This Italian town is struggling to sell off its empty homes for one euro. Here’s why

Italy’s one-euro-home sales have been attracting a lot of interest over the past few years, with dozens opting to snap up abandoned properties in some of the country’s depopulated towns. But while towns like Mussomeli in Sicily and Zungoli in Campania have managed to offload various abandoned dwellings to foreigners longing to live the Italian … Read more

Acclaimed Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini dies at age 82

ROME — Maurizio Pollini, a Grammy-winning Italian pianist who performed frequently at La Scala opera house in Milan, has died. He was 82. Pollini died on Saturday, La Scala said in a statement. The announcement didn’t specify a cause of death, but Pollini had been forced to cancel a concert at the Salzburg Festival in … Read more

Let’s Make ‘Italian Penicillin’ With Julia Molinari!

No matter what the problem is, many people turn to “Italian penicillin” for comfort, and Julia Molinari has just the recipe! The 19-year-old content creator shares tons of tasty recipes on TikTok, and recently shared one that’s her easy-to-make “comfort” meal. Julia Molinari Makes Pastina, Otherwise Known As ‘Italian Penicillin’ TikTok | Julia Molinari For … Read more

Britain’s Vodafone confirms sale of Italian arm to Swisscom for $8.7 billion

LONDON — British cellphone company Vodafone confirmed Friday that it is selling its Italian business to Switzerland’s Swisscom for 8 billion euros ($8.7 billion) and will hand back half of the proceeds to its shareholders through the buyback of company shares. Vodafone said the move, with talks first announced Feb. 28, represented an “attractive valuation” … Read more

Americans bought abandoned $1 Italian homes: Was it worth it?

Picture this: A house with extensive mold, water damage, termites and a collapsed roof in a tiny town where you don’t speak the language. Not exactly a prime real estate opportunity, right? For Rubia Daniels, though, the dilapidated building in Sicily also served as an exciting chance to build the home of her dreams — … Read more

Kanye West’s Wife Bianca Has Bold New Look at Italian ‘Vultures’ Event

Play video content Bianca Censori is once again showing off her assets at Kanye West’s latest listening party for his new album … only this time, it’s not just her bod on display — it’s her new ‘do. Ye’s wife switched up her look big time for Thursday’s “Vultures” event over in Italy … it’s … Read more

Italy to try Egyptian officials again for 2016 torture and death of Italian student Giulio Regeni

ROME — Four high-level Egyptian security officials are going on trial in a Rome court, accused in the 2016 abduction, torture and slaying of an Italian doctoral student in Cairo. Tuesday’s opening hearing marks the second time the four Egyptians went on trial in absentia: In 2021, a Rome judge halted the trial on the … Read more

A 5th worker confirmed dead in Italian construction site collapse as workplace safety sparks debate

ROME — Italian rescuers confirmed Saturday the death of a fifth worker after a concrete beam and layers of slabs collapsed at a supermarket construction site in the city of Florence a day earlier. “I’ve just been informed that rescuers are recovering the body of a fifth worker,” said Tuscany Region’s president, Eugenio Giani. Earlier, … Read more

Antifascists gather in Hungary to oppose annual far-right event as Italian activist remains jailed

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Antifascist activists gathered in Hungary’s capital on Saturday to oppose an annual commemoration held by far-right groups, underscoring diplomatic tensions between Budapest and Rome over the detention of an Italian citizen in a Hungarian jail. Hundreds of activists marched through central Budapest alongside a heavy police presence, and called for “freedom for … Read more

Police in Rome detain man who had knife in bag on boulevard leading to Vatican, Italian media say

ROME — Police detained an Italian man found with a knife in his bag on the boulevard leading to St. Peter’s Square hours before Pope Francis made his weekly appearance at a Vatican palace window Sunday. The Italian news agency ANSA said the knife was discovered during an inspection of the bag as part of … Read more