How medieval lessons for managing floods could help those facing them in northern Italy today

Northern Italy has been hit by a series of devastating floods in recent years. In March 2025 and the previous autumn, heavy rainfall hammered the region, swamping fields, farms and towns. More than 3,000 had to leave their homes in Emilia-Romagna, between …

Latest Foreign Office travel advice on Italy and Sicily as Mount Etna erupts

Mount Etna, Europe’s largest and most active volcano, has erupted on the Italian island of Sicily, spewing a huge column of smoke and ash into the sky leaving tourists running for their lives with the huge ash cloud growing behind them. Dramatic footage of …

Footage shows Italy's Mount Etna erupting – video

Social media footage and CCTV in time-lapse released by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology shows Sicily's Mount Etna erupting, sending columns of volcanic steam and ash into the sky. According to the institute, the cloud was probably …

Residents, tourists stunned as Italy's Mount Etna sends ash plume into air during eruption

Italy's Mount Etna volcano erupts

Mount Etna erupted on Monday on the Italian island of Sicily, spewing ash and lava into the air, Italy's volcano monitoring body said. Videos captured the spectacular eruption, showing plumes of ash filling the sky.

Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, spews plumes of ash

A huge plume of ash, gas and rock has spewed forth from Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, but authorities said there was no current danger to the population. Images showed a massive grey cloud billowing from the volcano on the island of …

Pak-Italy ties progressing positively: Tarar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar has said that Pakistan-Italy relations are progressing positively, with bilateral trade exceeding $1 billion and over 3,500 Pakistani students currently studying in Italy – key indicators of …

Mount Etna eruption: Is traveling to Italy's Sicily safe now?

Italy is currently facing significant turmoil among tourists due to the violent eruption of Mount Etna, which released massive clouds of ash into the atmosphere and necessitated the evacuation of affected areas. The sudden volcanic activity has disrupted …

Professor Antonio Giordano Appointed to Italy's Highest Public Health Advisory Body

Newswise — Rome, June 2, 2025 – The Italian Ministry of Health has officially announced the new composition of the Consiglio Superiore di Sanità (CSS), Italy’s Supreme Health Council, for the 2025–2028 term. Among the distinguished professionals selected …

2 June: Amb. Buccino, Italy and Spain together for a stronger EU

"Italy and Spain, deeply pro-European, share the need for a stronger European Union in institutional and defence terms, to face a different reality than in the past, both in the East and on the southern shore of the Mediterranean and in the Sahel…