Venice is facing catastrophe due to rising sea levels. Can it be saved?
Venice is just over 1,600 years old, so it’s quite confronting dealing with the reality that its time…
Inside Italy’s reluctant embrace of air conditioning: ‘How can you live without it?’ – The Irish Times
Domenico Rizzo, a baker in Sicily, long sweated out the heat. Through years of stifling Italian summers, Rizzo…
What will €699,000 buy in Italy, Morocco, Scotland, Portugal and Cork? – The Irish Times
Cork: Bantry This house in the Seskin area near Bantry was built in 1996 with a heavy Georgian…
Is that a solar farm, or a train track? In one Swiss town, it’s both – The Irish Times
More than 3,000 kilometres of railways criss-cross the Swiss countryside, linking Alpine villages to big cities like Zurich…
Italy tackles blue crab invasion with army of octopuses
The initial army of 130,000 baby octopuses is just the start. As scientists breed more in the lab,…
New satellite images show Europe’s disappearing rivers due to drought | Climate Crisis News
Drought conditions have worsened across Central and Western Europe since the start of the summer with southern England,…
US Embraces Prediction Markets While G20 Nations Move to Block
The United States under President Donald Trump’s second administration is doubling down on prediction markets and the non-traditional…
Suit you, sir! Elegance and craft from a South Korean tailor, with that touch of Italian style – The Irish Times
Sunghyun Yoo’s journey from South Korea to becoming one of the only outsiders ever to become a master…
Thieves steal Renaissance artworks by da Messina from museum in Sicily
MILAN (AP) — Thieves stole four works attributed to the Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from a…
Italian authorities recover stolen paintings worth millions – YouTube
Italian authorities recover stolen paintings worth millions YouTubeMoment €9m worth of art stolen from Italy museum BBCHow abandoned fire extinguisher…
Stock market news for Aug. 13, 2026
Thu, Aug 13 20264:13 PM EDT Stocks finish in the green The three leading U.S. indexes finished in…
Spain to impose border checks in response to Italy doing the same after Ceuta crisis
SPAIN HAS ANNOUNCED it will introduce temporary border checks on travellers from Italy in response to Rome imposing…