MESTRE  – The driver of a tourist bus that careened off a bridge near Venice last month, in a bizarre accident in which 20 foreign tourists died, had no heart pr

  MESTRE -- A pregnant newly-wed Croatian young woman from the Dalmatian coast who was on her honeymoon with her husband fulfilling a dream to visit Venice was na

 MESTRE -- Dozens of Ukrainian, French, Croatian and German tourists were killed or injured Tuesday when a private coach ferrying them from Venice to a nearby campsite plunged off a bridge onto a r

  PATMOS — With war, pestilence and natural disasters filling the news, it could be time for the biblical Book of the Ap

 PATMOS — From Malia to Magaluf, Mediterranean islands have been developing an unenviable reputation for thumping disco music and bad behaviour -- The Greek islan

 ROME – Two middle aged Irish tourists died Thursday after being run over at a crossroads in the Eternal City in the latest of a rash of fatal road accidents clai

   MELPIGNANO -- Southern Italy’s infamous Tarantella dance, punctuated by tambourines and convulsive, 

 TURIN – Five railway workers were run down and killed by a local train travelling at 160 kph as they were working to repair a stretch of track between Turin and

 MILAN – As many as 14 passengers on a Delta Airlines flight from Milan to Atlanta required hospital treatment due to injuries sustained during severe turbulence

  TRAPANI, Sicily – Forest fires forced the closure of Trapani airport last week end and hundreds of tourists were evacuated by boat and dinghy from Tonnara di Sc

 ROME -- After decades of neglect, the Esquilino, the most extensive but most misunderstood of the fabled Seven Hills of the Eternal City, is enjoying a long over

 PONZA -- Autumn is the prime season to explore this enchanting island. The water retains the lingering warmth of summer, turning swimming into a pleasure rather than just a respite from the heat.

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  Los Angeles -- The United States has witnessed a growing increase in international student enrollment over the past years in English language learning services.

 RIYADH – A Saudi Arabian judge has confirmed a six month prison sentence handed down to a 23-year-old Italian flight assistant on charges of allegedly possessing

 AMALFI – Italian police Friday were investigating the death of Adrienne Vaughan, the president of the American arm of the Bloomsbury publishing company, who was

 ANNONE VENETO - An educational vineyard created by Casa Paladin opens the doors to the public.

  BARI - - A vast fire has spread in Ugento, in the province of Lecce, causing bathers to flee the beaches and the evacuation of tourists from an apartment block, according to the fire br

  PROCIDA -- Lesser known than its sister islands of Capri and Ischia in the bay of Naples, little Procida has its own individual character and every so often outshines them -- the scene of a celeb