Italy

What will €199,000 buy in France, Italy, Sweden, Romania and Leitrim?

One price, home and away: Old cut-stone houses in Limousin and Umbria, rural retreats in Vastra Gotaland and Hunedoara or a lakeside cabin near Ballinamore

Slow travel allows you to escape the busy world: Here’s how to do it

Get away from it all by road, rail, ramble or sail in Ireland and farther afield

Totò Schillaci obituary: Striker who shot to global fame in the summer of 1990

Salvatore Schillaci became the unlikely personification of Italy’s notti magiche, or magical nights

Central Europe counts cost of floods as Storm Boris prompts evacuations in Italy

EU pledges billions to repair efforts after deadly and devastating inundation

Irish Liverpool fan (50s) killed after being struck by car in Italy

Philip Dooley had travelled to Bergamo for club’s Tuesday night Champions League fixture

Rescue ship tries to save minds as well as bodies on the Mediterranean

MSF tackles challenge of providing mental healthcare to traumatised asylum seekers and refugees

When I found my book on Blinkist I wasn’t sure how affronted to be

Blinkist takes non-fiction titles and grinds them down into a dense mulch that resembles a literary version of a protein shake

Irish woman dies after being swept out to sea off coast of Sardinia

Death is the second involving an Irish citizen on the Italian island in a week

Body recovered in search for Irish hiker (39) missing in Sardinia since Friday

Man understood to have become separated from his brothers during hike in remote region

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch likely died of suffocation in yacht, postmortem indicates

Tycoon with Irish roots died of suffocation after running out of oxygen, an investigative source says. Further forensic tests have been ordered all seven victims, with results expected in the coming weeks

Irishman (39) reported missing on hiking trip in Sardinia

It is believed the man was hiking with his brothers when they split up

Sicily yacht sinking: Four victims on vessel died of suffocation, autopsies suggest

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch and six other people were killed when the family yacht sank in stormy weather on August 19th

Former Belfast schoolboy rugby player lands spot at prestigious Italian ballet academy

Oscar Hunter (18), who is 6ft 4ins, only tried ballet for first time 18 months ago

Kidnap, extortion and murder in the Mediterranean: ‘He’s giving us one option. If you don’t go, he’ll kill you’

Interviews with migrants on a rescue ship help trace their routes to Europe, which can often include legal or semi-legal portions

Sicily yacht sinking: Captain of vessel ‘being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck’

Italian prosecutors are investigating James Cutfield (51) after seven die in superyacht sinking, judicial source says

Like Romeo and Juliet, it’s hard not to fall in love in Verona

Gorgeous streets, riverside coffees, boutiques and inspiring art - a trip to Verona provides wide drama and intimate moments

Sicily yacht sinking: Italian prosecutor opens manslaughter inquiry

Tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others were killed when a luxury yacht sank earlier this week

Sicily yacht sinking: Divers find body Hannah Lynch (18)

Daughter of UK tech magnate Mike Lynch was last person missing after tragedy in which seven died

Sicily yacht sinking: Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch confirmed to be among those killed

Sixth and final person yet to be found after Bayesian vessel sank on Monday is Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter

Heat-related deaths likely to increase significantly in Ireland over coming decades

Europe has experienced some of its hottest summers in recent years, which have coincided with high mortality rates

Sicily yacht disaster: relief in north Sligo as Irish woman alive after Bayesian tragedy

Sasha Murray (29) escaped Mike Lynch’s luxury yacht which sank off coast of Sicily

Sicily yacht sinking: Bodies of Mike Lynch and others may be trapped in vessel, coastguard says

Vessel named Bayesian was moored around 1km off coast of Porticello when area was hit by storm that caused it to sink

Sicily yacht sinking: Everything we know as search resumes for Mike Lynch and five others

Survivor Charlotte Emsley held up her one-year-old daughter in the water to stop her from drowning after the Bayesian sank

Sicily yacht sinking: One dead and six missing including British tech tycoon with Irish roots

Mother and baby among 15 rescued and hospitalised after superyacht, named Bayesian, capsized off Palermo early on Monday

Italy’s Valentina Petrillo to become first openly transgender athlete at Paralympics

The 50-year-old sprinter transitioned in 2019

Giorgia Meloni’s ‘thin-skinned’ government causes concern for press freedom in Italy

The right-wing prime minister’s administration is under fire for using legal action to ‘intimidate’ journalists

Five days in Italy’s Cinque Terre turn out to be among the most enjoyable of our lives

Sun-dappled pastel-painted villages, vine-clad terraces, azure waters: it’s easy to fall for the charms of the Ligurian coast

Kill or confine? Italy and Romania wrestle with bear attacks response

Wildlife activists oppose culling of animals despite rise in aggressive incidents

Euro-zone services business growth at a standstill, July PMI shows

France services sector boosted by Olympics and UK by its general election but picture elsewhere is of slowing growth

Surf in Portugal, kayaking in Cork, tennis in Tenerife: forget ‘fly and flop’ breaks and embrace learning holidays

Why not upskill on your summer break? Holidays offer a perfect opportunity to embrace new hobbies, from surfing to perfume creation

Holidays in extreme heat: Did you regret going abroad due to the weather? How did you cope?

Many countries in mainland Europe are currently experiencing heatwaves with temperatures reaching in the very high 30s

Venice to limit tourist groups to 25 people to ‘protect peace of residents’

Tourist guides in Venice will be banned from using loudspeakers in latest measure to tackle overtourism

Prosecco a fun and affordable fizz that’s perfect for celebrating

Its sales outstrip Champagne and Cava, making Prosecco the world’s favourite sparkling wine and for good reason

Italy Reborn: From Fascism to Democracy: Lazy political cliches neatly upturned

Mark Gilbert rehabilitates Alcide De Gasperi as one of 20th-century Europe’s key political leaders

Taking a cruise with two 10-year-olds: Know your destinations, don’t overpack and bring lots of Calpol and cash

Travelling with children can be intimidating, but a cruise ship experience is a great option for the solo parent, finds Yvonne Reddin

The Italian Cork fans heading to Croke Park to cheer ‘forza ribelli’

Riccardo Ribaldi says he and his family have been devoted Cork fans since discovering hurling during a visit to West Cork

Journalist ordered to pay €5,000 damages over jibe about Giorgia Meloni’s height

Giulia Cortese claims being convicted over a ‘joke phrase’ highlights a ‘climate of persecution’ under Italian prime minister

Honey buzzards at the Strait of Messina: Migrant birds and one of Europe’s great ‘bottlenecks’

Since her teenage years in the early 1980s, Anna Giordano has heroically battled the hunting of migrating raptors in Sicily and southern Italy. The result has filled the sky with birds

EU economy commissioner says Brexit ‘illusion’ becoming clearer for Britain

Former Italian prime minister ‘optimistic’ about new UK government’s attitude to working with EU

One wine to drink chilled on a warm day, and another to enjoy with cheese

Wines for the Weekend: One to drink well chilled on a summer’s day, and another to enjoy with grilled red meats

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