Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died at 91: company

Giorgio Armani poses with models before presenting his Spring Summer 2025 collection in New York City, US, October 17, 2024. Photo: Reuters Italian designer Giorgio Armani, founder of the Armani Group and one of the biggest names in the world of...

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Inspiration for Longford bakery celebrating 20 years came from 'special' trip to Italy

It was in 2004, when Jacinta Darmon travelled to San Vincenzo, a small town in the Tuscan Region of Italy, to work with a local artisanal family Baker. It was there where the gentle fermentation technique known in Italy as BIGA was discovered,...

Italian leather goods exports down 7.5% in first five months of 2025

Translated by Nicola Mira Published September 6, 2025 In the first five months of 2025, Italian leather goods exports fell by 7.5% to just over €4 billion. Export sales account for more than 85% of the industry’s annual revenue, and they had...

Italy’s Toni Servillo wins best actor award at Venice Film Festival

VENICE: Italian actor Toni Servillo has won the best actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his performance in Paolo Sorrentino’s film “La Grazia”. Servillo portrays a morally upright Italian president struggling with indecision over signing...

Elegant and minimalist: a renovated apartment in Palazzo Rosso alla Statua, Sicily

Palazzo Rosso alla Statua in Palermo is an elegant 1930s building, a representative example of the eclectic architecture that, even at that time, set certain bourgeois residences apart, following the city’s first experiments in eclectic style at...

How to watch Italy vs. Slovenia online for free

TL;DR: Italy vs. Slovenia in EuroBasket 2025 is available to live stream for free on RaiPlay. Access this free streaming service from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. The NBA is not back for some time, so how should dedicated hoops fans stay...

Italy Venice Film Festival Awards Ceremony

Orizzonti jury member Ramell Ross, left, poses with producer Sujauddin Karimuddin and director Akio Fujimoto, winners of the Orizzonti special jury prize for 'Lost Land', during the awards ceremony of the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival...

Extremely limited, extremely pricey Italian scooter doesn't make much sense

Expect only Lambretta to go all out on a special-edition scooter like no one else – except this time, it’s rarer, fancier, and well … pricier than ever before. I’m speaking of the new Casa Lambretta X300 special edition, which the Italian company...

‘God’s influencer’: Italian teen set to become first millennial saint

VATICAN CITY – Tens of thousands of pilgrims are expected at the Vatican on Sept 7 for the canonisation of an Italian teenager dubbed “God’s Influencer” for his efforts to spread the Catholic faith online. Carlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia in...

Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace arrives at the Armani Theatre where late Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani lies-in state, in Milan on September 6, 2025.

UFC's potential Italy event may build on groundwork from the once rumored Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg showdown

While the UFC has significantly expanded its global presence over the last decade and continues to do so, there are markets that have yet to host a UFC event. After the recent UFC Paris event, UFC's executive vice president and head of...

Italian RAI TV Channel airs report on Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region

Rome, September 6, AZERTAC Italy’s RAI TV channel has broadcast a report about Azerbaijan’s landmine problem, as well as the restoration and reconstruction projects underway in Karabakh. Barbara Carfagna, RAI’s correspondent, who traveled to...

Italian Civil Aviation Authority signs 6 agreements in Benghazi

The Italian news agency Nova reported that the head of Italy’s National Civil Aviation Authority, Pierluigi Di Palma, signed six agreements in Benghazi on Thursday during an official visit accompanied by a delegation of business leaders and...

Designer Maccapani Missoni's dream house, a 1970s villa in Italy, is full of memories

At this house, the light that shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the garden is reflected on the beaded leash of Gaia, a sweet Labrador, and it falls on the surfaces of a cottage that seems to float in a sea of green. It looks...

Poliform's Owen collection blends couture finesse with modern Italian craftsmanship

Some objects don’t just sit in a room, like Poliform's Owen collection, they set the tone for the way you feel inside it. The titular sofa, in particular, radiates a sense of comfort that can only be achieved through true craftsmanship. “We are in...

Italian Minister says gas storage levels are excellent in Italy and Europe

Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, the Italian Energy Minister, said that the gas storage levels in Europe were "good". He added that his country was near the 90% target set out by the European Union. Pichetto, speaking at the TEHA forum in Cernobbio,...

Italy may struggle to achieve 2030 green goals according to a study

A study released on Saturday showed that Italy may not be able to achieve the carbon emission targets set at EU level because of delays in green transition areas such as renewable energy generation and energy storage. The report prepared by the...

Turkey to face Italy in Women’s Volleyball World Championship 2025 final

Foreign fans: “an atmosphere like no other” International volleyball fans who travelled to Thailand for the championship agreed on one thing: the atmosphere inside Thai stadiums was “unmatched.” The passion and intensity of Thai supporters left a...

Italy’s Toni Servillo wins best actor at Venice

A Venice regular, Servillo has enjoyed a rich, decades-long collaboration with director Paolo Sorrentino - Copyright AFP Tiziana FABI Gildas Le Roux and Alexandria Sage Toni Servillo, one of Italy’s most prolific and respected performers, won the...