Italy's major energy companies have called for an immediate and effective cut of bureaucracy to authorize 60 gigawatts of renewables by June, creating 80.000 jobs and cutting gas imports by 20%

'Parts', innovative App by students at Apple Academy of Federico II University in Naples, enables blind people to approach works of art exhibited in museums in a different way through mechanisms that allow them to form a more accurate model of the work

An ancestor-based tourism initiative called Italea was launched earlier this year and will be introduced in New York, USA, in October to help those with Italian lineage reconnect with their family history

A record-breaking Paralympics saw 71 podiums for Italy, two more than those collected three years ago in Tokyo, a result beaten only in Rome in 1960; Italian expedition returns from Paris with a record number of 24 golds

At the 81st Venice International Film Festival, opening tomorrow and running to 7 September, American actress Sigourney Weaver will be awarded the prestigious Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, the Venice Biennale announced