Italy

Tourists in Rome won’t be allowed to toss coins over their shoulders into the Trevi Fountain, following tradition, though an elevated walkway now gives limited access to the monument during maintenance work.

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for centuries.

Tourists visiting the picturesque and upscale Italian resort area can now take home a unique souvenir — canned air.

Officials in Italy say a two-story building has collapsed in the southern province of Naples, killing two young siblings and their grandmother, while burying the children’s mother under the rubble. Firefighters said on their official Telegram channel that a gas explosion likely caused the collapse on Sunday. Rescuers in the town of Saviano recovered first the bodies of a 6-year-old...

Rome city officials are considering a 2-euro fee to access Rome’s famed Trevi Fountain. The city’s top tourism official, Roberto Onorato, says the goal is to make the experience more enjoyable for tourists and the area less aggravating for residents.

U.S. lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda were among seven people who died when the Bayesian sank in a sudden, violent storm on Aug. 19. The autopsies were carried out by coroners designated by Palermo prosecutors, who confirmed the results.

Italian media report that prosecutors have placed under investigation the captain of a superyacht that sank during a storm off Sicily last week, killing seven people.

Italian rescuers have brought ashore the body of the final missing person who was on a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily.

Divers on Friday retrieved Hannah Lynch, the daughter of Mike Lynch, from the wreckage of a yacht, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC.

The Italian coast guard says the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage of a superyacht.

Salvatore Cocina, head of Sicily’s civil protection agency, confirmed to NBC News on Thursday morning that a fifth body had been recovered from the Bayesian.

The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged yacht, went down in a storm early Monday

A celebration turned into tragedy for a British tycoon when the storm sank the vessel off Sicily. Six people remain missing.

The Head of Civil Protection Agency in Sicily confirmed that a total of five bodies have been recovered following a yacht sunk on Monday.

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, one of six people missing from a sunken yacht off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley debacle that had tarnished his legacy as an icon of British ingenuity.

The missing include British tech magnate Mike Lynch, a Morgan Stanley boss and a Clifford Chance lawyer, a local official told NBC News early Tuesday.

A 184-foot superyacht carrying 22 people sunk off the coast of Palermo, Italy, after a violent storm struck “suddenly,” officials said Monday.

Video posted on social media shows the moment Steve Jobs’ former superyacht Venus collided with another superyacht in Italy.

A Hollywood stuntman attempted to cross the longest slackline ever built, equal to approximately 33 football fields.

A water emergency has prompted the mayor of Capri — one of Italy’s most popular islands — to order a halt to the arrival of tourists, in a crisis that has deprived some areas of any water supply.