News from Italy
The Euro Weekly News reports on the most up to date news in Italy so that it’s readership can stay up to date with all the latest developments in countries near and around Spain.
Italy moves to limit foreign pupils in classrooms, will Spain follow?
If you have children at school in Spain, you may soon find yourself watching what happens in Italy rather closely, particularly if your local classroom...
Tragic moment mourning family hit by devastating mountain rockfall
Grief wasn't the only emotion of the day when on a mountain highway in Italy an unimaginable disaster struck a family already heading towards a...
Think taking a fancy seashell home is harmless? It could cost you €12,000 or a prison sentence
An authentic beach souvenir may seem to some better than a fridge magnet, but could turn your holiday into a legal nightmare, as one man...
Croc shock as airport security discover dried crocodile head in passenger’s suitcase
Of all the things airport security might expect to see in a suitcase, a pair of holiday sandals, an overpacked washbag or perhaps a suspiciously...
An Italian mountain restaurant is charging €650 per head and banning phones at the door. Would you leave yours?
A high‑altitude dining room in the Italian Alps is insisting guests leave mobiles in lockers before sitting down. As noise, privacy and “content fatigue” grow,...
Colosseum becomes ‘red zone’ in major new Rome security crackdown
Tourists heading to Rome's Colosseum are being urged to brace for increased security around this iconic site, with the first eight individuals already kicked out...
Italy moves against ‘zombie pedestrians’ as phone users face €75 fine
I’m sure many of us are guilty of having our heads stuck in our phones when crossing the road, I know I am! For those...
Travelling between Spain and Italy? Border checks extended again
Travellers heading from Spain to Italy will continue to face additional border checks after Rome extended the restrictions for another 15 days instead of allowing...
Tourist discovers vile message on restaurant receipt after ordering breakfast
There are few things more off-putting than sitting down to eat and discovering that the people preparing your food have been talking about you behind...
Italy sees surge in wolf sightings after string of suspected attacks
A wave of wolf sightings and suspected attacks across Italy has prompted authorities to step up efforts to track down animals believed to be moving...
€80m Renaissance masterpieces stolen from Sicily museum despite working alarms and guards on duty
Four Renaissance masterpieces worth up to €80 million vanished from a Sicilian museum as a religious procession filled the streets outside, yet the thieves left...
Shell-shocked tourists rub their eyes at bizarre invasion across Pompeii’s ancient streets
Holidaymakers stepping into Italy's most famous archaeological site this summer will rub their eyes in disbelief. Behind the ancient stone columns, travellers are stumbling across...
Italian diver thought it was a rock, then saw hundreds of Roman jars from 2,000 years ago
Giacomo De Mola had gone out to scan fishing grounds before a competition, not to hunt for antiquities. But his accidental find, 46 metres below...
Shocking video shows tourist dangerously trapped on rocks at famous Italy spot
What was supposed to be a day beside one of Italy’s most spectacular seaside spots took a startling turn when a tourist found herself scrambling...