Italy's a country of striking contrasts, and while the north has a stronger economy, the south makes up for it by being a more exciting place to live, argues Silvia Marchetti. Whether you've been ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hit near the southern Italian city of Naples early on Thursday, damaging buildings and causing ...

Puglia, the beautiful region in the south of Italy that forms the heel of the country's famous "boot," is finally getting the attention it deserves: Neos, an Italian airline company, announced ...

THE regions of Calabria, Lucania and Apulia are the Achilles heel of Italy and perhaps of Western Europe as a whole. Their problem is basically agrarian, and it is intricate because of endless local ...

Fifteen percentage points: that is what separates the reading indices in Southern Italy and the Islands (62%) from those of ...

Gino D'Acampo explores the food secrets of Italy's deep south in Puglia and Basilicata, sampling his father's favourite drink, 'Nun's Breast' cakes, and Italy's best bread.