screened here, you couldn't help but notice quite a few shots of its host, British garden guru Monty Don, staring pensively out at the scenery, chiselled chin on hand.

Italy: Tuscany without tourists

Heather Whelan goes off the beaten track to a place where the past is part of the present.