This rail disaster occurred last night in Viareggio, a coastal town in central Italy not far from Genoa, and reports are coming in that up to 17 people may have been killed as a result of the derailment and subsequent explosion of a goods train carry...

Italian Tiziana Zanasi and her family let a holiday apartment in central Bologna.  A little while back Tiziana wrote to say that she and her family thought that Blog from Italy was ‘great’. In my reply to thank Tiziana for here compliment, I also...

It’s not too often that a country’s citizens get riled enough to organise days dedicated to getting rid of a current prime minister, especially one who claims to be the best and most popular prime minister his country has ever had. Well, this is...

Initially, many Italians found Facebook a little off putting, and did not take to it.  Maybe Italians did not like having to deal with settings and an interface in English.  Now Facebook is in Italian, Italians are all over Facebook.  Now, the same...

You’ve been to Italy, either on vacation or on business and you’ve tried an interesting new drink here – and I’m not talking wine  – you even made a note of the name on your iPhone or Blackberry.  Maybe you photographed the bottle with your mobile...

It’s not even the middle of winter yet, but things are looking somewhat bleak here in Italy.  It’s all doom and gloom. Honestly, trying to find a little good news originating from within Italy in Italy’s online press is only marginally easier than...